On: Monday 14 May 2018

At: South Marston Village Hall

Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Pete and Bob Biggs of Wanborough Herb Nursery will speak about “Culinary Herbs and their Uses”.

They will bring along a large selection of herbs and talk about how they can be used in cooking.

Herb Plants will be available to purchase at the end of the evening.

Cost: £3 entry fee on the door or £12 for full Membership.

A warm welcome awaits you along with tea and cake as well as an optional raffle.

Update from Meeting held on Monday 9 April 2018

Speaker Stuart “The Wildman” Mabbutt from Oxford gave us a very interesting and entertaining talk about Wildlife in Everyday Gardening.  Stuart had 10 Challenges for us to improve Wildlife in our Gardens which are:

• • • 1: Is gardening essential or is it social conditioning?
    • 2: Tidiness is down to interpretation
    • 3: Are you hearing or are you listening? Are you seeing or are you looking
    • 4: Birth is just as important as death and decay (there is no such thing as pest and disease)
    • 5: It’s really only down to 4 things
      • Water
      • Dead wood
      • Different grass heights
      • Different flowers, trees and shrubs
    • 6: Hedgehogs and bee’s
    • 7: The connected garden
      • Corridors in between neighbouring garden
      • You as part of a much bigger picture
    • 8:The alternative garden: moon gardening and ant nests
    • 9: Natives and non-natives are not worth fussing about too much, diversity is what we need. Ethical seeds (buy British seeds not imported ones.)
    • 10: Caring for garden birds.