Cleobury Country

Cleobury Mortimer Horticultural Society

Spring plant sale 2010

Spring plant sale 2010

Outing to Hanbury Hall

Outing to Hanbury Hall

Stottesdon School - competition winners!

Stottesdon School - competition winners!

Cleobury in Bloom display

Cleobury in Bloom display

Award event - Cleobury in Bloom

Award event - Cleobury in Bloom

Garden clearing with St Mary's Youth project helpers

Garden clearing with St Mary's Youth project helpers

Aims of the Society

Cleobury Mortimer Horticultural Society was founded about thirteen years ago by local residents with an interest in gardening and all things horticultural. It has grown steadily, and currently has around forty members with a mountain of knowledge and expertise to share!

The Society’s objectives, which were set when it was first established, remain the same:

We:

Membership costs £8 per person a year, which includes costs of all events and refreshments at meetings. Non-members are invited to attend the events for £2.

Calendar of Events 2011

All events take place in, or start from, Cleobury Mortimer. Talks take place at the Methodist Hall, starting at 8pm.

For information, contact the Programme Secretary, Steve Todd on 01299 271639 or email todd479@btinternet.com

10 January: ‘Tool sharpening for the terrified’- William Scott

14 February ‘Insects’ - Roy Mantle

14 March: ‘Gardening in retirement’- Maurice Bracher

11 April: ‘Garden design - tricks of the trade’ - Gill Guest

7 May: Plant sale - The Market Hall, Church Street 10am-noon

9 May: ‘Herbs’ - Julia Scott

23 May: Visit to Cottage Herbery - Meet Talbot car park 6.30pm

13 June: ‘Carnivorous plants’ - Mike King

25 June: Summer social - ‘Pimms and puds’ Catherton House 6pm

9/10 July: Cleobury in Bloom

August: Visit to RHS Wisley (tbc)

12 September: ‘Fruity frolics - ways to use your fruit and veg’- members

1 October: Autumn plant sale - Market Hall 10am to noon

10 October: ‘Decorations for Christmas’ - Helen Wallace

14 November: Annual General Meeting - Methodist Hall 7.30pm

12 December: Christmas social - St Elizabeth’s Hall 7.00pm

Cleobury in Bloom

CLEOBURY IN BLOOM 2010

The aim of the event in 2010 was to encourage more people to take part. So instead opf our usual competition to showcase local gardens, we ran a variety of events:

Tree Pleaching

We have been pruning the seventeen beautiful lime trees that line High Street, Cleobury Mortimer for around ten years. This is a significant contribution to the local environment and has earned much praise and comment from local residents. They now look superb in both winter and summer.To date, the work has been undertaken voluntarily by members of the Society, assisted by Alan Guest of Alan Guest Mowing Services, friends of the Society and others from the local community. For the past two years, we have also been helped by Community Payback workers. This year, we felt that the job was just too big, especially since the trees are getting bigger and the members older! So grateful thanks go to Shropshire Council for working with us to assess the trees, which were then pruned by specialists paid for by the Council.

Allotments

There are nine full plots and fourteen half plots on land that is rented from a very helpful and accommodating local farmer! We operate a waiting list: contact Douglas Smurthwaite (details below) for further information.

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Horticultural Society Contacts

Flo Hadley, Chair. Telephone 01299 271762 or email flo.hadley@btinternet.com

Douglas Smurthwaite, Treasurer. Telephone 01299 271194

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