Winter 2004 Newsletter

It is great to be writing once again. Welcome back to our past readers and there seems to be lots that is new.

Kay has left us and is starting up her homeopathy business. She has always been so good at healing and her move into homeopathy seems a natural step.

Joining us onto the team in order of joining are Sacha, Julie and Helen. Helen is the Office Manager, the replacement for Kay.

Sacha has helped hugely with the packing and preparation of the Goody Bags. These are less fiddly now that we have "forget me not seeds" packed especially for us by Thompson & Morgan www.thompson-morgan.com who are large scale retailers of seeds. These seeds plus some labels, jiffy 7 compost media modules and our special instructions are in our free goody bags which go to those who seek our prospectus.

The date for the RHS General Certificate examination in close by and we all hope that our members do well. The Royal Horticultural Society has published its replacement syllabus - now called the RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture. This is a major step forward in that it attempts to clarify much more clearly the items which the examination candidate is expected to know. Its is a long document at 62 sides but it can be reviewed on the RHS web site www.rhs.org.uk

Institute of Horticulture: Ben wrote to say thankyou for the support and recommendation of his application to join the Institute of Horticulture. (- he was accepted with full corporate membership - which in a considerable rarity.) If readers are professional horticulturists or intend to be and would like more details I would gladly mail them. There is even a scheme for 6 months of free membership. Do contact me - Oliver or the IoH directly ioh@horticulture.org.uk telephone 0207 245 6943.

 

Some chatty news from Oliver

I joined the Mothers Union as a diocesan member of this Christian organisation - it is rare for a male to join but I have been hugely impressed by the work they initiate, support and both locally and world wide they really are good news for many people who need help.

I took this photo at Bristol Cathedral. Rosemary Thomas the president of the Bristol MU Diocese is speaking, with Bishop Mike to her right and Bishop Michael on her left. (Mary my wife is the local Lacock MU Branch Leader.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Water Feature here in the garden at Notton.

This is slowly coming together - indeed it maybe complete very shortly. We are to receive a couple of tonnes of Pebbles from CED - who supply lots of natural stone from "spaghetti rock to pink granite". They are large scale but were very helpful on the phone. I first saw their products at the Glasgow Garden Festival a good few years back. www.ced.l&d.uk for their head office. G H Martin are to do the haulage very helpfully - a local firm to us