Garden Club May update
The last talk of this season has taken place and we look forward to summer events. The first one being a trip to Rosemoor during the Rose festival. It will take place on Thursday 30
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Category: Gardening
Milverton Garden Club April update
On 15 March we enjoyed a very entertaining talk from Paul Hending entitled ‘Organic Gardening including pest control’. We learnt much about the structure of soil and the benefits of organic matter. And then came
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A good number of the Garden Club enjoyed an entertaining and informative evening with David Usher, telling us about the evolution of gardens at Hestercombe. David was the Hard Gardener for eighteen years and described
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Milverton allotment gardens
Have you also wanted to try growing your own fruit and vegetable? Now is the time to get an allotment plot and get ready to plan for the year’s harvest. We have several different sizes
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Tools amnesty and legacy
Do you have any gardening tools you would like to donate? Please bring them along to Wiveliscombe Square on 5 and 19 February from 10am to 12 noon. Contact info@wiveygrows.net Charity reg 1183575
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Milverton Garden Club January update
The December meeting was successfully held on the 8 December, with the serious bit, the AGM, followed by the joyous bit, the Christmas Party. Numbers were slightly down, due to illness and other events. At
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Allotment December update
When the Parish Council set up a committee for 3 Councillors to inspect and advise on Milverton Allotments I joined Phil Young and Anita Dakowski. I did not know much about the Allotments and although
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Milverton Garden Club December update
A well attended meeting of the Garden Club on 16 November heard Gilly Hayward talk about the how and why of Pruning. All those attending now are much better informed, and we can expect this to be reflected
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Milverton and District Garden Club October update
The first talk of the Winter season will be on the 19 October, when Chris Birchall will speak on winter cheer and springtime tonic, which should lift our spirits somewhat. This will be at the Methodist
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Notes from the allotments in October
September sees the meteorological beginning of Autumn and now is the time to harvest and take stock of the past year on the allotment. What has been successful? What changes would you like to make?
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