As the days are getting shorter and colder everyone prefers to cozy up indoors with a lovely book and tons of tea. Everyone but our gardeners. They are extremely busy this time of the year, tidying and preparing their garden for next year. Our Barnet Garden Club members Françoise Ohsan from the Drummond House garden club points out “A good garden spring clean in autumn, sets the tracks for a gorgeous garden in spring and summer.”. Françoise loves to grow vegetables and flowers and has been a garden club member for almost 5 years. Here she shares her five tops tips on how to prepare your garden for winter and the coming season.
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Celebrating 10 years of Barnet Homes gardening clubs
Last Thursday, a lovely event at the Greek Cypriot Centre, North Finchley, marked 10 years of Barnet Homes’ gardening clubs as well as presenting trophies to our Finest Flowers 2016 winners.
The Barnet Homes Finest Flower Competition is almost here!
Just a gentle reminder that the annual Finest Flower Competition is taking place this Friday. 6 judges will be picking Barnet’s most outstanding gardeners in the categories: Best Communal Garden, Best Front/Back Garden, Best Garden in a Sheltered Block and Best New Gardener.
It’s going to be an exciting day for gardeners and judges, so watch this space to find out who this year’s winners will be.
To get you into the competition spirit have a look at last year’s winners:
Best Communal Garden 2015: Hamid from Sheldon Court
The New Garden Club Newsletter is Out
Celebrate the Queen’s 90th with our Fun Party Pack!
The Queen is turning 90 and seems to be celebrating the whole year. Her biggest event, however, will be the big lunch at St James Park on the 14 June. Everyone who happens to not be invited to this particular event can still take part – in their own communities! Be it as a picnic or pot luck, this is a great occasion to get together with your neighours and celebrate her majesty! Worried it might be too much work? Then make sure you check out our fun Streetparty Planning Kit which you can download here.
Yummy pastries and fresh cuttings – Our March Meeting
A warm welcome to all our members starting our new gardening club year. Our last meeting took place on the 15 March 2016 at Drummond House. Garden club members gathered around some tasty pastries and a cuppa to exchange tips and discuss a range of interesting things, such as: Continue reading
Farewell Ela
It with great sadness that we announce the passing of our lovely garden club member Ela Klein, garden club leader of the Wimbush House gardening club. She was incredibly popular among our members and her perpetual positivity and contagious smile will be sorely missed.
Ela loved to garden and her garden club won the Geoff Bedingfield award for outstanding gardening in 2014. She had been battling cancer for years and once said “Gardening helps me to stay positive and strong through my illness and most importantly the garden is a great place for the residents of Wimbush to come together and enjoy themselves.”
The garden at Wimbush will be a beautiful reminder of her joyful personality.
The new Garden Club Newsletter is here – Download
The Barnet Garden Club Newsletter is out.
You can download it here: Barnet Garden Club Newsletter Jan-Mar 2016
Next Garden Club Coffee Morning
Join us for Tea and cake on the 15th March at 10 AM at Drummond House, 50 Font Hills, London, N2 8LF. There will be a live demonstration on how to take cuttings and we will also be holding a cuttings swap, so don’t forget to bring yours. See you there!
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