‘Some grasses grown from seed’

by Virginia Oakes

In April 2006 we had our first ever Seedling Swap. It was a great success and much enjoyed by everyone who attended. Three members gave presentations on different aspects of growing from seed and over the next three issues of the newsletter there will be a transcript of each one. Hopefully they will show all those members who didn’t manage to attend just what they missed and encourage them to join in next year.
Here then is the first one, ‘Some grasses grown from seed’ by Virginia Oakes. Read more

‘A Purple Patch’

- a period of success or good fortune

by Virginia Oakes

What better way can there be to spend a bleak mid-winter afternoon than mulling over last years gardening successes - and failures - and looking forward in anticipation to what might be achieved in the coming year? It was on just such an occasion that I came across these shots and remembered how much pleasure these two plants had given and what a lot of comment they had attracted from everyone who visited us – but for somewhat different reasons. Read more