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Curry Rivel in Bloom Plant Sale
Sat 7th May 2022 at 10.30am at the War Memorial

Bring and buy or come and buy.
Bring bags or boxes for your purchases. Prices will be 50p, £1.00, or £2.00.
Bring along any plants you would like to donate.
Contact Gina on 762296

Curry Rivel Open Gardens 2022
SUNDAY 19th JUNE 1-5 pm
I am really pleased to say that we have 11 gardens that will open and this event can now take place. Please do come, it is a very enjoyable afternoon which also raises funds that are distributed around the village.

Ticket Sales (programmes) and lunches will be available in the village hall from 12.00 noon then teas and cream teas will be available from 2.00 -4.30 pm. The village hall will be open until 5pm for toilets. Some gardens will also offer teas and plant sales. Other places to visit on the trail are the War Memorial, Granny's garden ,the allotments, Eastfield Wild Flower Meadow, Curry Woods, the Churchyard the School gardens and the Village green.

This year we are introducing a Front Garden Trail. It will include pretty and interesting front gardens that can only be viewed from the path or gate. There will be no entry to the garden. If you would like to be included on this trail then please do get in touch as soon as possible please so it can go into the programme.

Scarecrows: It was previously a tradition to have scarecrows around the village for the Open Gardens and we would like to do this again this year. Anyone in the village can make a scarecrow and enter, just put it up outside your garden, in the hedge, on the wall on the fence, securely, and you have entered. Please put them in place by Friday 17th June. There will be prizes !! The school children will also be taking part and usually provide a scarecrow for each garden.

Front Garden Competition: We would like to hold this event slightly earlier this year so that the results are ready for the Open Gardens . Please contact Gina to enter. Email or phone and give your address & postcode , email address and a contact number Remember that the theme is the Queen's Jubilee and the main colours are purple & platinum. (I am sure that red, white and blue would do as well!) Entries by June 1st please! We hope that all entries will be part of the Front Garden Trail.

Young Gardener of the Year:  We last held this in 2019, before Covid. If you are under 18 and are a keen gardener please get in touch and we will visit you and your garden . South West in Bloom were very impressed by our last winner, Zac Powell, and he received a special mention at the South West in Bloom awards in Oct 2019. No age limit at the bottom end of the scale, so all ages up to 18 
please apply! Closing date for entries is June 20th.

Jobs to do in the Garden in May
Plant up hanging baskets but keep in a greenhouse until the risk of frosts has passed.

Feed bulbs that have finished flowering with a liquid feed, deadhead but let the leaves die back naturally for good bulbs next year.

Plant out summer bedding , plant out dahlias and cannas or keep in pots to place in the garden when gaps appear. 

Stake tomatoes in the greenhouse and plant french marigolds in the grow bags or pots to keep white fly away. 

Keep the snail population down by going on a hunt at night with a head torch.

Take cuttings from fuchsia, geraniums and dahlias.

Sow radishes and salad leaves at regular intervals for a continuous crop all summer.

Put saucers under all your pots to save water and keep the patio clean.

Sow runner beans and French beans directly into the ground or plant out those grown in pot a bit later in the month.

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