Chaddesley Gardeners' Club Monthly Meetings

Don't forget - our May meeting is at Areley Arboretum - 11th May @ 7:00pm
£4:50 for members

Outings for 2011

3rd June

Tissington Well Dressing

19th July

Trentham Gardens & Wollerton Old Hall

10th August

High View Gardens at Martley

June 8th meeting - Andy Pedric - "Propagation of Trees and Shrubs"

The Gardeners Hymn

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small.
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.

But what we never mention, though gardeners know is true,  
Is when he made the goodies, he made the baddies too.

All things spray and swatt-able, disaster great and small.
All things paraquat-able, the Lord God made them all.

The greenfly on the roses, the maggots in the peas. 
Manure that fills our noses, he also gave us these.

The fungus on the roses, the club root on the greens, 
The slugs that eat the lettuce and chew the aubergines.

The drought that kills the fuschias, the frost that nips the buds. 
The rain that drowns the seedlings, the blight that hits the spuds. 

The midges and mosquitoes, the nettles and the weeds, 
The pigeons in the green stuff, the sparrows on the seeds. 

The fly that gets the carrots, the wasp that eats the plums. 
How black the gardeners outlook, though green maybe his thumbs. 

But still we gardeners labour, midst vegetables and flowers, 
And pray what hits our neighbours, will somehow by-pass ours. 

From Kidderminster Parish Magazine