A sunflower with three

heads, kindly planted

by the birds.

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October 2015 Volume 2, Issue 3

King's Lynn Horticultural Society klhs.co.uk

THE 2015 SHOW –ANOTHER WINNER

The Society’s 126th annu-al show, held at South Wootton Village Hall in August, continued the runaway success of last year’s, with 28 exhibitors.

Although the number of entrants was the same as in 2014, there were fewer entries—220 this year compared with 289 last year—but in a slightly wider range of classes.

However, they were still well over the 139 submit-ted in 2013.

Visitors to the show were able to see an assortment of fruit and vegetables, baking, colourful flowers and an impressive array of art and craft entries. The junior section was even better supported this year and included some very imaginative items.

Amberley Hall Care Home maintained their interest in the class for bedding plants in unusu-al containers by placing them in a television.

Prizes were handed out by borough councillor, Elizabeth Nockolds, who is also the Society's Vice President.

Prize winners at the 2015 show

KLHS News

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE

List of trophy

winners 2

Members’ Visit

to Harlow Carr 2

Christmas Din-

ner Menu 3

Members’ Visit

to Harlow Carr 4

Mrs Kenneth Bush Cup John Bocking

Mr Coates Cup Stella Mills

West Norfolk Produce Cup Rachel Vyse

90th Birthday Cup John Bocking

Audrey Brookes Rose Bowl Rachel Vyse

Cobbold Cup John Bocking

Mrs W R Sadler Cup Rita Crown

Members’ Cup John Player

Twaite Cup Rita Crown

A Anderson Cup Rita Crown

Ray Smith Bowl Rita Crown

R Doubleday Plaque Kelvin Fairweather

Mrs F E Fox Cup Amberley Hall

Victory Cup Imogen Suiter

Barbara Baker Cup Ann Player

Ray Garner Memorial Cup Rita Crown

Banksian Medal Patricia Schofield

Perry Cup Rita Crown

Caithness Crystal Vase Rita Crown

PRIZE WINNERS AT THE 2015 SHOW

MEMBERS’ VISIT TO HARLOW CARR THIS YEAR’S MEMBERS’ OUTING TO HARLOW CARR ON SEPTEMBER 19TH WAS ENJOYED BY 15 MEMBERS. THE SOCIETY CHAIRMAN, EDDIE BARBER, HAS PRO-VIDED THIS ENGAGING REPORT:

After just two-and-a-half hours we arrived at Harlow Carr, an RHS garden,

very near to Harrogate, in Yorkshire. On arrival we were quickly met by a

“front of house” employee. She presented us with maps of the garden, lapel

stickers to allow us in and pointed out one or two parts of the garden of par-(Continued on page 4)

Left, an entry

for a handiwork

class.

Right, junior

section fruit and

veg animals.

Cream of Vegetable Soup

Served with fresh crusty bread and butter

Smoked Salmon Rosettes

with apple chutney and lemon chilli dressing

Goats Cheese and Bacon Tart

served with salad leaves

Roast Norfolk Turkey

with sage & onion stuffing, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets

and a Yorkshire pudding

Loin of Pork

with a mushroom and tarragon sauce, colcannon mash and

seasonal vegetables

Oven Baked Salmon

with ratatouille and new potatoes

Chestnut, Spinach and Peppers En-croute (v)

with creamed leek sauce and roast potatoes

Christmas Pudding

with brandy sauce

White Chocolate Cheesecake

with mulled berries

Spiced Apple and Cider Syllabub

with shortbread

Tea or Coffee and Mince Pies

CHRISTMAS DINNER

Amazingly, it’s time to think about Christmas once more! The Society has cho-

sen the Stuart House Hotel, in King’s Lynn, for its annual celebration, which

has been arranged for Sunday, December 6th. Please arrive at 12.30pm for a

1pm start.

The meal costs £17.50 and orders should be telephoned to Eddie Barber on

01553 671502 or emailed to Steve Barker at steve.barker495@btinternet.com.

Please place your orders by November 11th to avoid disappointment.

“Please place your orders by November 11th to avoid dis-appointment.”

ticular interest.

At this point, my wife and I left

the main group and headed off.

The garden covers 58 acres and

so we did not expect to see it all.

Our first visit was to the Alpine

House. This, in fact, was very

large and contained scores, if not

hundreds, of alpine plants. Very

interesting indeed. Just outside

the Alpine House was a very wide

border, in fact, a meadow of wild

flowers that ran the length of the

House. At this point I remem-

bered I’d forgotten my camera.

However, we walked, or rather

dawdled, on until we arrived at

the perfume garden—not too

much scent at this time (late Sep-

tember). There we sat down and

had some lunch. After half an

hour, we moved on looking for

the kitchen garden. However, our

next point of call was the ale and

cider festival, with all its accou-

trements— ice cream kiosk, tea

and coffee and barbecue includ-

ing a hog roast. We rested here

with an ice cream each. Here I

must say that the garden has

plenty of seating, which is a

blessing for elderly folk like my

wife and I.

We moved on, stopping to ad-

mire the very large perennial bor-

ders. These were very nice, and

the content interesting, but a

month ago must have

been a blaze of colour.

At last the kitchen garden. Most

of the crops were grown in raised

beds. Except, that is, for the pota-

toes and luckily, at that moment,

two chaps were lifting some,

much to a small gathering’s inter-

est. And what potatoes they

were—some, in fact, many must

have weighed in excess of 1 1/2

pounds. You wouldn’t get many

of these in a dozen! The man in

charge informed us that no ferti-

liser is used except that mush-

room compost is dug in each

year. Oh, and I must not forget

the rhubarb—how many varieties

I couldn’t count. So my wife and I

moved on to another seat for an-

other rest. After this respite, we

found the stream, that we had

been told initially ran right

through the garden, virtually cut-

ting the garden in half. The

stream proved to be a mere drib-

ble (very reminiscent of the Sev-

en Sisters ditch in the Walks).

Time was getting on so we made

our way back to the plant centre.

This proved to be very large, with

a huge selection of plants, shrubs

and tools, etc. But, oh dear, the

prices. The shop was very much

the same as in any RHS shop.

Well it must be nearly time for us

to return home. We are very

tired, but have had a most enjoy-

able Saturday but tomorrow, will

we be able to get out of

bed?!

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