Winterton & District Gardeners' Club
JUNE 2023
June 21st 2023 – Amanda Barnett – The Flower Barn
June is the last meeting before we meet again in September as the club closes in July and August for the summer holidays and because you’re all so busy in the garden!
We will be having a cheese and wine buffet at a cost of £10 per person. If you wish to attend the June meeting, you are more than welcome but please contact Gail Summerfield in advance for catering purposes.
Amanda Barnett is one of our new committee members and will be bringing flowers from her own garden and demonstrating how to use them to make a beautiful bouquet.
MAY 2023
May 17th 2023 – Gill Dixon – Pricklington Palace – Hedgehogs, The Gardener’s Friend
Pricklington Palace is a voluntary-run sanctuary for hedgehogs which was set up by Gill to rescue, rehabilitation and release back into the wild where possible.
Gill will be talking about the hedgehog and how it can benefit us as gardeners.
The committee has decided not to organise any trips until members feel more secure about travelling with people outside their immediate circle.
June 15th – Roger Burnett – Tulips from Amsterdam & Much More
May 18th – Gill Tomkinson – Pinks and Posies
Gill has worked in the horticultural trade for 40 years. She has qualifications in floristry and flower production. Much of her business now is creating bespoke arrangements for weddings.
April 20th – Simon White – A to Z of Roses
Simon is Garden Centre Manager at Peter Beales Roses with over 39 years expereince in growing the nations favorite flower. He has a passion for the rose and would like to share this with others. The late Peter Beales started the rose nursery in 1968 and specialized in the old fashioned style of shrub rose, climbers and ramblers. Today they list over 1100 different varieties which is possible the largest collection of roses grown commerically in the world.
Don is a passionate Hardy Planter and grows his National Collection of Euphorbia (Hardy forms) amongst hundreds of other perennials on his large allotment south of Sheffield. He is the author of the HPS booklet on hardy euphorbias. www.euphorbias.co.uk. His talks are always entertaining and informative.
Sue is the Horticultural Officer for Harrogate Borough Council. She is responsible for managing all the fantastic planting schemes residents and visitors to the town and local area enjoy.
OCTOBER 2021
20th October – Pride in the Fall – Gail Summerfield
Pre COVID this would have been our Harvest Supper Evening. The committee decided against serving food this time and instead our secretary Gail Summerfield , who owns Westshore Nurseries, will give an illustrated talk about gardens and plants in autumn. She wants gardeners to see that there is still much to enjoy from their gardens right through to Christmas.
This picture was the design for The Perennial Legacy Garden which was awarded Best In Show [Premier Gold Award] at the Harrogate Spring Show 2019. David was the designer and creator for the garden. He qualified as a garden designer in London and then worked for several years as head gardener for Richard Branson at the Kensington Roof Gardeners. He now works for Perennial [ formerly The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society] as their fund raiser.