GARDENING

LALESTON GARDENING CLUB

Our Gardening Club had a very successful Plant Sale last month and we would like to thank all those who supported us we are very grateful and hope you all enjoy your plants this summer. June days are longer and warmer weeds, unfortunately flourish so time to keep on top of those, bedding plants should be out and in situ now, use water wisely, a top dressing of mulch helps with water retention. Hanging baskets can be put outside now too, don’t forget to keep them well watered and fed. Our lawns need weekly cutting now unless you are leaving a section to go wild to help our butterflies and bees. Our gardens really start to come to life in this beautiful month when everything is green and lush, harvest the first lettuce and veg, Enjoy! It is with great delight that I can announce that Laleston Gardening Club has been successful in gaining a grant from The National Lottery Fund, which will enable us to install another 6 windows in our beautiful Grade II Listed Cliff Cottage. This will allow us to properly ventilate the rooms, which are used by our own Club and many organisations from within the local Community. We are so very grateful to National Lottery Community Fund, Wales.

Susan Ford

PORTHCAWL FLORAL ARRANGEMENT SOCIETY

In May we held our first meeting at our new venue at 7.30 pm in Gilead Hall, Park Avenue with a demonstration by Sharon Dower. We were delighted with our new home and Sharon entertained us while creating some wonderful displays. She has her own Youtube channel containing many tutorials and ideas for arrangements, which will be very useful for our newer members. We are all working hard to finalise ideas for our displays for the Music and Flower Festival on June 4th. By the time of reading this, you will have had a chance to view and hopefully enjoy our designs. Some members enjoyed a trip to the Spring Malvern Festival where the display gardens, demonstrations and floral displays were inspiring. I even met Princess Anne there! We have a trip to Ross on Wye to the Area NAFAS President’s • Grass Cutting • Hedge Trimming day to look forward to in June • Tree Services as well as a speaker meeting • Turfing • Decorative Gravel and a Practice night. • Fencing Please call 01656222985 or look at our Facebook page for more information. New members always welcome. RELIABLE LOCAL SERVICE

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CEFN CRIBWR GARDENING CLUB

June is a fabulous month, roses in their prime and the garden as ripe as a plum, the whole month is a swelling crescendo filled with long lovely days! Fill gaps in borders with summer bedding now, then plant something more permanent in the Autumn, you can even drop in a whole tub of summer display plants into the ground (it will need extra watering) then pull it out if original plants get bushier and use it elsewhere (or put it back on your windowsill – fab) If you find earthworms are bringing casts to the surface of your lawn, simply brush them into the grass or borders, they are very rich in nutrients, lawns should be mown twice a week now, (what joy!) We are opening many of our beautiful gardens in Cefn on 26th June, 11-5 in conjunction with the NGS, tickets and maps at the Green Hall, We have craft and plant stalls lots of yummy cakes, teas and coffee, its a wonderful day out. We have tractors and trailers transporting you round gardens, great fun (no common old mini buses for us!) “Roses are red, violets are blue, but they don’t get around like the dandelions do”

Chris Early

PORTHCAWL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOP

The Garden Shop is located in two buildings at the town end of Heol-y–Goedwig, Porthcawl, next to an allotment site. The shop is open from 9.00am to midday on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and sells all your garden needs at very competitive prices. This includes: ‘loose’ peas, beans, potatoes, packets of seeds and a range of fertilizers and sulphates. Good quality bags of compost (‘Which?’ Recommended), organic manure, topsoil and growbags. All lengths of bamboo canes and a range of netting, fleeces and ground covers, and much more.

All welcome. So call in Wednesdays and Saturdays between 9am to Midday.