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Photos from this year’s Summer Show are now available to view in the Gallery and a list of results can be viewed here

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Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s competition! Stunning, varied planting and excellent maintenance gave the judges much to think about. Check out our Gallery Page for some images. Certificates and prizes will be presented at the Capel Show on 18 August. Recreation Ground Allotments Category – Newcomer: Pete and Diane Palmer Category – Full Plot: Geoff Palmer Category Continue Reading →

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Garden Notes for August 2021. Laurel is a very useful plant but it is very vigorous and August is the month to keep it neat by trimming your laurel hedge. Some gardeners say that the laurel hedge should be trimmed using secaturs only. This does give a much improved finish, if you have the time. Using shears is much quicker Continue Reading →

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Calling all children under 12! School has broken up for the summer and we all want sunny carefree days on the beach swimming and eating ice cream. Sadly, not every day can be a beach day and sometimes we are just at home wondering what to do. Why not have a go at our Summer Fun Challenge especially created for Continue Reading →

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Garden Notes for July 2021. When roses have come to the end of their first glorious flush of blooms, try to give them a feed of a complete fertilizer as this will help with the second lot of blooms. Don’t forget to dead head them as well. Outdoor chrysanthemums will also need a feed, one with a high potash content Continue Reading →

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Garden notes for June 2021 The pace of gardening really hots up in June, but it is still necessary to keep an eye on what the weather holds in store for us. Frost susceptible, fast growing plants like dahlias, courgettes and so on should be put into their final homes assuming that there is no ground frost forecast. If it Continue Reading →

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Garden notes for May 2021 There is so much preparation to be done in May that it is easy to get carried away and be tempted to plant out too early. Garden Centres love this, as you will almost always have to go back and buy replacements for the plants that have died from the unpredictable ground and air frosts Continue Reading →

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Garden Notes for April 2021. I know that all the gardener advice is to cover over a patch of ground to warm up the soil and I should have done it a lot more than I have in the past. This season I did remember and have used a cheap polythene cloche that extends for about 10 metres. You can Continue Reading →

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Most disappointingly, after numerous Committee Meetings, the decision has been taken not to run the Capel Show again until August 2022. Despite the government’s plan to lift all restrictions from 21 June, the uncertainty of both future government policy and the very nature of the path COVID takes really left little alternative. Of paramount importance is the safety and well Continue Reading →

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We are truly saddened to advise that this year there will be no Spring Show or Plant Sale. We have debated long and hard the possibility of running these events in a different format and come to the conclusion that we can neither do so safely or within the bounds of the law. Looking ahead to 2022 we fully intend Continue Reading →

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