NOTICE BOARD

  INFORMATION & NEWS
   
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    ITEMS FOR SALE -  PLACES TO VISIT 
   ALL OF THESE AND MORE CAN BE FOUND ON THIS PAGE.
  SHOULD YOU WISH TO USE THIS SPACE
  e-mail    rich.KFHS@blueyonder.co.uk   or   call  01732 844071
   
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Hadlow College
  Variety of part-time horticultural courses available from Hadlow College
   
 

           With sites in Canterbury, Medway, Mottingham and Hadlow, we have a course to suit your lifestyle. Taking place either in the day or the

 

           evening, courses last from one day through to one academic year. What's more, with our innovative direct debit payment scheme you can

 

           spread the payments and make the course even more affordable.
 

          

 

           Our part-time courses include the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society qualifications, City & Guilds ten week certificates and introductory

 

           sessions relating to garden design, fruit tree pruning and arboriculture.
   
  For more information, or to request a prospectus, please call our Admissions Office free on 0500 551434
  or visit
  www.hadlow.ac.uk/horticulture
  Courses start throughout the year
   
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  KENT FEDERATION OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
  AUTUMN SHOW
  DITTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
  Ditton, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6AH
   
  SATURDAY & SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 18 - 19
  Show opens to the public on Sat.3-6pm  &  Sun.10.30am-4pm
  Free Entry - ( donations accepted )
  For a schedule and/or further details please call
  01732 844071
  Staging on Saturday morning from 8am until 1.00pm
  See also KFHS Shows page
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  East Horticulture Limited
  The Landscape Centre, Leydenhatch Lane, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7PS
   
  EAST HORTICULTURE TRADE SHOW
  Horticultural Societies, Allotment Groups & Gardening Clubs
  MEET THE SUPPLIERS
  Wednesday 20 October 2010
  9.00am - 1.00pm
  Once again we will be holding our annual Trade Show day in October to give you an opportunity to meet our product suppliers, take advantage of
 

    special offers on the day, enjoy our home-made light refreshments and discus products / services with members of staff.
   
  This year we are particularly pleased to announce that we have a wonderful guest speaker and customer to entertain you
  Tom Hart-Dyke
  from the inspirational World Garden at Lullingstone Castle !
  Those of you who may have heard Tom or seen him on BBC TV
  know that he is very knowledgeable and passionate about plants and also very entertaining ! !
   
  Wyevale East Nurseries will be open offering you 50% trade discount off ticket price on plants plus an extra 7% discount on payment on the day.
  Check out their website to see their extensive range on the 17acre site at
  www.wyevale-east.co.uk
   
  Times are tough for everyone so hopefully you will be able to take advantage of our offer of free delivery on
  orders required until end February 2011 where payment is received on or before 31 December 2010.
  This will save you 2.5% on VAT which is due to increase from 17.5% to 20% on 4 January 2011.
   
  We have good news on cane prices which will be announced at the Show plus many other special offer sheets.
   
  Please let us know if you can attend by the first week of October if possible
  ( as cake-bakers are standing by ! )
  We look forward to seeing you on the day !
  tel; 01322  662130 or Fax; 01322 666037
                                                               e-mail - info@east-horticulture.co.uk
                      
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  The Godinton House Preservation Trust
  Godinton House and Gardens
  Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent
  TN23 3BP
                                              A fascinating Jacobean house and twelve acres of tranquil gardens are contained
                                              within the great yew boundary hedge.  Our knowledgeable guides will show you 700
                                              years of history within the rooms of this comfortable, much loved home.  Each room
                                              contains furniture, porcelain, portraits and curios collected by successive generations
                                              of the Toke family.  Outside terraced lawns, topiary and a large lily pond make a
                                              formal area softened by curvy edged herbaceous borders, mature magnolias and
                                              willows with roses and clematis tumbling down the steps.  A newly designed rose
                                              garden is a voluptuous mix of shrub roses and herbaceous planting and the Italian
                                              garden with its statuary, Mediterranean planting and gentle fountain make a perfect
                                              place to sit on a warm day.  A large walled kitchen garden is home to a spectacular
                                              collection of delphiniums provided by the local Delphinium Society, fruit trees have
                                              been planted on the walls and there are beds of cutting flowers and vegetables laid out
                                              in front of a new Victorian style greenhouse.
   
  Events at Godinton 2010
   
  Gardens Open Daily from 1st March 2pm - 5.30pm Entrance £4 for adults, children free 
  House and Tea Room open Friday to Sunday from 2nd April 2.00pm - 5.30pm  £7 ( house & gardens )
   
 

  Saturday September 11th   9.30am - 12.30pm   The Kitchen Garden - A morning of practical advice on how to grow your own fruit and veg.
                                         Topics to include pruning, mulching, winter protection, glasshouse work - £45
 

  Friday October 22nd  9.30am - 12.30pm            Propagation Workshop - A practical workshop covering cuttings, division, seed collection - £45
 

  Sunday October 31st                                           Pumpkin Day - Family fun with ghost stories, pumpkin carving, crafts and games
 

  November 26th - 28th                                         Christmas Fair - Art and crafts by local artists
   
  For information about open times, group bookings, workshops and special events please see our
  website :  www.godinton-house-gardens.co.uk  or telephone 01233  643854
   
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  ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
  To find out all about the R.H.S.
  click
  www.rhs.org.uk
   
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KENT SHOWGROUND
Home of the Kent County Show
Detling, Maidstone, Kent
ME14  3JF
For all information of forthcoming events
click
www.kentshowground.co.uk
 

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The Marden Fruit Society

warmly invite members of the K.F.H.S. to attend the

National Fruit Show

on

Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st October 2010

at the Kent County Showground, Detling

Opening 10am. to 5pm.

 

Top Friut - The largest display of commercially-grown apples and pears in the UK

Apple Juice, Soft Fruit, Cobnuts, Walnuts, Tomatoes & Pumpkins

 

Wide range of trade stands

 

If you grow Pumpkins, why not see if you could grow a giant and win £100

For an entry form please contact : The National Fruit Show, Marden Fruit Show Society, Bradbourne House, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6DZ

Tel.. 01732  874564

E-mail : nfs@nationalfruitshow.org.uk

 

www.nationalfruitshow.org.uk

 

ALSO

a joint production with

East Malling Research

a

Festival of English Fruit

Saturday & Sunday 23rd & 24th October

 

We will be taking the fruit entries from our National Fruit Show and offering tastings etc. and the opportunity to buy the fruit ( 4 fruits for £1 ).

We will be having other stands and activities which are still to be finalised, but we are also hoping 

some of the EMR scientists will be able to be on hand to talk to people.

Entry and car parking are both free.

We will be open 10 - 5 on the Saturday and 10 - 4 on the Sunday

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Appledore Gardening Club
 

   Wednesday October 27th  

                                                                                                   " Downsizing "
 

Talk given by Helen Yemm ( correspondent to the Telegraph )
  Tickets are now available at £3.00
  Call  :-   Secretary Marion Gulliver on 01233  758521
  Chairman Andrew Elphick on 01233  758355
 
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  ARE YOU GOING TO ORGANISE A SHOW ?
  MAYBE THE K.F.H.S CAN HELP
  From time to time committee members are asked where societies can obtain the following items of show equipment.
  The Federation have various items available for sale including Polythene Hinged Cake Covers and
  Plastic Frames suitable for Notices, Menus etc.
  Here are just a few other items that show organisers might consider necessary. 
  We use all of these companies listed for our own county shows.
  Do ask us if there are other items you need and we will do our best to help you source them.
   
  Rosettes
 

                                                                                                WINNERS ROSETTE Co.                                                                                           

                                                                                                      43. Orchard Road                                                                                                            
                                                                                            Margate, Kent, CT9  5JS                                                                                               
 

                                                                                                    Phone:  01843  833764                                                                                                    

 

                                                                Available in many designs & colours to customers requirements                                 

                                                                         
 

Banners & Signs
                                            Maidstone Signs                                                                          Cutting Edge Vinyl Graphics Ltd.
                                                       Unit  14                                                                                                           2. London Road
                                          Britannia Business Park                                                                                          Sittingbourne,
                                                   Quarry Wood                                                                                                             Kent,
                                      Aylesford, Kent, ME20  7NT                                                                                          ME10  1NA
                                           Phone: 01622  716891                                                                                    Phone: 01795  430380
 

                          Custom made to individual requirements                                                        Custom made to individual needs
   
                                   Show Vases                                                                  Food Covers 
                                        C.Sales & Son                                                          Round covers 8" diameter and 4" deep -  hinged lid
                                                 'Blotches'                                                                                        50p each minimum order 10
                                            Stortford Road                                                                suitable for covering domestic & craft exhibits etc.
                                            Little Canfield                                                              Phone Jack Wilkins ( K.F.H.S. Treasurer) 01474 822224
                                   Dunmow, Essex, 6M6  1SR
                                      Phone: 01279  871446     
                      Available in Green or Magnolia. 4 Sizes
   
   K.F.H.S Medals, Badges & Certificates of Merit
  Available from Richard Foreman ( Membership Secretary )
      Phone: 01732  844071 or e-mail  rich.KFHS@blueyonder.co.uk for details and order.
   
   
  Plastic Frames & Covers
  Manufacturers and suppliers of bespoke plastic frames, covers etc.
  www.gordonengraving.co.uk
  e-mail    enquiries@gordonengraving.co.uk
  Try Also
   " Caboodle "
  Suppliers for all your office supplies
  Durable plastic name holders etc.
  www.caboodle.co.uk
   
  Contact Jack Wilkins 01474 822224 or e-mail  j.wilkinshorne@tiscali.co.uk
  for further information on any of the above
   
  ANYTHING ELSE ? JUST ASK - and we will try and help.
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