We are halfway through our summer program and the weather has been kind again this year. On Mayday we visited The Vine, watching the speeded-up video of the scaffolding (all 43 miles of it) going up around the great house which was very entertaining, and the displays illustrating ... Read more
Beech Village Show – Saturday 22 September 2018
Once again the Beech Gardeners are organising the Beech Village Show for Saturday 22 September 2018 in the Beech Village Hall at 12.00 noon. There are 38 classes to enter at only 30p per class, ranging from Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables, to Floral Art, Cookery, Hand Crafts, Photography, ... Read more
Beech Gardeners – spring into summer 2018
In April Kathy once again lent her games room to the BGs for a talk by Rosamund Wallinger entitled “Restoring my Gertrude Jekyll 1908 Garden from Dereliction to Glory – and the ups and downs”. 16 people attended, including visitors and new members. Her garden was at Upton Grey and she ... Read more
BGs’ meeting on 7 February – Ray Broughton’s talk on pest and disease-free plants
The Beech Gardeners welcomed Ray who told us this was his 2000th talk - quite an achievement. He started by telling us that the use of milk, salt and vinegar is banned in the EU. He had some useful tips for us:- 1 Don't overcrowd seeds and to help see dark seeds on dark ... Read more
BGs’ Christmas Party 2017
The Beech Gardeners had their party in Kathy's games room at the beginning of December and 15 members attended. Kathy had laid on some beautiful food - a hot table and a cold table. Most of it went in a trice and she was only left with some sausage rolls and mince pies. Well ... Read more
BGs visit Spring Pond near Laverstoke, Whitchurch – September 2017
The Beech Gardeners made another of their outings to Spring Pond garden near Laverstoke, Whitchurch. We had tea and cake as soon as we arrived and were given a potted history of the gardens. It has a fairly young arboretum planted out which we had a look at, and a conservatory with a ... Read more
BGs Visit Hinton Ampner – October 2017
Eight of the Beech Gardeners gathered for an outing to Hinton Ampner on a very sunny early October afternoon. We drove there in 2 cars and walked around the gardens sniffing the roses, admiring the dahlias, and puzzling over what the beautiful shrubs were called. Unfortunately we did not ... Read more
BGs – Flowers at St Peter’s Church for Harvest Festival
The Beech Gardeners turned up at church on Saturday 30 September to decorate St Peter's Beech Church ready for Sunday's Harvest Festival. Below is a gallery of their arrangements. Such a cheerful show. Click here for reports and pictures of recent visits and other ... Read more
Beech Village Summer Show – Saturday 23 September 2017
The Beech Gardeners' Beech Village Show went beautifully. One of the judges, Ray Broughton, got caught up in the "suspicious package" problems on the M3 and took over 3 hours to get to us from Winchester. The other judges got on with the job; Karen Hawkins judged the food and produce and ... Read more
BGs’ summer picnic
This year's picnic was held at Kathy's house at Woodlawn, Medstead Road, Beech on Wednesday 2nd August. The weather was foul, rained all day and Kathy got her lounge ready for everyone to sit around drinking tea and eating scones, jam and cream. BUT people ... Read more
