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Planting Pots For Winter Interest & Spring Joy; with Harriet Rycroft, Ex-Head Gardener at Whichford Pottery, now a free range gardener, speaker & writer.
‘Totally out of control” would be a perfectly reasonable description of The Dower House garden in Melbourne this coming May when, on 17th and 18th May, the garden is next open for the National Garden Scheme. ‘No mow May’ will be in its stride in parts of the garden; the leafy growth of spring bulbs now over, will be peeking over the now long grass in the orchard, cow parsley will be throwing wide their fern-like leaves and frothy white flowers in the woodland. A few months ago, we thought we had control of the garden, but nature so quickly puts any complacency we might have had back in its box. But it doesn’t matter – the garden is so bursting with energy in this season that it cannot help but transfer some of that excitement to us all.
Annual Plant Sale – Doors open at 10am
‘Totally out of control” would be a perfectly reasonable description of The Dower House garden in Melbourne this coming May when, on 17th and 18th May, the garden is next open for the National Garden Scheme. ‘No mow May’ will be in its stride in parts of the garden; the leafy growth of spring bulbs now over, will be peeking over the now long grass in the orchard, cow parsley will be throwing wide their fern-like leaves and frothy white flowers in the woodland. A few months ago, we thought we had control of the garden, but nature so quickly puts any complacency we might have had back in its box. But it doesn’t matter – the garden is so bursting with energy in this season that it cannot help but transfer some of that excitement to us all.
Alan Hiley – Ashby to Burton Light Railway – A short history A journey in photos along the old tramway route to see how it looked then and how it looks now. The tramway opened in 1906 and the journey was was from the Town Hall in Burton-upon-Trent and journeyed through Swadlincote to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Karen Kreft shares some fascinating insights into the people involved in life ‘below stairs’ at Calke Abbey.
The hamlet of Milton looks forward to welcoming visitors to the Open Gardens event on Sunday June 1st between 1pm and 5pm. A diverse range of gardens will be open to view, from small courtyards to very large gardens, traditional and modern, flowers, veg, ponds…… something for everyone. There will be 8 gardens open in the hamlet of Milton, all within easy walking distance of each other, and a further two at The Waterworks a short drive away.
A live band will be playing in the bandstand of one of the gardens during the afternoon, other attractions include a tombola, plants for sale and of course refreshments, including homemade cakes, in the Village Hall.
Scent in the Garden; with Timothy Walker, lecturer, botanist, gardener, author.
A Bulb For Each Month Of The Year; with Adam Kirtland, Garden Writer & Podcaster – @viewfromthepottingbench.
Planting Pots For Winter Interest & Spring Joy; with Harriet Rycroft, Ex-Head Gardener at Whichford Pottery, now a free range gardener, speaker & writer.
In 1981 when Charles Harpur-Crewe died, with inheritance tax due, drastic action was required to save Calke. Bringing Calke Abbey to the National Trust was a complex process involving local councils, national heritage organisations, Parliament, HMRC and notable individuals, some with great leverage but quiet voices. The journey from there to opening as an NT special place is traced in this presentation.
Adam’s Journey; with Adam Frost, award winning Garden Designer, TV presenter, author and speaker. TICKET ONLY EVENT
Discover the amazing rags-to-riches story of Sir Richard Arkwright in this fascinating talk by Mike Newbold
Kate Barnes takes us through a fly’s journey of finding, colonising, and developing on a dead body and the information they can provide to a forensic entomologist.
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Festive Fun & Supper With The Potty Plotters; For members and their guests.
Kath Reynolds reflects on those “must-have” latest creations from K-Tel, Ronco, Pifco, etc., that you just had to have, but which were mostly pretty useless. Lots of kitchen gadgets to help you chop and pulverise, but don’t forget your Carmen rollers, girls!
Celia Sanger ‘s family’s 19th-century journey from rural Northamptonshire to the Birmingham Back to Backs, with the difficulties of surviving the harsh realities of early 20th-century life in the courtyards.
The markets and fairs we know today are mere shadows of their remarkable past. Paul Sturgess attempts to revive the noise, excitement, and even the filth of these important aspects of our economic history.
The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies, that developed after World War II. There was no direct military engagement between the United States and the Soviet Union. However, as Jed Jaggard reminds us, this period was anything but “cold”.
– Maria Picken – TBC