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”
Category: Past Events 2019
Gardening for the Autumn By Bob Coutts. Wednesday 16th October 2019
Autumn is time for looking forward to next year, when all the seed catalogues arrive and one can plan for next years growing. Continue reading “Gardening for the Autumn By Bob Coutts. Wednesday 16th October 2019”
Interclub Quiz. Wednesday 9th October 2019
The Interclub Quiz is an important date in the Societies’ calendar, when all the local gardening clubs take part. Last year The Oulton Broad & Lowestoft Horticutural Society came first. The Quiz was held at Blyburgate Hall in Beccles. It was good to see so many members of our society present to support our team and provide audience participation. There were 5 teams taking part, Gorleston, Bradwell, Halesworth, Beccles and us, The Question Master was Matt Tanton Brown well known in Suffolk from Place for Plants, East Bergholt. There were 10 rounds. The questions were mainly horticultural though not all and were quite taxing especially the acronyms, one of which was The Naked Gardeners Society the clue being that it happened in Midsummer! The last round was plant identification, most fairly easy for our experts apart from a pot of grass, it was a member of the audience who got it right after tasting it as it had no smell, it turned out to be Garlic Chives. Beccles provided a wonderful spread of food , tea and coffee for the interval and there were plants for sale. There was also a raffle where the plants from the quiz were also raffled. A very entertaining evening. Once again Lowerstoft & Oulton Broad were the winners . Very well done to our team!
Growing & Showing Dahlias by Irene Wood. Wednesday 18th September 2019
Following the amazing dahlias at the Society’s big show in August our speaker this week was Irene Woods Secretary and president, from the Norfolk Dahlia Society talking about growing and showing dahlias. Continue reading “Growing & Showing Dahlias by Irene Wood. Wednesday 18th September 2019”
Summer Show 17th & 18th August 2019
The Oulton Broad & Lowestoft Horticultural Society held their 108th Grand Flower and Vegetable show Continue reading “Summer Show 17th & 18th August 2019”
Members Table Show Wednesday 17th July 2019
As usual before a show everybody rushed in early to get their exhibits set up and there was the usual friendly rivalry. While the judging was taking place we had a short talk on the Plantation Garden in Norwich by one of the gardens trustees. Continue reading “Members Table Show Wednesday 17th July 2019”
Sweet Peas by Jill Hazell, Wednesday 19th June 2019
The Society welcomed the return of Jill Hazell, who previously spoke about Gladiolus. Tonight it was the turn of sweet peas. Jill started her talk telling us how she came to grow sweet peas by taking over from someone else and then becoming hooked. There are many grown just for ornamental purposes and their scent. Some of these are perennial and can take over your garden, sweet pea Belinensis also comes in yellow and orange. Continue reading “Sweet Peas by Jill Hazell, Wednesday 19th June 2019”
Four Seasons of Woodland Flora & Fauna by Tony Brown, Wednesday 15th May 2019
Tony Brown gave a fascinating talk making us aware of the inter- relationship between all living organisms. Continue reading “Four Seasons of Woodland Flora & Fauna by Tony Brown, Wednesday 15th May 2019”
Spring Flower Show Wednesday, 16th April 2019
Due to circumstances beyond their control there were several of our members absent from the show. In spite of this it was still a reasonable turnout. Continue reading “Spring Flower Show Wednesday, 16th April 2019”
A Year in My Garden, a Talk by Sherie Plumb. Wednesday,20th March 2019
The Speaker at the last meeting of the Society was Sherie Plumb, a very well known vegetable grower who shows her produce and is extremely successful on the show bench. She is a member of the National vegetable Society and runs the Essex Association. Her talk was entitled ‘A year in the Garden’ Continue reading “A Year in My Garden, a Talk by Sherie Plumb. Wednesday,20th March 2019”