A £700 cheque was handed over to Mrs Ethelston’s School Building Fund by Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society chairman Jenny Harding at their Autumn Show on Saturday, October 11th. Accepting the donation were headteacher Mary-Anne Crafter and pupils, chairman of trustees Neil Pullinger and treasurer Martin Whitehead.

VENUE: Uplyme Village Hall
DATE: Saturday October 11th – 2 to 4pm

                                             Apples dessert and culinary at last year’s Autumn Show

Just days to go to the Autumn Show so please take a look through the show schedule  (there’s one attached, click here) and enter as many classes as you can to help make this an Autumn Show to remember and so complete another fantastic year for the Society.

Do you grow flowers and veg? – there are lots of classes to choose from (58 in total) with something for all growers or those who arrange flowers.

Like cooking? – then have a go at our own Great British Bake Off by entering as many of the six cookery classes as you please.

And don’t forget the eight fun classes – including a photographic competition for a depiction of a ‘Local Storm Scene’. After the storms of last winter there must be dozens of photos in your computer just waiting to be displayed.

Closing date for your entry forms is 9pm on Wednesday October 8th.

We will as usual welcome your donations of plants and produce for our sales tables at the show and these can be delivered to the hall on the morning of the 11th from 8am.

We look forward to seeing you at the show where you can view the judges decisions and enjoy a cup of tea and delicious light refreshments provided by Pam and her team.

To conclude the afternoon we’ll be presenting the Cups and Prizes to the winning entries. We will also be presenting a cheque to the Uplyme School Building Fund from money the Society raised at this year’s Summer Show.

Hope to see you there!
Regards
Brian
Show Secretary

Is there anyone willing to volunteer gardening help to an elderly gentleman in Lyme? It is a small garden, once his pride and joy but now overgrown and untidy. This gentleman can no longer look after it and has little money to spare to pay a gardener.

This request came to us from Caroline Uwins, Dorset Partnership for Older People Programme, Wayfinder for Bridport and Lyme Regis. If you can help, please get in touch with her at:
Mobile No: 07971338686
Gateway Helpline: 01305 548111
caroline.uwins@helpandcare.org.uk

For more information about Help and Care visit http://www.helpandcare.org.uk
For more information about Dorset Partnership for Older People Programme (POPP) visit http://www.dorsetforyou.com/popp

DATE Wednesday September 24 at 7.30pm
TALK ‘The Perfect Partnership: Lutyens and Jekyll’ by Paul Atterbury
VENUE Uplyme Village Hall

                                                           Paul Atterbury

The look of our houses and gardens today owes much to Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll. Paul Atterbury explores their dynamic and influential partnership and their work together between the 1890s and the 1930s, from the Arts and Crafts Movement to Art Deco. Included is their powerful work for the War Graves Commission in the aftermath of the First World War.

Paul Atterbury is a historian, writer, lecturer, broadcaster and curator who specialises in the art, architecture and design of the 19th and 20th centuries. He has written many books, on art and antiques, sculpture, design, canals, railways and the First World War, and for 24 years has been a member of the BBC Antiques Roadshow team of experts. He lives in Weymouth with his wife who is a great gardener, and so enjoys the fruits of her labours.

Tickets, £3, are available from Uplyme Post Office, or telephone Brian Cursley 01297 443642 or 07831 533580. This is an all-ticket event.

Hilary and Michael Pritchard who opened their garden, Socks Orchard at Smallridge, on August 10th (see our post ‘Garden Open’) wish to thank all their helpers and visitors for enabling them to raise £1,948 for the MSA Trust.

This year’s Summer Show and Country Fayre was held on Saturday July 12. It was the 85th show and celebrated the important role of the bee as a major pollinator in our gardens, farmland and hedgerows. Almost 800 visitors came to Uplyme playing field and village hall for the event. Half the day’s profits will be donated to Mrs Ethelston’s Church of England Primary School new building fund.

The show’s top prize, the RHS Banksian Medal, was won by Roy Keeley, having most points for his fruit and vegetable entries.

In the category judged to be the BEST EXHIBIT: The Seamark Cup for flowers and foliage went to Neil Croton; WCG Diploma for best flowering plant to John Williams; the J&FJ Baker Cup for fruit/vegetables to Roy Keeley; McLeod Innes Cup for specimen rose to Tony Cook; Thompson Tankard for wine to Henriette Wood; Cakemaker’s Cup for set recipe cake to Pat Chambers; Diamond Jubilee Cup for crafts to Colin Osborne; Llewellyn White Shield for novice floral to Pat Chambers; Diana Bridges Cup for floral exhibit to Sarah Causley; White & Stevens Cup for junior flower arrangement to Simon Law; Junior Photo Cup to Charlotte Tweedale; Leslie Brotherick Cup for photography to Penny Duffield; and the Tony Cook Tankard for sweet peas to Tony Cook.

In the category for those winning the MOST POINTS: Woodroffe Challenge Cup for

flowers/foliage to Jane Garland; Williams Challenge Cup for fruit/vegetables to Roy Keeley; Wine Cup to John Wood; Morrish Challenge Cup for home produce to Henriette Wood; Cartwright Challenge Cup for crafts to Carol Stickler; Mrs Reg Woodroffe Challenge Cup for floral exhibit to Neil Croton; Wilson Cup for junior classes (under 7 years) to Sophia Williams, Isabel Wiscombe and Simon Law; Shilton Cup for photography to Penny Duffield; Mary Frings Challenge Cup for preserves to Henriette Wood; Lindsey Jenkin-Carter Cup for junior classes (8-14 years) to Charlotte Tweedale.

In the SPECIAL AWARDS category: Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Prize for best specimen plant in class 36 to Brian Cursley; Westcrete Prize for potato tuber to Margaret Yelland; Lyme Bay Winery Prize for liqueur to Henriette Wood; Groves Prize for blackcurrants to John Garland; Town Mill Cheesemonger Prize for chutney to Jane Garland; Talbot Arms Prize for tomatoes to Roy Keeley; River Cottage Prize for Three Good Things on a Plate to Henriette Wood; Uplyme Post Office Prize for mixed flowers to Roy Keeley; Mole Avon Prize for onions to Roy Keeley; River Cottage Prize for young gardener to Henry Birchall for vegetables and Charlotte Tweedale for flowers; De La Mare Cup for most points in the dog show to Stuart Fowler with Teddy; Raff Bint Cup for best trick to Carol-Ann Sumerdon with Tamber; Pug & Puffin Prize for the dog scurry winner to Alan Emmett with Moss.

Go to https://ulrhs.wordpress.com/summer-show/ for pictures and full report.

The Horticultural Society’s Summer Show and Country Fayre is on Saturday July 12 from 1pm to 5pm. It is 85 years since the Show began and this year will celebrate the important role of the bee as a major pollinator in our gardens, farmland and hedgerows.

On show day, there will be visiting alpacas and ferrets (with ferret racing for those who fancy a flutter), and possibly a hive of bees. Throughout the afternoon will be live folk music, performances from Appalachian and Morris dancers, and demonstrations of country skills. There are free steam train rides and all kinds of stalls, sideshows and competitions – including a family fun dog show and (new this year) a dog scurry. Refreshments will include a barbecue, cream teas, cider, ice cream and beer from the cricket club pavilion bar.

Pick up a printed copy of the Summer Show Schedule from Uplyme Post Office, Raymonds Hill Post Office, Ginger Beer in Broad Street, Lyme Regis, or contact Membership Secretary Jane Godfrey, telephone 01297 445709. Alternatively download the Summer Show Schedule here.

Please go to the Summer Show page of this website for more details.

Hardy fuchsias are the subject of the Society’s talk at 7.30pm on Wednesday, June 25, at Woodmead Halls in Lyme Regis (not the usual venue of Uplyme Village Hall). Speaker Katherine Murray of Sundial Nursery will also demonstrate fuchsia propagation techniques.

Afterwards will be an opportunity to ask questions and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Admission is free to members, £3 non-members.

This year’s Cerne Abbas Open Gardens is the weekend of June 21/22 from 2 to 6pm. A day ticket for admission to all 25 gardens is £6 per person, accompanied children free. There will be teas in St Mary’s Church and a plant stall. Car parking free.

This year the proceeds are being shared between local charities Cerne Abbas Young Peoples Trust and Future Roots.

See http://www.cerneabbasopengardens.org.uk for more information.