This year’s show provided another display of outstanding flowers, vegetables and cookery. There were also very impressive art and craft entries. We were pleased to welcome a wide range of exhibitors and visitors and grateful to the organisers and the providers of refreshments in the committee room.
Click here for the schedule and rules of the show.Click here for the entry form. Click here for the recipe for the Ginger and Treacle Spiced Traybake.
Forty two Gardening Club members and friends set off for the Ashwood Nurseries in Kingswinford in the West Midlands. It was a sunny day, but showers were forecast. After an hour and a half in the coach we were glad of a coffee break before we met John, whose garden is attached to the nurseries.…
For our June meeting our members met at Friars Well to enjoy the extensive gardens which Anne and Nick Attenborough are working to restore to their former glory. We gathered outside the summer house in front of what was, for a time, the swimming pool. The pool has been reduced to a third of its…
There was a cold wind and an overcast sky when we arrived at Lord Leycester’s Hospital but the warmth of the greeting from the Master, who led us on a fascinating tour of the Elizabethan building made up for the weather. The garden was a delight as the sun began to warm up the outside.…
A full coach load of club members and friends arrived at Cliveden on a disappointingly cold and cloudy morning. After a brief explanation, from Peter Cole, of the link between the estate and Friars Well at the time of Lady Ward, we ventured forth. An assistant at the…
Produce for sale at the end of the show – ‘What will you give me for these fine leeks?’ A hard working Committee ran a very successful Flower and Vegetable show this year with many entries praised by the judges for their high quality. A lively raffle conducted by Andrew Bellamy followed the presentation of…
Click here for the schedule, rules and entry form.Click here for the Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Loaf recipe.
On a good September day a full coach of members and friends went to visit Kew Gardens. There was plenty to see and do with lots of us enjoying the Treetop Walkway giving panoramic views across the gardens. Some members saw and heard about the gardens from the comfort of the Discovery Train. There was a…
A number of Members reported that their flowers were over but on the day, although we were short of Gladioli, there was a good variety of flowers and the Aynho Gardeners did well with their entries in most classes. The nationwide craze for baking, encouraged by The Great British Bake-off was noticeable in the Homecraft…