May – June Talks
Liz Kirton writes... We have two upcoming talks at the Crookham Village WI Hall. GU51 5SJ 7pm for 7.30pm start. 20th May - Fuchsias with Carol Gubler from Little Brook Fuchsias. Carol is author of "A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Fuchsias" and trustee of the British...
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Summer Show 21st August
CHURCH CROOKHAM GARDEN SOCIETY There was no show in 2020, but we very much hope to run one this year. ANNUAL SHOW 2021 SATURDAY 21st AUGUST CROOKHAM MEMORIAL HALL, CHURCH CROOKHAM New members and show visitors welcome Admission Free Click here for the Show schedule...
July 2021 gardening tips
As I write this, in June, my garden is about three weeks behind how it was last year. The weather is beyond prediction for the next two months. If it turns hot and dry, then stop mowing but keep hoeing. Hoeing is a sure way to make it rain! – that, and...
April Gardening Tips
We wait, with keen anticipation, through January and February, the blooming of daffodils, the signals of Spring. First, the dwarf varieties like Narcissus jonquilla and bulbocodium and then the full-sized plants. All too soon, by April, we are dead- heading spent...
This Year’s Events
Sadly, the 2021 AGM and quiz scheduled for the 26th February cannot go ahead 'in the flesh', but we are holding a 'Zoom' videoconference AGM on 26th Feb 7.30pm. If you are interested in joining in, please let Liz Kirton know and you will be sent the joining online...
Latest Hints & Tips
September gardening advice
Autumn is early here this year. Leaves dropping, berries ripening and apples ready to pick in August. Although the apple crop is heavy this year, potatoes, beans and sweetcorn have not flourished for me in dry, hot, wet, cool fluctuating conditions. There are still...
Tips for July and August
Tips for July and August 2020, writes Elizabeth Kirton : All that planning and preparation is worth it in July and August. Now you can harvest raspberries, currants, gooseberries and freeze any surplus to cheer up winter menus. By the end of August, the apple and...
June gardening Tips
Talk about blowing hot and cold, wet and dry! This Spring has been so changeable, that it has made planning crops or splitting clumps of perennials very difficult to do successfully. The late frost caught my beans and potatoes, to my dismay. In spite of last Summer’s...
May gardening tips
27th April – 3rd May is National Gardening Week There is nothing more rewarding to most gardeners than to see healthy, vigorous plants in their garden. BUT there are some plants that thrive too well and start to ‘take over’. In my garden, primroses have been a joy,...
Welcome to Church Crookham and Fleet Garden Society
A vibrant garden society active in Fleet and Church Crookham, Hampshire. We hold several annual events and shows and run a comprehensively stocked stores hut with discounts for members.
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