.....to the new look Ilkley Gardeners' Association website.
The Association was formed back in 1967 with it's first AGM held in the November of that year.
Membership costs just £5 (UK) per year per garden, not per person.
The Association meets the first Thursday of the month at the Ilkley Parish Church House Hall starting at 7.45pm.
Do you give talks to Garden Associations? Would our members enjoy listening to your talk? seeing your pictures? seeing your plants? and buying them? Then please get in touch with us, we have 9 meetings a year where we enjoy a guest speaker, always the first Thursday of the Month starting at 7.45pm in the centre of Ilkley.
We are always interested in entertaining speakers with a horticultural topic and we'll even pay you. If you think you fit the bill, please Get In Touch. (Now booking for 2011).
Membership runs from January to December each year (can be paid any time from November for the next year) and gives you access to the Stores Sheds and the bargains on offer each weekend, first choice at the gardening based trips we run each year and discounted admission to the Monthly Meetings.
You may join by calling at the Sheds one Sunday between 10am and noon on a weekend that we are open, at a Monthly Meeting or by post. In this case, please use the Get In Touch option for a postal address, thank you.
October 2010 Meeting
Written by The Chairman
Our special guest speaker this month is Michael Chandler who was due to visit us last year but had to cancel due to ill health. His talk is entitled Mountains and Flowers of the Alps.
As usual, our meetings are held the first Thursday of the month, starting at 7.45pm, (doors open 7.30pm) at the Ilkley Parish Church House Hall, near the main lights in Ilkley. Admission is £1 for members, £2 non-members, and includes a cup of tea and biscuit.
For a map to find us, please click the read more link below.
In April 2010, Roelof and Cheryl Quintus became the new owners of award-winning BOURTON HOUSE GARDEN. They are delighted to announce that they will once again be opening the garden to the public from 2nd June. They will continue to develop the garden with the active assistance of Head Gardener Paul Nicholls, who has for many years been instrumental in creating the wonderful garden that can be seen today.
This year's Mystery Association Fuchsia has now arrived and most of the cuttings were sold at the April Meeting, some 5 or 6 were left and these were sold at the sheds.
Please click to enlarge the above image.
For tips on how to grow a prize winning Fuchsia, please check our Fuchsia Guide as written by Ted Jordan (Association President 2002-2010)
Association Fuchsia
Written by The Chairman
Each year, the Association obtains a number of Fuchsia cuttings, usually from a local nursery, making these available from the April Monthly Meeting to members to be grown on for a little competition and a bit of a fun display at the September Meeting.
The fuchsia chosen by the judges at this meeting, usually the President and Chairman of the Association, receives the Association Fuchsia Trophy for the year. This Trophy is a beautiful 3D image of a past Association Fuchsia, made by past Show Secretary and ex-Chairman, Bob Turner.
Our late President (2002-2010), Mr E E Jordan .....
As you may have noticed, there is a little music player on the left hand menu, (Currently on our Get In Touch Page) which is linked to our local Radio Station, Fresh Radio, based in Skipton.
This is mainly for my own reference, but the player does seem to need to autoplay this for it to work, so my apologies for this during the testing phase, I do hope it is possible to stop it autoplaying but in the meantime, please click the square box next to the right hand facing arrow on the actual player to stop it.
Spent Hops anyone?
Written by The Chairman
We have received an offer from Stewart at the Ilkley Brewery Company who is offering any interested gardener in the Ilkley area a supply of Spent Hops from the brewery for free. All that needs doing is the hops need to be collected from the brewery and they are ideal for mulching.
Please contact Stewart at the Brewery to arrange to collect them on 07721 880108 or 01943 604604. The brew takes place each Tuesday, so the hops are ready for collection on a Wednesday, but please do ring before going as they may be out on deliveries.
Humax Bought Out!
Written by The Chairman
Have just received the news, from a reliable source, that the Humax Compost company has been bought out by Scotts Garden Products Group.
As happened when Bowers bought out Gem, the Humax products look like they will either disappear or the price will go through the roof.
I now understand that Humax is available once more, but the price has increased and our wholesaler no longer stocks this as Humax/Scotts have not responded to his enquiries.
Talented local flower arranger, Sandra Harder will be creating stunning flower displays on stage throughout the evening for her audience. She has a very informal, friendly style and she will also tell you what flowers and colours she is using for each...
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