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2019 issue The aim of the monthly Life in Brackley Magazine is to support businesses in order that the local community can flourish.

As we head into June and enjoy the warmth of midsummer, it’s amazing to think we’re halfway through the year already! With fetes and festivals galore this month, it’s the perfect time to party – and we have all the info you’ll need on local events and dates for your diary.

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Has self-care become stressful?

I was recently invited to join a panel of experts to speak to a group of business women about self-care around running a business. What I quickly discovered was that this new trend of having a ‘self-care’ plan came with a list of ‘shoulds’. We SHOULD meditate, we SHOULD go to the gym, join a yoga / pilates class, study mindfulness.

These amazing women were following self-care plans that weren’t necessarily things they enjoyed doing, they were following in the power of the ‘SHOULD’. It left me thinking, as a promoter of self-care, that maybe we need to encourage each other to make small changes so that self-care slots in and becomes an escape rather than adds to our to do list. So here are some suggestions: 1. Sit to eat your meals. Many parents and carers are filling the dishwasher, cleaning up, putting washing on, all while their children eat the meal that has been prepared. Give yourself permission to sit, eat and enjoy your meal with the family.

2. Increase your water intake by linking it to something else you do regularly. Every time you boil the kettle, pour a glass of water and drink it all.

3. Breathe through your nose.

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Everything’s coming

I was listening to the radio the other day and a fact was given out that really surprised me, writes Buckingham Garden Centre’s Chris Day. According to a news report the UK fresh cut flower and indoor plant market is now worth £2.2 billion at retail level. To put this in perspective, the UK music industry is worth around £2 billion. This is pretty staggering considering this equates to an average spend per person per year of £36 (£28 on flowers and £8 on indoor plants). We love our flowers as much, if not more, than our music!

The popularity of houseplants fuelled by the millennials is well observed and great news showing a regained interest in all things green, variegated, orchid, cacti and flowering exotics.

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Indoor potted roses are grown to perfection in Holland using the latest in computer controlled growing systems with clever roller benching and even robotic spacings of the plants on the bench. The cut flower Rose is now grown globally and transported in millions. Even the doyen of British roses,– David Austin, has cut flower production nurseries in South Africa where their amazing blooms are jetted to all corners of the globe. Best of all, the roses we use for our beds, borders, walls, pergolas, fences and pots are as popular as ever, helped along I’m sure in part by our more compact gardens where roses can give great flowering value over many months.

When roses were popular back in the 1950s, homeowners would give them space to create a purpose designed rose bed. These usually had a single variety and were often edged with either Catmint (pictured with Rose ‘Teasing Georgia’) or Box to enclose the area. I know when my parents moved

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Today roses are multi-tasking plants which we use as part of the mix to our garden plan. They are often used liberally in mixed borders to provide structure and a framework to other plants such as perennials, bulbs and groundcover which they can be associated with. They have a starring role in our smaller plots as we can use them to clothe our walls and fences, climb and scramble up arbours and across pergolas. For hedging, the native Rosa rugosa (pictured ‘Roseraie de L’Hay’) takes some beating where the single blooms are followed by attractive hips – much loved by the local wildlife.

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Beales Classic Roses. Also there are a number of growers specialising in standard varieties of Hybrid Tea, Floribunda (now correctly called cluster-flowered), Climbers, Ramblers, Patio and Groundcover types. Many of these have been given a modern twist with improved reliability as far as repeat-flowering ability, disease resistance and colour development.

So, how do you keep your roses healthy? The key through the summer months is feeding and watering.

Top rose growers Peter Beales Classic Roses say it quite simply; “Roses are very hungry plants and should therefore be fed regularly throughout their lives to ensure maximum blooms and growth, from first year plants through to 50-yearold ramblers. We recommend a good feed of a nitrogen high feed like Top Rose after the late-winter prune in February, then feeding every two weeks throughout the flowering period with a high potash feed like

Tomorite. Simply dilute to half the strength recommended on the bottle for Tomatoes.”

Roses also require regular watering, especially during the summer. It is very hard to over water a rose, but they will not appreciate having their roots sit in cold water for long periods. Roses grown in pots should be given a good water daily throughout the growing season. During the summer newly planted roses will also need watering regularly until their roots are established.

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Blackspot (pictured) you may need to resort to using chemical control by applying Rose Clear Extra.

To ensure you keep your roses displays blooming throughout the summer and early autumn it is important to regularly deadhead your roses. By deadheading you will encourage repeat-flowering – this stops your rose producing seeds in the hips, which are formed after flowering, so that it has more energy for repeat-flowering. The label on your rose should state whether it is a repeat bloomer – most popular bush varieties are and certainly the latest David Austin and Peter Beales Classic roses generally are too. The other reason to trim and remove spent blooms is the opportunity to shape your shrub. This is important in a mixed border if you need to allocate a defined area to a plant and to trim it back to keep it within bounds.

The process of deadheading is simple and should be done as soon after each flower fades as possible up to late September. After September it is unlikely that you will get much more growth or flowering, as your plant will be getting ready for winter. A brief guide to deadheading is to cut the stem at an angle of 45 degrees just above a bud pointing the way you want future growth and above a five-leaf set. The amount you cut back controls, to some extent, the shape and size of your plant. If you are unsure, cut back to the

point where the flowers stop being produced on the stem.

If you have deadheaded a rose bush and it is a repeat-flowering variety then it would be perfect to give the plant another feed to help stimulate more flowering wood and a further flush of blooms. At the height of summer when new growth is plentiful you should have further flowers appearing 3-4 weeks after the first flush and this process will be greatly enhanced by further watering during dry spells.

Finally mulching is always best carried out in the early part of the year (Feb/March) or the autumn. If you can sufficiently moisten the soil around the rose planting area when planting and then apply a generous a 5cm (2in) layer of chipped bark this will help retain moisture, suppress any weed growth thus providing the rose with a good start.

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Saturday 22nd June

starting at 1 o’clock on the Recreation Ground in Water Stratford Road, MK18 4NU. The fun day includes a village fete, classic cars, dog show & beer festival. A BBQ, a pig roast, cakes, beers, ciders and Pimms will be available. There will be music during the fete. Also, the beer festival continues into the evening with music from 60s Jukebox and Cerys Price until 11 pm.

Free entry! For more information www.tingewickfete.co.uk

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Every Monday/Thursday Buckingham & Stowe Running Club. Please see our website for more information www.buckinghamrunningclub.com or email buckinghamrunningclub@hotmail.co.uk Every Monday Evening SCUBA diving with Stowe Sub Aqua Club, see the web for more information. StoweSubAqua.co.uk Men in Sheds Buckingham Meet every Tuesday (10am to 1pm) Thursday (10am to 2pm) and Friday (10am to 2pm) We meet in our workshop behind the Cote at the Woolpack in Well Street, Buckingham email: buckmshed@btinternet.com Self Defence Classes Every Wednesday Maids Moreton School. Kids and Teens 6.00 Adults 7.00 cskravmaga@sky.com 07526629955 Alternate Wednesdays ‘Just Friends’ social club for single people aged roughly 45 - 70+ Meet 8.00pm Villiers hotel lounge Walks, theatre, eating out & much more. justfriends2004@gmail.com

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North Bucks Carers Support Group Social Mornings at Buckingham Community Centre Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday’s f the month 10 am until 12 noon Come for a coffee ,cake and a chat Also speakers, demonstrations and utings Contact Ann 7473766365 or 01280 815441

Wednesday evenings Great Horwood Silver Band 7.45pm (trainng band 7pm) n Great Horwood Village Hall.

All ages and abilities (including beginners) welcome.

Contact: Beryl Lack 01908 510809 www.greathorwoodband.com

Every Wednesday Bounce and Rhyme for babies and young children in erm time 10.30am-11am Knit and Natter Group every Thursday 2pm-3.30pm Reminiscence Coffee morning hird Thursday of every month 1.30am-11pm Learn My Way one to one computer sessions for complete beginners t times to suit the learners Family History sessions. One to one help in tracing your amily history at times to suit the customer

First Thursday of the Month OPEN HOUSE part of Community Care North Bucks) Living on you own? oin us at The Centre, Verney Close, Buckingham.

0.30am - 12.30pm for coffee and cake.

Occasional speakers and trips out 7473766365

Alternate Thursdays The Registrars are at Buckingham Library 10am -3pm.

Email registrars@buckscc.gov.uk or phone 01296 383055 o book an appointment to register a birth or death and for iving notice if marriage.

Thursday evenings Brackley Morris Men Taster Sessions 8.15pm Brackley CE Junior School, Manor Road Brackley Further details from Stephen Ferneyhough 07764 799947

Buckingham Yoga Buckingham-yoga.co.uk

07514498053

julia@buckingham-yoga.co.uk * Starting Tues Sep 25th* Buckingham Community Centre Hatha Yoga 7-8:15pm * PLUS Every Wednesday* Lace Hill Sports & Community Centre * Vinyasa flow 7-8:05pm & Yin Relaxation 8:15-9:30pm

First Saturday of each month Buckingham Railway Walk Conservation Group 10am in the University Car Park Chandos Road. http://buckinghamrailwaywalk. btck.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook. com/Railwaywalk

First and Third Thursdays: Buckingham National Women’s Register (NWR) We are a friendly group of women of all ages who are interested in everything and talk about anything!

If the idea of taking part in lively discussions, sharing ideas, meeting other women and making new friends appeals to you, contact the Buckingham Group local organiser, Jane Wardale on 01280 814067, for programme details.

THE BIG EVENLEY WOOD ASCOT EVENT GARDEN PARTY AND RACING EVENING

Evenley Wood Garden Lily & Rose Festival 300 roses and 150 lilies in the wood.

Tickets available in advance from evenleywoodgarden.co.uk or Stowe Church.

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Press Listings - June

Harry Baker: Poetry World Slam Champion Tuesday 4 June, 8pm – Ugland Auditorium

Harry Baker is a World Poetry Slam Champion turned full-time poet via a maths degree. His Love Poem for Lonely Prime Numbers has been translated into more than twenty languages and his performances with their signature mix of hope, heart and humour have taken him all over the world, gaining fans along the way from Jacqueline Wilson to Ice Cube. His TEDx talks on his poetry, the power of self-acceptance and his love for German and Maths have been viewed more than four million times.

Following on from his debut collection The Sunshine Kid, Harry will be bringing a selection of old favourites and brand new poems [to Stowe in partnership with the Buckingham Literary Festival] Running time approx. 1 hour Box Office: 01280 825710

Jeffrey Au Piano Recital Wednesday 5 June, 8pm – Ugland Auditorium Arts at Stowe Members Event

Stowe is proud to present Jeffrey Au’s debut recital as part of the Arts at Stowe programme! Jeffrey is one of Stowe’s most talented music Scholars and in this concert presents a varied and colourful range of music from the diverse piano repertoire. Jeffrey is currently working towards entrance auditions for a number of the leading UK music conservatoires and this event is not to be missed!

Programme to include: English Suite No. 3 in G minor – J. S. Bach Sonata No.3 in C major – Ludwig van Beethoven Images (Book I) – Claude Debussy Running time approx. 2 hours If you would like to enquire about membership or attend this performance email thearts@stowe.co.uk or call 01280 818012

Lunchtime Concert Series Thursday 6 June, 1pm, Ugland Auditorium Thursday 20 June, 1pm, State Music Room Arts at Stowe Members Event A real highlight for our members to our ever-popular lunchtime concert series. Some of Stowe’s most talented musicians who will present a varied repertoire of music that highlight their talents. Do not miss an opportunity to hear them first!

Soup is available for our audience members beforehand.

Running time: 30 minutes Email thearts@stowe.co.uk or Call 01280 818012 To advertise at a price thats right for you call 07899 757473

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