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29th-31st August, Rose Cottage, Shellards Lane, Alveston
Jekka’s Herb Farm is an organic herb nursery which grows over 600 varieties of herbs, usually supplied by mail order. The Herb Farm holds 4 open days each year, when the public are welcome to browse and buy organically grown herbs and seeds.
There will be a talk on ‘Maintaining your Herbs: cutting back, splitting and Potting’ by award winning Jekka McVicar, and bargains to be had from the annual end-of-season plant sale.
Entry is usually free on the Friday, and £2 per person on Saturday and Sunday. Catalogue holders, members of the RHS, BBC Gardener’s World, West of England Herb Group and the Soil Association also receive free entry on all days for two people.
For further details, click below or telephone 01454 418878.
www.jekkasherbfarm.com
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We all enjoy the floral displays that brighten up Thornbury each Summer. Imaginative floral creations welcome us as we enter the town, and hanging baskets and tubs create colourful splashes throughout the town centre.
For this we have to thank the Thornbury in Bloom Committee - a group of volunteers who raise money each year to fund the displays, and work hard to plant up the various containers.
Their efforts make Thornbury an attractive place for locals and visitors.
Thornbury's green-fingered experts are closely involved; many of the hanging baskets and business decorations are supplied by Tytherington Road Nursery, Jean Owen from J&T Owen florists decorates the Parish Pump as well as other containers throughout Thornbury, and Sue Aitken from Thornbury Garden Shop fills upturned putchers - these used to be used for catching fish on the River Severn and provide a visual link with Thornbury's heritage.
You'll find the putchers around Rock Street, the allotments and at Thornbury Garden Shop.
It's not just those of us who live locally who appreciate the effort and skill that goes into creating the floral displays. The Thornbury in Bloom committee enters the Britain in Bloom competition, and regularly wins awards.
In 2000 and 2003, Thornbury won the coveted Portman Cup in the Britain in Bloom competition for the South West Region, and in 2005 and 2006, collected gold medals.
2007 was an exceptional year: not only was Thornbury awarded a Gold medal in our category again, the highest medal along with "In Bloom" Giants such as St Ives and Sidmouth, but also we were given a special award judged across ALL categories for the Best Non-Municipal Floral displays in the whole of the South West. So thanks to Jean Owen, Tony Sansum and Tytherington Road Nurseries for their excellent work.
Prizes are awarded locally to businesses: pubs, shops and even industrial units take part.
There are also local prizes for private gardens, and everyone is encouraged to take part. There are certificates and garden vouchers to be won!
Each Spring the Thornbury in Bloom committee holds a Thornbury in Bloom Day, with plant stalls and collections, culminating with an evening event, which in the past has involved presentations by Chelsea Gold Medal winners such as Jekka McVicar and Leyhill Prison.
For more information visit www.thornburyinbloom.co.uk
If you would like to join the Thornbury in Bloom committee, please contact the Chairman Robert Gorham or any committee member at .
If you would like to enter your home or shop in the Thornbury in Bloom competition, please collect an entry form from the Town Hall.
Sue Aitken at Thornbury Garden Shop produces a Thornbury In Bloom newsletter. If you would like to receive this by email, send your email address to:
