PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2020\21

The competition is once again open.
Two entries per-member.
Free to enter for all members.

Information :> CLICK HERE <

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New Web Site

Lock down continues,
meetings are still not able to go ahead.

This is preventing many meetings which
must be done face-to-face.
Not everything can be done on a video call.

Work is continuing.

Stay tuned for information and potential early access.

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A.G.M. 2021 UPDATE

The 2021 A.G.M. & Garden Weekend is still planned as normal, details of which will follow.   Should we have any further problems due to the covid issue, we will post as soon as we can.

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LOCK DOWN GARDENS

Members can send in photos of their garden,
and what they are growing.  To see:

> CLICK HERE <

To submit yours, contact Jean Roscoe.
The Group's Contact Co-ordinator.

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U P D A T E
R.H.S.

At the moment, following current Government advice, R.H.S. gardens are open, but group visits and some facilities are stopped until later in the year.   Shows in the first have of the season, have been stopped.
The R.H.S. have an official statement on their homepage, which explains more.
>> CLICK HERE <<

We have been sent by the R.H.S. some information for e-talks.
You can visit the R.H.S. Events page or > CLICK HERE <

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U P D A T E

Please be aware, we are working on a new website, and what you see here is changing.   If you can't find something, feel free to get in touch.   After the latest updates and changes, the current website will no longer be updated.   If you have updates, they will be added to the new site from now.

COASTER ON SALE

There is still time to buy that special someone, a special something.

For either or both of these items, please send a cheque for the correct ammount, along with your names and address to our Administrator.

COASTERS : £5:00 (Including U.K. Mainland P&P)

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Welcome to The Cottage Garden Society

   If you are interested in plants, or enjoy exchanging gardening ideas and experiences with fellow gardeners, why not join The Cottage Garden Society?

   You don't have to live in a cottage, or even in the country.  Cottage gardens can be created in the small plots of modern houses or in the narrow gardens of older terraces.  The traditional, informal style lends itself to any situation, rural or urban, large or small.

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Shows 2021

Please note: Information on the respective websites will change as the situation changes.

If a link fails to connect, then the owners will have removed all information for some reason.    Broken links should be reported directly to the email at the bottom of this page.

Malvern can be seen >HERE<

G.W.L. can be seen >HERE<

Chatsworth can be seen >HERE<

Tatton can be seen >HERE<

Shrewsbury can be seen >HERE<

 HELP AT A SHOW

To help at any of our shows, please visit our EVENTS page.

 

- A L E R T -

As some might know, there is a horrendous problem with Box Tree Moth (Cydalima Perspectalis) at the moment, and it's only getting worse.   A search of the R.H.S. site will give more information, and we'll be adding a pest and disease section.

Group Updates

Is your group's page up to date?

What is a Cottage Garden?

   Originally, the purpose of the cottage garden was to provide food.  It contained livestock, herbs, fruits and vegetables.  Flowers were an optional extra and tended to be ones that had some practical value, such as seasoning food or repelling bugs.  The cottager's small plot did not allow for any wasted space, so the garden was abundantly packed, but well tended.

   The cottage garden later moved away from being an utilitarian space and became an area to be enjoyed.  These days, food-crops and chicken-keeping are returning and environmental concerns are being incorporated by the conscientious cottage gardener.

   Although there are no hard and fast rules as to what should be grown, the hallmarks of this style are informality, abundance and diversity.  That means lots of colour, scent, bees, birds and butterflies, not to mention fruit, herbs, vegetables, frogs and hedgehogs!

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