Not even the pouring rain could keep them away! When the doors of the village hall opened, a crowd of people made straight for the plant stall .. and they really knew what they wanted. Incidentals like the cake stall, raffles, tombolas, bric-à-brac and Master Gardeners had to wait! Eventually people drifted around the hall, [...]

Now I am sure why the scheme is so important. Yesterday we went back to our Brownsover family to deliver the young son 3 of our strawberry plants in full flower because he had grown some from seed and there was no possibility of them fruiting this year despite he thought so. So now he [...]

My thoughts were that I had to create a stand worthy of Garden Organic in a pitch of 4 X4 metres. Before taking the stand to Kenilworth Festival, Party in the Park I erected the whole thing in my garden. This gave time for thought about how it would look on the day. Things got [...]

This is an event we have done for 2 years as Master Composters; a bit out of our Rugby area but we were invited by the Warwick Horticultural Society. This year we invited other Master Gardeners to join us and it was a great day. With 5 people signing up to the Master Gardeners scheme. [...]

We were again at the Rugby Farmers Market after the Observer press release from last week. Again a result with 2 new signings. Both young families with young children John Young