The Potting Shed
January 2020
We have the pleasure of hosting the GQT team for a recording of the show on Tuesday 18th February
The event is now sold out. However, please continue to register on the GQT page of the website and if any tickets become available we will contact you.
Last chance to buy the Worplesdon Garden Club 2020 Wall Calendar
Get organised in 2020! A4-sized wall calendar with twelve months of fantastic photographs.
Available at the January Club meetings and from the Post Office, Fairlands, Guildford. See more on the Calendar 2020 page
Working
Jobs to Do in the Garden this Month
Happy New Year! - Let's make 2020 a great year for the Garden
Make sure you recycle your old Christmas tree - there are temporary recycling sites all over the Guildford area (until 17th January)
Be kind to Christmas houseplants - Don't overwater Poinsettias and keep Amaryllis in a warm, but not hot room
Tidy borders clearing old herbaceous stems and dead foliage and lightly forking over the soil
Begin pruning apple trees and pear trees but leave stone fruits (plums, cherries and apricots) unpruned until the summer as pruning these fruit trees now will make them susceptible to silver leaf infections
Plan your vegetable crop rotations for the coming season
Finish your seed orders for 2020
Remember to use a greenhouse heater or use fleece to protect overwintering tender plants
Something missing? - Use the Feedback form to suggest your own Tips and Dos and Don'ts...
Relaxing
What's Looking Good in the Garden - The Promise of Spring to Come...
Use the arrows on the pictures to browse
Skimmia japonica 'Nymans' (female)
Silk Tassell Bush, Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’
Viburnum, Viburnum tinus
Polyanthus, Primula
Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger
Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica
Camellia japonica
Bronze fennel, Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'
Indoor Azalea, Rhododendron simsii
Camellia japonica
Something missing? - Use the Feedback form to let us know your recommended plants to grow...
Thinking
This Month's Wordsearch
Visiting
Places to Go and Things to Do
See what's happening at other local clubs via the Surrey Horticultural Federation web site
WGC January Club Meeting - Winning Water Gardens, John Negus, Tuesday 14th January, 8pm
National Garden Scheme Timber Hill Gardens, Chertsey Road, Chobham, GU24 8JF, 15th and 22nd January 11am – 2pm
WGC Club Lunch - Sunday 19th January 2020, 1pm. The Nags Head Inn, Bagshot Road, Knaphill, GU21 2RP. Menu Available Here
The Giant Houseplant Takeover at RHS Wisley. Saturday 25 January – Sunday 1 March
WGC February Meeting - AGM and New Plants for Free, Keith Hine, Tuesday 11th February, 8pm
Further ahead: The SHF Spring Talk: Adam Frost, 26th March 2020, Normandy Village Hall, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm - SOLD OUT
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