Community Magazine for Ticknall, South Derbyshire, UK
Jeff Bates made a welcome return to Ticknall Garden Club for their April meeting. He gave a guided tour of seven of his favourite English gardens. He illustrated his choice with his own stunning photographs taken on location.
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Philip Aubury was director of Birmingham Botanical Gardens for many years so it was no surprise to find that he was exactly the right person to talk to Ticknall Garden Club about the care of houseplants at their February meeting.
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There was no doubting the subject of Ticknall Garden Club’s talk on November 14th when Stan Griffin and Vicky Newman arrived both resplendent in matching waistcoats and jackets covered in cacti.
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If you want clear and helpful advice on growing and pruning climbers then you cannot do better than listen to Jeff Bates. This is what an attentive audience did at the Ticknall Garden Club meeting on January 10th. After many years’ experience as a lecturer in horticulture his advice is always practical and down to earth.
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Members and guests of Ticknall Garden Club attended the Annual Christmas Social Evening on December 13th. They were treated to a tempting and generous buffet which had been prepared by committee members and helpers.
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Ticknall Garden Club were privileged to have a visit from Tony Kirkham, Head of the Arboretum at Kew Gardens, at their November meeting. He proved to be a genial guide to his chosen topic of Trees that Made Britain. His TV programme, made a few years ago, highlighted the important role that native trees have played in our history and culture.
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It’s always a great pleasure to be invited to join friends for lunch, especially if it’s at somewhere unusual where you have never had lunch before. Then, when you look around and see lots of your old friends are also there and there’s the chance to catch up on what’s happening – that’s especially heartwarming.
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What can you plant in your garden to cover the gap between the fresh colours of spring and the dazzling shades of high summer? That was what Martin Blow came to talk about to Ticknall Garden Club at their June meeting. He brought a choice selection of perennial plants with him to demonstrate the wide variety available.
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When Robert Barlow came to talk to Ticknall Garden Club in May he told a familiar story of an enthusiastic gardener’s interest in a particular plant developing into an all-consuming passion that has taken over his life. That plant was the popular perennial the hosta. Within twenty years he has amassed a collection of over 4,000 plants of 350 varieties. He was therefore well qualified to give an interested audience a masterclass in their cultivation.
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On the 5th August 2017, a group of TARG members was given a guided tour of Sinai House by the owner Kate Newton. The house, located at Shobnall on the outskirts of Burton, is a Grade II* listed building. It has a long and interesting history, but was derelict when the current owners acquired it in the 1990s.
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Look after your predators and they will take care of the pests in your garden. Prevention is better than cure. These were the messages loud and clear from Sally Smith at the February meeting of Ticknall Garden Club.
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Bob Brown’s visit to Ticknall Garden Club on January 12th 2016 turned out to be a meandering miscellany of memories with choice nuggets of advice along the way. After 25 years of experience in the world of growing plants he felt qualified to offer some quite contrary advice on long accepted garden practice.
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Jesse Boot was a great benefactor to the City of Nottingham. He donated land for the new University at Highfields which opened in 1928. Both he and his wife Florence took a keen interest in the welfare of their employees.
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