Free Garden Plants for NHS and Key Workers

Dany Garrett is offering her spare plants to NHS and other Key Workers. The plants are ones she would normally have sold at various local plant sales that have been cancelled this year.

She is making them available from this  weekend at the lay-by adjacent to the Old Beams Pub. Dany is putting up some signage nearby and on the main road. Key workers will be welcome to take what they fancy for their homes/gardens.

Dany has suggested that members of Ibsley Horticultural Society, and other local gardeners, may also like to contribute any of their spare plants in the same way.

Dany lives conveniently close by and will keep the set-up organised. She has requested that any persons wishing to donate plants either email her on  danygarrett@talktalk.net   or give her a call on   01425 471635  and she will arrange for the plants to be set up at the lay-by.

The proposed offer is  very kind and generous, and we believe many of our members may also wish to support.

Thanks.

National Gardens Scheme in Hampshire - May update

                                                                                      
                                                                                                 HAMPSHIRE

I would like to update you with what is happening within the National Garden Scheme.

Every Thursday more ‘Virtual Garden Tours’ are being added to our website:- ngs.org.uk   In the great scheme of things these are becoming more and more popular and proving very uplifting to all our supporters.

Week commencing 8th May would have been our Gardens and Health Week.  We did still celebrate this with some very moving stories and video’s  from people to whom their gardens and gardening proved a real release from some of the stresses of life and the impact of their health issues.  These stories were ably introduced by Rachel de Thame, who is not only a renowned Gardener and Presenter, but an Ambassador for the NGS.  Rachel openly discusses her own recent issues with breast cancer . You can find Rachel’s introduction here  https://ngs.org.uk/gardens-and-health-week/  and click on Watch Now.

In my Mach Newsletter I mentioned that the NGS had set up a ‘Just Giving’ page.  It very quickly became apparent that this was not the best way forward, so it was very soon dropped in favour of our own in house account.   You can rest assured that 100% of your donation goes to our charity - we do not have someone sat there creaming a % off the top!!  The donations from our Virtual Tours currently exceeds £50,000.00  This is extremely generous and will go some small way to support our charities.  It is now even easier to donate - via your smart phone.  Simply text GARDENS  (5, 10 or 20) to 70085. Text cost the donation amount plus one standard message rate. Please ensure to leave a space between GARDENS and the number (5, 10 or 20).

Whilst our ‘Virtual Garden Tours' have proved very popular and people have been very generous with their donations, there is nothing like the real thing.  To this end the NGS has in place procedures for when we get the green light to open our gardens to the general public again.  Things won’t be quite the same though, as a result of Coronavirus.

1) All visits will have to be pre-booked online and a ticket will be issued.  This is a very simple operation - if  you can read this email, you will be able to book tickets.

2) The tickets will be issued for timed slots, and limited numbers per slot, to comply with social distancing.

3) There will be no refreshments and plant sales are still under discussion.

Our main priority is to protect our volunteers, our garden owners and our garden visitors.  Some garden owners may not be able to open for a variety of reasons - size, access or health issues.  Whether a garden opens or not is strictly down to the garden owner.  So we are all ready to go…..we just have to wait for the Governments decision to allow us to do so, along with RHS and NT.

I’m sure it has not passed you by, that this week should have been the  Chelsea Flower Show - don’t forget your Chelsea chop!  On our website you will find a celebration of this from five esteemed garden designers, with 30 Gold Medals between them.  As this is the bi-centenary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, the Florence Nightingale Garden was planned - deigned by Robert Myers.  It will now feature in Chelsea 2021. You can have a sneak pre-view of this https://ngs.org.uk/robert-myers-the-florence-nightingale-garden/ 

Finally I will leave you with some images from our Hampshire Garden Owners - all from their own gardens.

GREAT COLOUR COMBINATION

Courtesy of Jonathan & Sheila Richards.  of POVEY’S COTTAGE  STONEY HEATH   BAUGHURST  RG26 5SN:  NEW FOR 2020 AND WERE DUE TO OPEN IN JUNE & JULY:

SO DELICATE AND INTRICATE

AQUALEGIA:  Courtesey of Audrey & Jonathan Crutchfield: 146 BRIDGE ROAD     SARISBURY GREEN    SO31 7EJ:  WERE DUE TO OPEN IN MAY:

BEARDED IRIS

Courtesy of David & Victoria Wormsley:  THE OLD RECTORY   E. WOODHAY    RG20 0AL:  WERE OPENING FOR GROUPS:

REFLECTIONS:

Courtesey of Tessa & Clive Redshaw:  SPITFIRE HOUSE    STOCKBRIDGE    SO20 6JS:  WERE DUE TO OPEN IN JUNE AND JULY:

It would be amazing if the next time I contact you I could tell you which of our gardens are opening - albeit not as we knew it.  We’ll just have to wait and see.

In the meantime take care - keep safe

Best Wishes 

Pat Beagley (Publicity)

National Garden Scheme - Hampshire

Marcus Dancer Plants

Marcus Dancer was originally sheduled to give a talk to the Club in June. This has had to be postponed until 2021. 

He has sent us the following message regarding supply of plants from his local nursery at Sandleheath

 

 

Good evening

I am sending you this email advising that I am now able to offer a mail order service during this very difficult and challenging time.

On my website you will see a wide range of clematis, climbers, shrubs and perennials.

For people living more locally I can deliver orders of plants direct to your door observing social distancing.

Please advise all your friends and contacts.

Kind regards
Marcus
Marcus Dancer Plants
clematisplants.co.uk

Coffee Grounds

DID YOU KNOW ?

Used coffee grounds are a precious resource for the garden , so don’t throw them away. Use them.

 How? 

Read on and give it a go :

1.       Deter  pests by spreading around plants to discourage ants, slugs and snails – they dislike the texture and that lovely coffee aroma

2.       Free fertiliser a -  coffee grounds are high in nitrogen content

a.       Dig into your soil to improve it, especially for worms,

b.       add directly to your compost  ( with the filter paper if you use one)

c.        mix with grass clippings  ( ensure there are no seeds in it) or leaves and spread around acid loving plants like azaleas or camellias

d.      pre mix with carrot and beetroot seeds before planting to increase your yields ( you will have to dry the grounds first for easiest application – spread out on newspaper on a sunny window sill)

Why not try it now whilst more coffee is being drunk in lockdown.  ? – you have nothing to lose.

Azalea. Hints, Tips and Help

I thought that the number of members that took up the offer of Azalea seedlings might be interested in a few hints and tips on bringing these seedlings to fruition and take ones mind off the plague

For those in Poulner a warning. In the nineteen hundreds all the land there was small holdings and would have been limed quite a bit so it’s a risk to plant out lime hating plants. However I knew someone who lived in the centre who had no problems growing Magnolia and Camellia in his garden.

For those in and around the new Forest most of the soil is acid and should have no problems.

OK to keep in as plugs but OK to pot on if needed, in most cases by the end of the year.

Use the correct compost if potting on.

When planting or potting on plant level with the surrounding soil. DO NOT bury the root ball.

If possible use rain water

Water every day in the summer heat.

Keep out of direct sunlight. The hot sun burns them up at this stage. After 12 months should be OK.

Any enquiries Email me at hornejohn1@gmail.com.. Could be a delay in answering.

John Horne

IDHS Newsletter May 2020

Dear All 

After a lovely few weeks and a spell of rain, I’m sure many of you are spending lots of time in your gardens and like many of us expect to have lovely tidy tended patches by the end of lockdown whenever that is!

Some of you have contacted me to find out if anyone has spare plants available and the most common vegetable to be sought after is the courgette!

I received a timely email today which may help a few in the Hyde end of our patch of plants for sale with proceeds going to Hyde church.

“Not the usual stock but various tomato varieties, courgettes, butternut squash, aubergines, various herbs, hollyhocks and some perennials. If interested, please contact me on 07557 531712 to discuss. If I cannot speak please leave a message and I'll call back. Alternatively email me on darkefamily@btinternet.com “

Otherwise don’t forget to check our IDHS webpage or http://idhsociety.blogspot.com where John (our secretary) has been placing members photos, videoclips, items for sale or wanted. Do take the time to have a look as its lovely to see how members gardens are shaping up.

There is also a photograph of an azalea that Alleyn has nurtured from one of John Horne’s cuttings to go with his article he has written for the newsletter, particularly of interest if you have purchased one of his cuttings previously   (see  the article that follows in the blog )

I promised last month to update you re decisions on future events and after an interesting telephone conference committee meeting we have with regret, decided to cancel the annual show. This is partly due to not knowing what position we will all be in by September but also in acknowledgement that our sponsors paying for advertising allowing the show to break even would expect the schedule to be out in shops by now which clearly can’t happen.

Should you be the lucky recipient of a cup from 2019 show, please keep these safe for another year.

We have also decided to cancel all garden visits for 2020 but if things change, we will look to arrange a local visit by car later in the year. Hopefully Forde Abbey will go ahead in 2021 (third time lucky)

Don’t forget Frogham Fair has also been cancelled this year.

Do keep a lookout for items of interest for other members such as virtual garden tours, articles or competitions and send me details to put onto our blog or in a future newsletter.

I have included a few below which have been sent to me to share with you:

• Baskets and Blooms are offering a limited delivery service – see their Facebook page for more details
• Chelsea Flower Show is going virtual 19^th -23^rd May
• Virtual tours of closed visitor gardens – Exbury, Minterne and Beth Chatto to name a few – see www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52152303 for more details
• RHS and BBC One Show have launched a competition called My Chelsea Garden asking you to enter by submitting a photo by 18^th May 2020. See the website for full details on www.bbc.co.uk-2020-mychelseagarden

I need to let you know of the sad deaths of two people who have links with our club.

The first is Pat Baines, the sister of Pauline Wells who many of you will know from the beautifully painted cards that she made for the club to sell last year and who came on some of the garden trips.

The second is Evelyn Cousal who was a long time member of the group. Our thoughts and best wishes go to their families.

My final request is one for all members to think about.....

Sadly, due to the fallout of this pandemic, we will be losing our Treasurer as Debbie feels she needs more time to spend on her business. I and the other committee members will be very sorry to see Debbie step down, she will be a great loss but thankfully has agreed to stay on until our AGM.

Please give this some thought and if any member feels that this might be a role for them, please contact me and I will put you I touch with Debbie to discuss the role further. Remember, the club cannot function without a Treasurer!

Having not thought that there would be much to say, I have managed  to fill a lot of space! Hopefully we will be able to get together again at some point this year but will keep these newsletters going in the meantime. Dont forget to send me things of interest.

Take care everyone and stay safe

Your Committee

Coronavirus: Closed visitor gardens create virtual tours

Worth a look  at this online video  -  especially since we have had fairly recent trips to Exbury and Leonardslee

Coronavirus: Closed visitor gardens create virtual tours - 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52152303

RHS Affiliated Societies April newsletter

Hello to all our Affiliated Societies  (please pass this on to all your members)

I hope you are all well and staying positive in this really difficult time.

Most of us enjoy a well delivered talk about a subject we are interested in, but at the moment that won’t be possible unless you can find one on-line…. So with that in mind I have asked the speakers listed on the RHS website, plus some of our Partner Gardens, to give me details of any pre-recorded talks, or if they are happy to deliver a live talk via video conferencing (Zoom or Skype) and have produced the attached details.  So dip in and see what you want to listen to or get a group of friends and have a Zoom garden party!  Contact the speaker by their given email to make any necessary arrangements or dive straight in if they are on social media.  I hope you will all find something of interest here.  Before I am furloughed at the end of April I will send any further speaker details I receive before I go.  Enjoy! 

A big thank you to everyone who sent me details of all the exciting projects and virtual shows their clubs are hosting.  This difficult time has certainly brought out the creativity in us all. 

Here are some of the ideas you might like to have a go at:

>    A virtual Spring/Summer show.  All the produce has been lovingly grown, so encourage everyone to take photos and either pop them onto your Facebook page or website for all your colleagues to admire.  No judging, just fun!

>   This is an extract from a lovely email one of our clubs sent me:

I thought you might be interested to hear about our Virtual Flower and Produce Show that took place on Saturday 28^th March. We are a busy group and hold 3 shows per year, but sadly our first show was cancelled.

The first recorded horticultural show in Burgess Hill took place in 1884 and we’ve been holding shows ever since, including during World War II, when there was a very active Dig for Victory group in the town. No-one could remember us cancelling a show before, so we wondered if we could harness technology and stage a ‘Virtual Show’ instead. We emailed our membership, asking them to ‘enter’ classes, (abandoning all rules regarding dimensions of exhibits/types and sizes of containers; “use whatever you have in your home”.) Folk set up their exhibits at home, photographed them and sent us the pictures for display on our website.

We set up a ‘virtual show’ on our website, allowing folk to click on a link and view the exhibits. The idea was to try and have a bit of fun and raise a smile in these difficult times. It seems to have worked; people have left some lovely comments, our website’s had hundreds of visitors and the show has also been shared around on Facebook.

Our summer show is due to take place on 27^th June. Should we still be in a ‘lockdown’ situation, we’ll have another virtual event. After all, The Show Must Go On!  - Comment from Susie – so inspiring.  Some thought and planning and a great show was still to be had.

>   Quizzes for fun and a few garden hints.  If a virtual show isn’t for you, try putting together a quiz or share your most useful garden tips.

And don’t forget if you have ordered a medal to think about a new category for awarding – my suggestion would be to the person who has helped the most in your community during this difficult time.  Perhaps you have a more fitting category?  Do share!

We’re launching “Grow at Home” this weekend where those spending so much more time at home will be able to find lots of activities and all things horticultural to learn and do from our website. 

The RHS is also doing everything it can to promote and help British nurseries so please remind friends, neighbours, colleagues and family that they can buy plants online for home delivery, from the RHS and from hundreds of other nurseries. https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/support-our-nurseries.

It’s very sad but we are announcing today that the following summer shows will be cancelled or moved:

RHS Shows cancelled in 2020:

   Harlow Carr Flower Show

  Tatton Park Flower Show

   Wisley Flower Show

RHS Shows moved in 2020:

   Hyde Hall Flower Show to 2 – 6 September (was 5-9 August)

   Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival to 10 – 15 September (was 7 -12 July)

   Rosemoor Flower Show to 18 – 20 September (was 14-16 August)

If you are taking part in our Growing Together competitions we will be in touch soon.

I will send one more newsletter before the end of the month.  Have the best Easter you are able to, stay safe and happy gardening.

Kind regards

Susie

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National Gardens Scheme in Hampshire - April update

IN  HAMPSHIRE

Well, here we still are…….  The only difference now is that we are in complete lockdown since I last contacted you.

As we are a charity, dependent entirely on our Garden Visitors to raise funds for the Nursing, Caring and Health sectors, Covid -19 is an absolute disaster for our beneficiaries. 

This is the first time in its 92 year history that the NGS has had to close its Garden Gates - it even kept going through the second world war.  Unless we can do something about it, this will mean that the charity's income will be down by around 80% for 2020.  Ironically, it was through Nursing that the National Garden Scheme was born, way back in 1927.  Two influential people came up with the idea to raise funds for Nurses, by persuading people with large gardens/estates to open them to the general public for a fee, since then the NGS hasn’t looked back.  Now the nurses need our help and support more than ever.

To this end the garden owners, volunteers and staff have launched a fantastic campaign to try to address this situation - ‘virtual garden visits’ .

On 16th April, Alan Titchmarsh, who is a Hampshire resident, lent his support to the campaign by letting us use a 'virtual tour' of his very private garden, which was filmed last year.

I would ask you to please have a look.  If you click on the link:  https://ngs.org.uk/alan-titchmarsh-lends-his-support-to-the-national-garden-scheme-and-its-nursing-beneficiaries/ it will take you directly to the page.  There you will also see a message from Mary Berry, our President.  Page down and you can click on “Visit Another Garden”, where there is a choice of other gardens to ‘visit’.   If you then feel that you would like to make a donation, it would be more than welcome, and Thank You Very Much - there you will also find the link to DONATE.  There will be more gardens added every week.

I am very aware that this is an extremely “wordy” Newsletter, but I would just like to include a couple of quotations from two of our Nursing Beneficiaries:-

SUPPORT FROM OUR BENEFICIARIES:

‘Queen’s Nurses have been supported by the opening of private gardens to the public since 1927 when the QNI founded the National Gardens Scheme, so I am delighted to see that people can continue to enjoy these beautiful gardens – albeit virtually – and continue to raise money for Queen’s Nurses who are leading and delivering expert nursing care to patients in every village, town and city during this pandemic.’
Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, Chief Executive, Queens Nursing Institute

‘At this time of national crisis, we’re especially proud to be partnered with The National Garden Scheme whose determination to keep supporting, despite the present challenges, is inspiring for us all. Right now, Marie Curie nurses are on the frontline of the Covid-19 crisis, caring for vulnerable and dying people in our communities in incredibly challenging circumstances. They are hugely encouraged by knowing that NGS garden owners, volunteers and visitors are still supporting Marie Curie frontline staff so they in turn can continue caring for families and relieving pressure on acute hospitals.’

Matthew Reed, Chief Executive, Marie Curie

Here in Hampshire, our County Organiser, Mark Porter, has set up a WhatsApp Group for Hampshire NGS.  Meaning all our Garden Owners and County Team Members can keep in touch and share pictures and ideas and events happening in their gardens.  It is proving very popular, and we now have a “competition” with no prizes, for Plant of the Week.  This is our first week.

I have picked out four to share with you:-

THE SPECTACULAR:  FLOWER SPIKE OF ECHIUM pininana.  (Can’t wait to see the flower)

Entry by Adam Vetere of Old Camps,   Headley,   Thatcham.   RG19 8LG

THE EXOTIC:  GREVILLEA  victoriae  (Evergreen shrub)

Entry by Vivienne Garford of   80, Abbey Road   Fareham    PO15 5HW

THE SIMPLY STUNNING:  COWSLIPS   (Cousin of the Primrose.   A field of nodding Cowslips is a rare sight)

Entry by Tessa Redshaw of Spitfire House    Chattis Hill    Stockbridge   SO20 6JS

JUST PERFECTION:  VIOLA  (Dobies Hybrid)

Entry by Penny Burnfield of Terstan   Longstock    Stockbridge    SO20 6DW

There really are some great images there.  It certainly was very difficult to choose - in fact I set out with three, and then decided I just had to include the last one.

I hope that you have enjoyed this Newsletter and I would ask that you share this  with as many members and friends as you can.

Take Care, Stay Safe.  Best Wishes

Pat Beagley (Publicity)

National Garden Scheme - Hampshire

Lily Beetle - Beware!

Watch out 

This is the time of year when you have lovely fresh lilies coming up. So beware - the red lily beetle could be your garden enemy. As its name suggests it is bright red  and  will destroy your lily before you can turn around. So what can you do? You can spray with soapy water with some olive oil added, you can use a chemical bug killer or you can squash them with your fingers. Make sure you do not merely knock them off the leaf onto the ground so that they escape. Putting some white paper below prevents them from hiding. Ensure you also get rid of the eggs which look like brown slimy bird droppings, and do check under the leaves for beetles and eggs. 

They are easy to control providing you look very regularly and get rid of them. That way your lilies will look wonderful when they come into flower later in the summer.

Evelyn Cousal

We are sad to announce  the death of Evelyn Cousal. .She had been  unwell and in and out of hospital for some time.

Evelyn and her late husband were part of the village group who organised a plant show after which  Ibsley Horticultural Society was formed. Arthur was the treasurer for a long time and of course there is the “Cousal Cup”. 

Both were long time members of the club and contributed to village life in many ways.

IDHS newsletter - April 2020

Dear Members 

 We hope you are all keeping well and safe during these difficult times. The warm weather last week was a welcome interlude and I expect many were busy tidying up gardens.
Happily the warm weather is returning so hopefully there will be a lot more activity going on in gardens locally.

As a committee we have taken the decision to cancel our meetings in April. May and June. We have also decided to cancel the plant sale in May.
We had already cancelled the trip to Minterne Gardens at the end of April and all those who booked have been informed.
I expect that this will not come as a surprise given the government advice and our view that meetings are likely to be discouraged for sometime to come.

We are also thinking about our show in September as we need to consider our advertisers and allow reasonable exposure to the schedule. Some are already pulling out as businesses are impacted by the virus. An alternative option being considered is to use the date perhaps for another event, such as a plant sale.
We would therefore encourage you all to continue to split plants or grow suitable things for a later plant sale and as soon as we have made a firm decision, we will let you all know.

We will continue to send out monthly newsletters and would like to make them interesting so please send garden tips, articles or pictures of your own gardens in to this email address. The committee will choose the best and add them to our blog.

https://idhsociety.blogspot.com - have a look and see if your contributions have been posted or maybe in the next newsletter. 
Finally, there are lots of local groups being set up to support individuals who are self isolating and if you are struggling please reply to this email and we will aim to point you in the right direction to get help.

Please look after yourselves

Your Committee

Further cancellations of Meetings until end of June 2020

We regret to advise that all of our planned meetings and events have been cancelled up until the end of June.

These are:

 

Evening meeting with speaker Gerald Ponting on Thursday 30th April

 

Plant Sale during during the afternoon of Saturday 9th May

 

Evening meeting with speaker David Ewers on Thursday 28th May

 

Evening meeting with speaker Marcus Dancer together with Social Event on Thursday 25th June

As you will understand, the ongoing situation regarding the measures to be taken as a result of Covid-19 remain uncertain. Although we would still wish to hold a Plant Sale at some later date we need to see how circumstances evolve.

We hope to perhaps be able to re-schedule some of the speakers for dates in 2021.

Your Committee apologises for the disruption to all of the plans for the period to end of June. We 
trust that you will understand the situation.

Our intention is to keep you updated through this web page and to maintain a good dialogue with 
our members. 

Thank you for your cooperation.

Club Member has a Polytunnel For Sale

Haygrove Polytunnel only 4 years old

Size  24 square metres

4m (13ft 1inch) by 6m (19ft 4inches)

Robust Steel frame.

Guttering on two sides

Door at one end

Ventilation panels on both sides

Buyer to dismantle

£400 ono

Please Phone 01425656654 for more details

Sandy Dingle

Cancellation of planned IDHS trip to Minterne Gardens Sunday 26th April

We regret that we have had to cancel our planned trip to Minterne Gardens.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused to those members who had already signed up.

Spring Green Fair at Downton on Saturday 21 March is Cancelled

We have been informed that The Spring Green Fair at Downton planned for  Saturday 21 March has had to be cancelled.

Cancellation of club meeting on Thursday 26th March

We regret that we have had to cancel our March Club Meeting and Talk that was to be given by Janelle Quitman.

In view of ongoing Goverment announcements regarding Covid-19 we are reviewing our schedule of future meetings and events.

This webpage will be updated with any  changes to our programme.

Further information from RHS regarding Covid-19 and future Events

Following the Government update on 16 March 2020 and ongoing situation with COVID-19, all RHS Shows, Garden Events and school visits will be cancelled with immediate effect until 30 June 2020. RHS Gardens remain open, with a number of increased precautionary measures in place.

This is a worldwide unprecedented and challenging time for so many people and of course the health and safety of our members, visitors, exhibitors and staff remains our number one priority.
With the Government no longer supporting mass gathering events due to the impact on emergency services and heightened actions to encourage social distancing, the following RHS Shows will regrettably no longer take place in 2020:
- RHS London Spring Launch & Orchid Show, 7-8 April
- RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show, 17-18 April
- RHS Flower Show Cardiff, 17-19 April
- RHS Malvern Spring Festival, 7–10 May
- RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 19–23 May
- RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, 11–14 June
- RHS Garden Harlow Carr Flower Show, 26-28 June (although we will investigate if Harlow Carr can be moved into July)
We will contact everyone who has purchased a ticket and everyone will have the option of a full refund back within 21 days. We know this will be very sad and disappointing news for all involved with our shows, as well as for our members and visitors who have purchased tickets and enjoy our shows every year.
Our four RHS Gardens remain open but all Garden events and school visits will be cancelled with immediate effect until 30 June. If Government guidance changes, we will of course react immediately.
We hope as they are later in the year, that the below list of RHS Shows may continue, but we will continue to follow Government advice and will update if this changes. The option of a full refund would once again apply should this happen.
- RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival:
Preview Evening, 6 July, Show, 7–12 July.
- RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 22–26 July
- RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show, 5 – 9 August
- RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show, 14 – 16 August
- RHS Garden Wisley Flower Show, 8– 13 September

Further information can be found at https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/policies/coronavirus-statement

Corona Virus Statement from the RHS Monday 16 March 2020

Information Circulated by RHS

Dear Affiliated Societies

The RHS is currently following government guidance and we encourage you and your colleagues to follow this. We cannot give advice ourselves but we hope the following will help in these challenging times. At present our Gardens are operating and this week we are continuing to run planned competitions and shows. However, we will continue to review our future events in light of any changing government guidance. We have taken the precaution of making more hand sanitisers available at our sites and our events are held in well ventilated buildings. A link to the government’s complete action plan document can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action-plan. As always, we encourage you to keep yourself informed through reliable sources, including:

o          The NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

o          Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

o          WHO: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Susie Corr

Affiliated Societies & Partner Gardens

Royal Horticultural Society

RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB

Spring Green Fair to be held at Downton on Saturday 21 March

This poster is on behalf of the organisation who kindly share their seed bank with us

TOMATO BROWN RUGOSE FRUIT VIRUS

WHAT

Virulent, aggressive especially in intensive growing and greenhouses

Leaves are wrinkly, bubbly and look similar to mosaic virus pattern.

Fruit develops blotchy brown spot.

Plants are stunted and undersized

HISTORY

2014 – Israel and Mexico – wiped out tom growing

By 2018 – Greece, Italy

2019 – Confirmed in France and Netherlands

1 case in GB (supposedly eradicated)

PREVENTION

No spray, no resistant variety –

Buy only EU certified seed or plants

Practice extreme hygiene (use gloves, clean tools etc)

Take care not to brush against any infected plants with clothing

SPREAD

Soil is infected for 20 years so dispose of sensibly

Burn plants

Disinfect any used pots etc and greenhouse