Category: Nature
So Much Going On
So Much Going On First a big ‘thank you’ to Frey and Isla for donating a very healthy Hazel to the group. It will be planted out at Goldsland Farm in the Cider Orchard alongside a Public Right of Way helping to form part of a hedge which will both protect the young fruit trees and provide food and shelter […]
» Read moreRHS Tips For This Month
RHS Tips For This Month Divide established rhubarb crowns. Cut back perennials that have died down. Divide herbaceous perennials. Move tender plants into a greenhouse. Plant out Spring cabbage. Keep harvesting apples and pears. Prune climbing roses. Finish collecting seeds from the garden to sow next year. Keep up with the mowing as long as it’s dry enough. 10.Renovate […]
» Read moreA Good Year For Apples
A Good Year For Apples Generally it has been a good year for our apples and many of the trees in our orchards have been heavily laden with fruit. Also doing well are the insects, particularly wasps and butterflies, that appreciate apples that have started to over-ripen. Our camera traps are also showing foxes and badgers taking advantage of the […]
» Read moreYour Programme for September
RHS to do list for September. Divide herbaceous perennials Pick Autumn raspberries. Collect and sow seed from perennials and hardy annuals. 4 Dig up remaining potatoes, before slug damage ruins them. Net ponds before leaf fall gets underway. Keep up with the watering of new plants. Start to reduce the amount of water given to houseplants. Clean out greenhouses and […]
» Read moreWenvoe’s Rarer Trees
Wenvoe’s Rarer Trees Summer is often the best time to appreciate some of Wenvoe’s rarer trees. Just opposite the park is a stunning Eucryphia nymanensis which was covered in flowers this year and as it is popular with the bees, needless to say it was covered in them as well. This hybrid of two Chilean Eucryphias is called after Nymans […]
» Read moreFox and Cubs = Orange Hawkweed
Fox and Cubs Early July saw lots of these flowers in and around Wenvoe which with the benefit of colour would appear orange and brown. Nice to see that gardeners had often mowed around them. They are a wildflower known either as Fox and Cubs after the colouring or more correctly as Orange Hawkweed. Not only are they attractive but […]
» Read moreSix Green Flag Awards
Six Green Flag Awards Six Green Flag awards was our tally for this year putting us well ahead of any other village in the UK and with more awards than most towns. The Green Flag Award programme is delivered in Wales by environmental charity, Keep Wales Tidy, with support from Welsh Government. It is judged by green space experts, who […]
» Read moreYour Garden Tasks For August
July saw the passing of Dorothy Miller at her home in Grange Avenue. Dorothy was, at the time, the oldest resident born in Wenvoe. She worked at Anstee’s Nurseries, now Pughs Garden Centre, where they propagated roses and sold the cut flowers. Dorothy was known there as the rose queen. Dorothy had an allotment for many years and believed […]
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