August 2010
Chelsea Gold Medal - Join us in Kinnerley Parish Hall on Friday 17th September at 7.30pm to hear all about the Chelsea exhibit. Tickets £7.50 from Hall Farm Nursery, in aid of Riding for the Disabled, Perry Group.
In May 2010 we staged an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, for Riding for the Disabled Association, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary. The exhibit has been a great success and the response from judges and show visitors has been overwhelming. Our exhibit was inspired by the Riding for the Disabled poem 'I saw a child' which tells of a child who can't walk, riding through a field of daises. We had a wonderful wire sculpture made by Rupert Till, himself a regular Chelsea exhibitor. The pony and rider sculpture was set in a field of daises, surrounded by a hedgebank brimming with buttercups, cow parsley, foxgloves and ox-eye daisies. Through rusty irons hurdles and open gate the exhibit went through into a garden. Still keeping the natural theme we used cultivated forms of native plants in the garden.
Summer Colour
To keep your garden full of colour through August & September we recommend plants like the Heleniums, Helianthus, Echinacea and Rudbeckias. The range of Asters available is great too, from the traditional A. 'Purple Cloud' to the more dainty & informal A. 'Ochtengloren' and A. ericoides 'Pink Cloud'. Aster 'Little Carlow' is like great clouds of powder blue/soft lilac. And how about Aster divaricatus, the wood aster - thrives in shade, even dry shade and forms mounds laden with small white flowers produced through late summer and autumn.
We have a great range of plants to make your borders sparkle through late summer and autumn.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Best wishes
Christine & Nick
