MICKLETON GARDENING CLUB SPRING SHOW
The Spring Show attracted lots of plant variety and colour with 151 club exhibits and an outstanding contribution from Mickleton School. Thelma Hunt was the overall winner with 14 points just ahead of Pat Cook and Alan Hale with 13 points and Libby Weil 4th with 11 points. Childrens’ section winners were:
Nursery Pictures of flowers using shapes
1st Eleanor Learmount
2nd Andrew Clark
3rd Evie Stowe
Reception Flower collage on paper plates
1st Chloe Hobkirk
2nd Izzy Theron
3rd Abi Baldwyn
Year 1 & 2 Tee Shirts with British wildlife (hedgehog/squirrel/butterfly)
1st Freya Harvey
2nd Nell Conlon
3rd Oliver Matthews
Year 3 & 4 Home nations (Rose Daffodil Thistle & Shamrock)
1st Tilly Walker
2nd Edith Organ
3rd Bethany McGoldrick
Year 5 & 6 Fraction Flowers & Haiku poem stems
1st Harry Chalkly
2nd Phillip Bond
3rd Ava Callan Foster
Highly commended James Doughty
Hot on the heels of the Spring Show, members enjoyed an excellent talk on Wednesday April 15 and new plant demonstration entitled ‘What’s in Store Today?’ by Jim Teague, who is based at Evesham Garden Centre but is plant buyer for the now 17 Garden Centres in an expanding group. Jim brought his wealth of experience as a past grower, propagator and commercial manager to give us really interesting stories and insights about modern commercial horticulture. For example, take the new market segments of ‘Keenies’, ‘Reluctants’ and ‘Decorators’. Many younger adults are not after gardening DIY but DFM, Done For Me, and are brilliantly served by an amazing variety of instant colour coordinations of e.g. mixes for scattering of ‘quick shade’ or ‘perennial mix’ and even ‘scatter bulbs’ for that natural drift look. New technologies shown included, impregnated seed mats, micro-rings ‘Twinkle Tendrils’ giving peas in 10 days, quirky veg such as purple and black potatoes and grafted tomatoes with 2-3 species on one plant! Edibles intrigue with blueberries giving supply over 3 summer months and the boggling chilli pepper ‘Trinidad Maruga Scorpion’ of 1.4 million Scoville scale! Ornamentals weren’t neglected with drop-in-ground Hairy Pot Co. offerings, rhodedendrons for limey soil, genetic crosses between Tiarellas and Heucheras (=Heucherellas), sterile celandine to prevent spread and the eye-catching Dutch single-headed hydrangea ‘Avant Garde’. A great educational evening delivered with enthusiasm, deep knowledge and an amusing relaxed style.
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