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Garden Visit

2011 Show

Show History

Hang-Basket Comp

BAHS Autumn Show

Since 1.6.09. visitors = 2823

Unless otherwise stated
all events
start at 8pm
in the village hall
and we are out
by 10pm

Anyone is welcome at events,
free to members
£1 to guests.
Incidentally membership
for the whole year
is just £2.

Judging Criteria for Hanging Basket Competition

Colour
Number of plants
Position
Condition
Variety of plants
Overall impression

All marked out of 10

The Months

January brings the snow,
Makes your nose and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

March brings the wind so cold and chill,
Drives the cattle from the hill.

April brings us sun and showers,
And the pretty wildwood flowers.

May brings grass and leafy trees,
Waving in each gentle breeze.

June brings tulips, lilies, roses,
Fills the children's hands with posies.

July brings the greatest heat,
Cloudless skies and dusty street.

August brings the golden grain,
Harvest time is here again.

Warm September brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then begin the shoot.

Brown October brings the last;
Of ripening gifts from summer past.

Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves are falling fast.

Cold December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire, and Christmas treat

Adapted from a poem by Sarah Coleridge (1802-1852)

Loosley Row & Lacey Green Horticultural Society

Introduction

Apart from being an enjoyable hobby, gardening provides enormous pleasure, keeps us fit, helps the environment and can save or make us money.

The Horticultural Society exists to share gardening knowledge and provides an opportunity for us to show off our skills. To this end regular talks by experts are arranged on a bi- monthly basis.

The presentations are not exclusive, for example this year we have had a virtual tour of County villages and learnt about the Red Kites seen soaring gracefully every day over the Chiltern Hills. Sometimes we look abroad.

Interspersed with the talks are visits to gardens, public and private. Members - we currently have over 70 - also enjoy the social life.

For non-members to know just how varied our programme can be, you have missed sessions on:

Clematis
The Changing Wildlife of the Chilterns
Alpines at 500 feet
Garden visit Gt Hampden
Roses and Sweet Peas.
Organic farm visit

Coming Events

Sat 1st Oct 2011
BAHS Autumn Show/i>
Hosted by us
Lacey Green Millennium Hall

Wed 16th Nov 2011
Annual Pumpkin Competition and Social
7pm Lacey Green Millennium Hall
Sponsored by The Whip

Wed 18th Jan 2012
Indiana Jones meets Horticulture
by Prof. Sandy Primrose
8pm Lacey Green Millennium Hall
Sponsored by Coles & Blackwell

Wed 21st Mar 2012
A.G.M. Followed by Life in a Nutshell
by Mr John Tyler
8pm Lacey Green Millennium Hall
Sponsored by The Black Horse PH

Passiflora Incarnata or Passion Flower

A specimen hanging basket

A beautiful red rose

BUCKS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AUTUMN SHOW 2011 - PICTURES

2011 SHOW - PICTURES & RESULTS

2011 SHOW - RESULTS

(total of 262 entries from 41 entrants)
THE JOHN PLOWMAN CUP for VEGETABLE SECTION

CUP WINNER: SECOND: JOINT THIRD: JOINT THIRD:	Alison Shreeve Les Hazell Jill Baker Mary Lawrence	31 points 11 points 10 points 10 points
Special Award for Best Exhibit: Mary Lawrence for Shallots THE FLORAL CUP for FLOWER SECTION
CUP WINNER: SECOND: JOINT THIRD: JOINT THIRD:	Linda Taylor Alison Shreeve Les Hazell Vic Lindsay	19 points 15 points 7 points 7 points
Special Award for Best Exhibit: Linda Taylor for Flowering Pot Plant (Begonia) THE MARSHALL CUP for FRUIT SECTION
CUP WINNER: JOINT SECOND: JOINT SECOND:	Michael Hardy Jill Cochrane Vic Lindsay	5 points 4 points 4 points
Special Award for Best Exhibit: Vic Lindsay for Pears THE HUGHENDEN CUP for VEGETABLES, FLOWERS & FRUIT
CUP WINNER: SECOND: THIRD:	Alison Shreeve Les Hazell Linda Taylor	46 points 20 points 19 points
THE DOMESTIC SALVER for DOMESTIC SECTION
CUP WINNER: JOINT SECOND: JOINT SECOND: JOINT SECOND:	Mary Lawrence John Burnett Adam Heeley John Langlois	7 points 6 points 6 points 6 points

Special Award for Best Exhibit: Adam Heeley for Beer Bread

THE BILL CLEAVER MEMORIAL AWARD for Best Exhibit in Show
WINNER: Vic Lindsay for Pears

THE JUBILEE CUP for Best Entrant who is not a past or present cup winner
WINNER: Jill Baker 16 points

2011 Hanging Basket Competition.

1st again was Linda Taylor with 82 out of a possible 100 points.

Runner-up Sandra Moore from Naphill

Other entries

Garden Visit Bledlow Ridge - Pictures

Pumpkin Supper November 2010

Click on image name below for enlarged version

What a marvellous evening! So much done by so many people to the delight of a lot of people - everyone who attended, I'm sure. Memorable & enjoyable in so many ways.

Buckinghamshire Association Horticultural Society Spring Show

The committee congratulated itself having entered the Show and come away with 3rd prize just 4 points (72/85) behind the winner.

This was an incredible improvement from our first effort last year clearly learning from that experience where we were just pipped at the post by everyone else.

Everyone agreed (bias aside) that Alison Heeley's flower presentation looked better than the winner's and that being the case we claim First Prize.

We hope the wider membership are encouraged to participate.

This event will be hosted at Lacey Green Village Hall on 17th April, 2010.

SHOW HISTORY

THE JOHN PLOWMAN CUP for VEGETABLE SECTION
1987 Miles Marshall
1988 Kathleen Marshall
1989 Doreen Ellis
1990 Kathleen Marshall
1991 Bill Cleaver
1992 Bill Cleaver
1993 Bill Cleaver
1994 Syd Saunders
1995 Syd Saunders
1996 Syd Saunders
1997 Syd Saunders
1998 Syd Saunders
1999 Syd Saunders
2000 Les Hazell
2001 Syd Saunders
2002 Syd Saunders
2003 Colin Hobdell
2004 William Ludlow
2005 William Ludlow
2006 Alison Shreeve
2007 Alison Shreeve
2008 Alison Shreeve
2009 Alison Shreeve
2010 Alison Shreeve

THE FLORAL CUP for FLOWER SECTION
1987 Michael Hardy
1988 Michael Hardy
1989 Daphne Spurry
1990 Bill Cleaver
1991 Bill Cleaver
1992 Bill Cleaver
1993 Michael Hardy
1994 Bill Cleaver
1995 Bill Cleaver
1996 Les Hazell
1997 Linda Taylor
1998 Les Hazell
1999 Sheila Clay
2000 Les Hazell
2001 Michael Hardy
2002 Freda Dormer
2003 Les Hazell
2004 Linda Storey
2005 Linda Storey
2006 Les Hazell
2007 Les Hazell
2008 John West
2009 Les Hazell
2010 Linda Taylor

THE MARSHALL CUP for FRUIT SECTION
1990 John Spurry
1991 Doreen Ellis
1992 David & Barbara Chalkley
1993 Doreen Ellis
1994 Michael Hardy
1995 Doreen Ellis
1996 Doreen Ellis
1997 Doreen Ellis
1998 Michael Hardy
1999 Sheila Clay
2000 Doreen Ellis
2001 Doreen Ellis
2002 Pam Lidgley
2003 Doreen Ellis
2004 Brian Wicks
2005 Michael Hardy
2006 Alison Shreeve
2007 Victor Lindsay
2008 Victor Lindsay
2009 Michael Hardy
2010 Michael Hardy

THE HUGHENDEN CUP for VEGETABLES, FLOWERS & FRUIT
1988 Kathleen Marshall
1989 Doreen Ellis
1990 Bill Cleaver
1991 Bill Cleaver
1992 Bill Cleaver
1993 Bill Cleaver
1993 Bill Cleaver
1994 Bill Cleaver
1995 Bill Cleaver
1996 Bill Cleaver
1997 Les Hazell
1998 Sheila Clay
1999 Sheila Clay
2000 Les Hazell
2001 Syd Saunders
2001 Michael Hardy
2002 Syd Saunders
2003 Colin Hobdell
2004 William Ludlow
2005 William Ludlow
2006 Alison Shreeve
2007 Alison Shreeve
2008 Alison Shreeve
2009 Alison Shreeve
2010 Alison Shreeve

THE DOMESTIC SALVER for DOMESTIC SECTION
1991 Connie Roe
1992 Connie Roe
1993 Babette Green
1994 Margaret Davis
1995 Betty Harrington
1996 Doreen Ellis
1997 Mary Lawrence
1998 Mary Lawrence
1999 Mary Lawrence
2000 Carol Dockerill
2001 Jill Langlois
2002 Mary Lawrence
2003 Mary Lawrence
2004 Jill Langlois
2005 John Burnett
2006 Laura Chapman
2007 Doreen de Grey
2008 Laura Chapman
2009 Jill Langlois
2010 Alison Shreeve

THE BILL CLEAVER MEMORIAL AWARD for BEST EXHIBIT IN SHOW
2000 Doreen Ellis
2001 Michael Hardy
2002 Syd Saunders
2003 Doreen Ellis
2004 Michael Hardy
2005 John Burnett
2006 Joint Winners:
Jill Langlois & Alison Shreeve
2007 Victor Lindsay
2008 Joyce Walker
2009 Linda Taylor
2010 Michael Hardy

THE JUBILEE CUP for Best Entrant who is not a past or present cup winner
2006 John West
2007 Joy Lawrence
2008 Doris Burnett
2009 Stella Boll
2010 Patricia Johnstone

Rods Poles and Perches

Did you know that the ancient measurement of a Rod, derives from the Anglo Saxon, meaning the length of a rod or whip required to manage a team of four oxon. In modern terms it is 5.5 yards. Barbed wire is still sold in 80 rod lengths.

An acre is 4 rods x 40 rods, being the area that could be ploughed in a day. 4 rods is also the length of a cricket pitch.

Perch or pole mean the same as rod, although these days we associate perch with chickens and pole with the nice man that fixes the plumbing.

Are Slugs a problem?

Kill them humanely - hey every bloke I know wants to go this way.

Fill a shallow bowl with the cheapest beer you can get and place where they are working.

Wait overnight - stay in the shed and finish the rest of the beer

In the morning bury them in the compost heap - I don't recommend finishing off the beer.

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