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The Gardens of Venice

30/4/2017

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“There is something so different in Venice from anyother place in the world, that you leave at once all accustomed habits and everyday sights to enter an enchanted garden…”
  ~ Mary Shelley
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What an April day - Snow Sun and Flowers. What a Town!

25/4/2017

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Have you seen Maggie's Discounts new floral dogs or the Bollard in Full Bloom?

24/4/2017

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  •                BRAVO MAGGIE AND CORINNE?
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VERY IMPORTANT DATES IN MAY - PUT IN YOUR DIARIES

23/4/2017

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PLEASE COME and support us at the following two events...
  • TUESDAY MAY 9TH  10.30 am TOWN PARK JUDGING Nigel Boldero for GREEN FLAG 2017/18
  • THURSDAY MAY 25TH 9.30 am Awards Presentation by Suffolk Foundation 

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SPRING IN THE PARK THIS WEEK
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Thanks to EPS and Eric and Andrew our great new Park Notice Board is up!

22/4/2017

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Eric Hurren trying to hide while finishing off the footings while Andrew looks for the keys! A terrible moment but they are found stuck in the bubble wrap!!!!!
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Caught Eric - our hero who raced back to help with the lifting of our two new trees. We could not manage without these wonderful people
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First two trees in the Park for our Joseph Hooker Bicentenary Trail

21/4/2017

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Giant Redwood and me sagging!!!!!! But a brilliant day
The planting of these trees was done with great care. We checked the pH of the soil - neutral, had cleared the brambles and fallen hedgerow trees - (the HIB Team) then Craig had hand  dug a large hole for each tree and filled it with compost donated by Agrovista, covered the surround with more compost and bark mulch after clearing away all grass, drove in 8 foot posts around each tree which had been painted with Barn Paint donated by Ridgeons and stapled on chicken wire as protection against deer and rabbits. The Giant Redwood was sponsored by the Leverett family and the Magnolia by the residents at Magnolia House.
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Do you enjoy an allotment?

20/4/2017

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Nolly's Allotment and well known allotmenteers! Painting by Mary Gundry
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Painting by Margo Noyes
The joys of allotments are considerable and we award a beautiful trophy for the best Allotment.  Could it be yours or can you nominate one you admire? Please send us lovely pictures
​Iur Children's allotment sets us high standards thanks to Gill Coulson and her team.
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Be Tempted - Floral Delights!

19/4/2017

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GOOD BUGS

18/4/2017

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LADYBIRDS
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Ladybugs, or lady beetles, are considered a beneficial bug which helps rid an area of crop-damaging aphids, mealybugs and other destructive insect pests. The adult ladybugs feed on these insects. They also lay their eggs among the aphids or other prey so the emerging larvae can feed on the insects, too.

MAKING A BUG HOUSE


  1. Cut the end off a plastic drinks bottle or cut a plastic pipe to 20cm in length. Plastic plant pots can also be used.
  2. Make newspaper tubes by cutting newspaper lengthways and rolling up. Ensure there is a hole in the centre of around 4mm. Rolled corrugated cardboard can also be used. 
  3. Cut the material to the length of the pot or bottle. The bamboo needs to be cut so that the solid node is at the closed end or the whole length is hollow.
  4. Fit the materials tightly into the drinks bottle or pot, so they won’t fall out.  Ensure the hollow ends are facing outwards, and will be protected from rain.
  5. Hang almost horizontally in a warm spot with the open end slightly lower to prevent water logging. Bug homes are best placed no higher than 1m above the ground. 
  6. The best season to make a bug home would be early autumn, so the insects have somewhere to hibernate for the winter.
Garden Organic sell nematodes that parasitise slugs and snails We will be trialling these
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Joseph Dalton Hooker Bicentenary Trail Taster Collage

17/4/2017

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Can you work out what they are? Answers soon
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  • Home
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Our History
    • Our Activities around the Town
    • News
  • Awards
  • Our Projects
    • Joseph Dalton Hooker Bicentenary
    • Halesworth Town Park
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  • Get involved
    • Volunteers & Working Groups
    • Sponsors
    • Friends of Halesworth In Bloom
  • External Links
    • Anglia In Bloom
    • Halesworth Organisations >
      • Halesworth Area Community Transport
      • Halesworth Gardeners
      • Halesworth Millenium Green
      • Halesworth Town Coucil
      • Halesworth Volunteer Centre
    • Keep Britain Tidy
    • Kew Gardens
    • Love Parks
    • Royal Horticultural Society
    • The Great British Spring Clean