Category Archives: Summer
The Gardens at York Gate – Andrew Mikolajski
The speaker at our June meeting was Andrew Mikolajski on the subject of The Gardens at York Gate, Leeds. Andrew is a gardening author, lecturer and speaker and is currently a horticultural advisor for a new edition of the RHS … Continue reading
Biddenham Gardeners Association AGM – 2015
The twenty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Biddenham Gardeners’ Association was held in the Village Hall on 21st July 2015. The Chairman’s Annual Review, the Secretary’s report and the treasurer’ report were received. The balance carried forward at the end … Continue reading
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BGA Outing to Broughton Grange
On 16th July, 29 members and friends of Biddenham Gardeners Association visited Broughton Grange Gardens near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Our first stop was the Saye & Sele Arms in the village of Broughton for lunch and refreshments, followed by a short … Continue reading
BGA Outing to Helmingham Hall
On 17 June a group of just over thirty Association members and friends visited Helmingham Hall near Stowmarket in Suffolk. We stopped for a welcome cup of coffee in the newly redesigned restaurant at Anglesey Abbey and arrived at Helmingham … Continue reading
Wild Flowers in the Garden, revisited
Our BGA talk in June has been republished to include photos provided courtesy of Dr Peter Llewellyn, from his ‘UK Wildflowers’ website. The images included here only relate to those described in Jeremy’s report – to view the full extent of our … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bevan, Dr Peter Llewellyn, The Wildflower Society, UK Wildflowers
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Outing to Orchard Grange, Old Warden – 2nd July 2014
Many of you will remember that in September last year Victoria Diggle, Assistant County Organiser for the National Gardens Scheme, gave us a fascinating insight into how the scheme started. Victoria went on to talk about her own garden, Orchard … Continue reading
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Tagged NGS, Old Warden, Orchard Grange, Victoria Diggle
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Outing to The Savill Garden – 24th June 2014
Biddenham Gardeners Association – 2nd Outing of 2014 Twenty three members of the BGA travelled by coach to Surrey to visit the acclaimed Savill Gardens, part of ‘The Royal Landscape’ Developed from un unused area of Windsor Great Park, this immense 35 acre … Continue reading
Wild Flowers in the Garden – David Bevan
At our meeting on 17th June David Bevan, London Secretary of the Wildflower Society, spoke on the subject of wild flowers in the garden. Starting as garden designer David has spent most of his working life as a nature conservation … Continue reading
Wildflower bed – update June 2014
Following on from last years initial activity in the ‘wildflower bed’, Linda has recently taken these photo’s that show how our wildflowers have progressed … At the end of October on a lovely sunny afternoon four members of the BGA … Continue reading
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Top tips for August
Top 3 jobs to do: Water plants well mornings or evenings if they are dry. Watch out for viburnum beetle and red lily beetle grubs on garden plants. Ensure houseplants are exposed to the best possible light. » More jobs … Continue reading
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