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In July, the Gardening Club had an outing to Easton Walled Gardens. Of course the trip was immaculately organised, but someone forgot to organise the weather and it rained almost continuously!!!
The gardens are famous for their sweet peas and they certainly looked fabulous. They originated from Sicily and much warmer climes so all the more amazing to see them looking so good in the rain.
We would have appreciated just a small ray of sunshine but although we were cold and wet we still very much enjoyed our visit. The cake and coffee was good, which was just as well as the weather drove us inside for long periods!
In July, the Gardening Club had an outing to Easton Walled Gardens. Of course the trip was immaculately organised, but someone forgot to organise the weather and it rained almost continuously!!!
The gardens are famous for their sweet peas and they certainly looked fabulous. They originated from Sicily and much warmer climes so all the more amazing to see them looking so good in the rain.
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We had a great Summer Show last week and a big thank you to those that attended and exhibited.
Attendance was 28 members with 23 exhibiting. The prizes were divided amongst 13 different people which was great. The overall winner was Marralyn Sneesby by one vote from Joyce Taylor. The Garden Club plug plant cup went to Carol Johnson and the bottle of bio feed for the worst club plant went to Christine Smith, who seemed very pleased to receive it!
34 Members and Guests joined our outing to West Barsham Hall yesterday and what a glorious day it turned out to be.
It was a lovely afternoon and great to see everyone and get a chance to chat. The weather was also very kind to us. When we sat down for our tea/coffee and cake I thought a thunderstorm was going to spoil the day, but thankfully it didn't come to anything.
The Gardens/Grounds had a surprise around every corner & they even had their very own wonderful church, which is even mentioned in the Doomsday Book!!!!
And as for the cake/coffee & tea absolutely delicious - eat and drunk in wonderful surroundings.
A delightful afternoon was enjoyed by one and all.
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'On Tuesday 18th August the Reepham and District Gardening Club had their first live get together since the Coronavirus lockdown forced them to abandon their regular Town Hall meetings and resort to on-line meetings.
The 18th August should have seen the members having their annual Summer Show, but instead the Committee organised an outing to Dale Farm, Dereham.
Owner Graham Watts had given the club a very interesting talk last year on the gardens of Dale Farm, which whetted the appetite of the members to see the gardens for themselves. The gardens are open on special days under the National Garden Scheme (NGS) with proceeds being split between the charities which are supported by the NGS, but on this occasion the Garden Club was given special access.
A superb day ensued with the gardens looking wonderful, weather being very kind and great company - couldn't ask for anything more.
40 members and guests arrived over a 1 hour period ensuring that there were no queues at the gate and social distancing was observed.
As it was the first time in 5 months that the members had met up in person there was much to talk about and the walk around the gardens was a slow affair as members bumped into each other (not literally!) and chatted. Graham was also always there to answer the numerous questions that were fired at him.
Gate receipts and plant sales ensured that the Garden Club visit raised £357 for the NGS charities.'
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Another great show with 40 attendees. Overall worthy winner Irene Berning and Club Plant winner (Fuchsia) Christine Luck. We were also given an inspirational presentation by Matt Willer and student Lilly from The Allotment Project at Reepham High School - Volunteers are urgently required to impart knowledge about horticultural matters and anyone interested should check out www.thepapillonproject.com
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The big Reepham & District Gardening Club trip for the year necessitated getting our passports stamped as we travelled first to East Bergholt in Suffolk, where we made a welcome stop at The Place for Plants.
There is a garden to visit here, but some of us were keener on looking at the many specialist plants in the sales area (conveniently near the café where, as specialists, we tried the cake). The quality, and varieties, of plants was impressive, and the care with which they were tended was impressive too. I even bought two.
We drove on to Hyde Hall in Essex, which is our nearest Royal Horticultural Society garden. As you might expect everything there is done to exemplary standards: plants well labelled, pruned and cared for, and few weeds in sight.
The variety of planting and garden style was fascinating and effective. I was particularly intrigued by the Global Growth Vegetable Garden, which is what it says. There were plants growing there I had heard of but had no idea, until my visit, of what they actually looked like.
As it was late when we returned to Reepham, we enjoyed a really good Chinese takeaway from the Happy House in Back Street.
Reproduced with kind permission from 'Victoria Plum' Reepham Life
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Another great Show and Social Evening. A really good turnout with 39 members attending with 130 entrants. Overall winner Dianne Lambert - well done Dianne and well deserved.
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- Jeff and Carol Johnson spending their hard earned pension on plants at 'The Place for Plants'. But our great outings organiser Celia keeping her purse tightly closed!
- Gathering outside Green Island, with tea and cake awaiting for us inside.
- Grass snake spotted in the pond at Green Island
- All the plants bought at Green Island waiting to travel home.
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