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Wednesday October 20th 2021

The Lowestoft Allotment Project

At the meeting of The Oulton Broad and Lowestoft Horticultural Society held on October 20^th, 2021, April Beale and Susan Steward spoke about The Lowestoft Allotment project. The theme for Heritage Open days 2021 was “Edible England”. April and Susan chose to explore the history, place and value of allotment gardens in Lowestoft life.

This was our first meeting of the Society since Lockdown and how lovely it was to see every one and enjoy an evening together learning a bit more about our favourite subject, gardening!

A photo of Roger Webbs’ prizewinning exhibit of vegetables. (just practising)

The Societys’ first speaker of the year was Kevin Smith of KPS roses, a supplier of roses for Peter Beales and Pococks Roses from Hampshire and Cornwall. Kevin worked at Peter Beales from the age of 14 years for many years learning the trade. Continue reading “Roses, A talk by Kevin Smith of KPS Roses. Wednesday 19th March 2020” →

This was our first meeting of the New Year guaranteed to put us in good spirits. There was a very good attendance with 40 people turning up for the fun. Continue reading “Social Evening held on Wednesday, 15th January 2020” →

The evening started by presentation of the Trophy’s to all the worthy winners from the Grand Flower and Vegetable show held in August.  Continue reading “Trophy Presentation, AGM, Photography, a talk by Roger Preston. Wednesday 20th November 2019” →