Category: Newsletter

  • Newsletter – November 2025

    We are convinced that there are more leaves to clear this year or is it that as we get older it becomes more of a burden. But in my garden we are grateful that there seems to be no beech mast which for us is certainly a blessing. Is this climate change I wonder.  We…

  • Newsletter – August 2025

    The annual garden party, this year held in Val Ramshaw’s garden was a great success. 34 members and guests attended and a good time was had by all. Thank you Val for hosting especially at a time when the ongoing drought has forced us all to do a lot of watering, now only possible with…

  • Newsletter – July 2025

    June was a busy month. Fifteen members accepted an invitation from Hinton Ampner to visit the house and garden during their Celebration of Flowers on Monday 9th June and it was not a disappointment. Car sharing worked well and we had an excellent guide who gave us a tour of the gardens after which we…

  • Newsletter – June 2025

    Did you know that this is ‘The Great Big Green Week’ – the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackling climate change and protect nature. Many of our recent talks have focussed on ways in which we as gardeners can make a difference….

  • Newsletter – April 2025

    As I write, we are experiencing some beautiful Spring weather and the sunshine has been a real tonic. Weather patterns are completely unpredictable and we have had very little rainfall in March which means that we are now having to do some watering. But what a pleasure to be able to spend time in our…

  • Newsletter – February 2025

    Spring has arrived and many local gardens are now open for snowdrop days, including Bramdean House, Hinton Ampner, the Vyne and Mark Porter’s garden, the Downhouse in Itchen Abbas. You will find all the details you need in the latest issue of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight National Garden Scheme brochure which is readily…

  • Newsletter – November 2024

    This will be the last newsletter for 2024 as we don’t have a meeting in December so our next meeting will be on 8th January when we have Rachel Annette telling us all about happy honeybees. I cannot believe that here we are in November and yet there is still a lot of colour in…

  • Newsletter – October 2024

    I am writing this newsletter on the most beautiful sunny day and can’t help thinking what a difference the sun makes to our mood and willingness to tackle garden chores. A few more days like this would be most welcome. Our Show review meeting was very positive. I believe the Show was very nearly cancelled…

  • Newsletter August 2024

    Who can forget last week’s thunderstorm when Winchester High Street was flooded and submerged cars had to be rescued by the fire service?  Some of the clay soil from the Sun Lane development ended up in Nursery Road. I hope you were not affected. One of our gutters was overwhelmed and we had a Niagara…

  • Newsletter September 2024

    As I write this month’s newsletter we are in the middle of a heat wave and enjoying a mini summer. It was such a relief that the weather was good for this year’s Alresford Show which I’m told by the organisers was a big success….