Allotment gardening
Allotment gardening has seen a growth in popularity across the UK in recent years. The Covid 19 pandemic has probably been a catalyst for many to pick up a spade and look for a plot
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Category: Gardening
Window box competition
The Milverton Trust is inviting entries into the Window Box Competition. Entry is free to hutchinsonp00@gmail.com or written notice to 15 Woodbarton, Milverton, Somerset TA4 1LU. Entries consisting of an arrangement of one or more
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Milverton Flower Show 2021
The Milverton Flower Show will take place, as arranged, on Saturday 17 July in the Victoria Rooms. Due to Covid etc, the Show will be reduced, with classes for Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables, Pot Plants,
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Milverton community allotments
Spring is almost here and allotment holders have already started preparing beds and tidying plots in readiness for planting. So, it is fabulous news that we have been given £900 by the Parish Council for
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Milverton allotments history
In 1947 the Parish Council purchased the land behind the Courtfield Estate for the provision of allotments for the villagers. The land for the allotments and Courtfield had been part of the Court Farm owned
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Garden Club February update
The Royal Horticultural Society reports that an estimated three million new people took up gardening in 2020. Gardening is good for our health and wellbeing. It is suitable for lockdown, hopefully this will continue even
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Milverton Gardening Club December update
We have not been able to have any meetings recently, but that does not mean we have been entirely inactive. Catalogues for Suttons Seeds have been distributed, and orders with a 50 per cent reduction
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Life on the allotments
My shed (every allotment should have one) was bought for £30 sight unseen from a house clearance, saving £270. Granted, it needed a new floor and the roof had to be replaced and one side
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Milverton and District Garden Club update
We are sorry that the rest of the meetings for this year have been cancelled. These are the two talks: Winter cheer/Spring tonic Creating a wildlife garden The AGM and Christmas party are also cancelled.
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