Making Leaf Mold/Compost (above)

Above is a short video about making leaf mold/compost. 
This is the pilot for a series of videos which we hope to produce to encourage new gardeners.

DAVID COOP

We spent a very enjoyable evening on Wednesday 4 November with David Coop who is Head of technical Development at Westland Horticultural Ltd. If you expected a dry lecture of the pros and cons of Westlands various products you would have been disappointed! Instead we experienced an entertaining evening with the bonus of some new knowledge. What more could you ask?
Yes, we got more, including a ten question quiz, won by Helen Ellson, plus some samples of those Westland Products.
We are sure he will pay us another visit in the future, but do not miss the opportunity of experiencing one of his talks if you get the opportunity.

David chats with Sandra at the end of his talk

A FOND FAREWELL TO UNA EATON

Roy and Una's 60th Wedding Anniversary

The funeral of one of our long serving members, and the wife of our President Roy, took place at All Saint's Church Oxted on Tuesday 20 October 2015.
The church was packed with her family and friends including many from LODHS and the Hurst Green Gardening Club, plus
their respective Chairmen Rick Meakin and Jane Firmin.
Una with her beaming smile and wicked sense of humour will be sadly missed, as will her great advocacy for all things gardening.

Una enjoying her garden

The floral arrangement flowers in front of the altar for the service were as follows:

Poppies - one of Una's favorite flowers
Peony    - for a happy marriage
Ivy         - wedded love

May she rest in peace.

LIMPSFIELD IN BLOOM 2015

WELL DONE LIMPSFIELD!
Great news from the Award ceremony for South and South East in Bloom which took place on 11 September.  Limpsfield won the large village category with a gold medal and also won the Surrey County award for the entry with the highest marks in any category - and a worthy winner of the Community Conservation award.

SEPTEMBER 2015 MONTHLY MEETING

We were pleased to welcome our speaker Martin Pett whose subject was the restoration of the Tudor Garden at Anne of Cleves House in Lewes. The garden is used for the service of teas and opened in 2014, and is well worth a visit when you are in the area.

Martin chats with members following his talk

Martin provides his talks for the benefit of the gardeners charity Perennial. You can find out more about this worthy orgainsation by clicking here.

We also enjoyed our first dahlia competition, with the winners judged by the members present at the meeting. The joint first prize was awarded to Alan Essex and Julie Simpson. Congratulations to them both.

Alan's entry

Julie with her dahlias

HURST GREEN SHOW: SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

STOP PRESS!!!! Entries  to the Show will be accepted up to Friday (4th) afternoon. 
(Please call Jilly if you think you may need to be later than that.)
Start checking round your garden to see what you may be in a position to exhibit at the Hurst Green Gardening Club show on Saturday 5 September.
Click here to see the schedule, and below is an entry form, or you can email or phone the details through. Entries details are requested by the evening of Wednesday 2 September.
The Show is always a good one and very worth while supporting.

WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

DAHLIA COMPETITION

To add extra interest to our September meeting on Wednesday 2nd at the Red Cross Hall, Oxted at 8pm we have a Dahlia competition to be judged by those present at the meeting.

We will also have our usual monthly competition.

So, start looking round your garden for likely entries to either or even better both competitions, and let us have a riot of colour to start off the Autumn season.


The speaker at the meeting is Martin Pett and his subject "The Tudor Garden in the 21st Century".