Benholm & Johnshaven Horticultural Society

Great day out had by all at Scone Palace Garden Fair and a lovely high tea at Red House Hotel, Cupar Angus. Fantastic service by the driver from Wisharts of Friockheim 🚌 ☀️ 🌺 🥵🍦 ☕️ 🍽️ 🍾 Feel free to send us any photos you wish to share 📷

Good morning
If you are coming on the bus trip be in the square for for 8:15 for the bus

Sunflower plants are now ready to go out to the children in the village who wish to grow them for the annual flower show competition. They can be collected from Carol at Johnshaven Stores. Good luck boys and girls!

Thank you to everyone who supported our Plant Sale yesterday. What’s left is still for sale in Mid Street, just opposite the Village Hall.

Old school garden trick, but still works well. Keep your tools sharpe, clean, and rust proof! 👀👇

What You Need:
- A 5-gallon bucket
- 5 gallons of sand
- ¾ quart of motor oil

How To Use The Sand And Oil Method:
- Fill your bucket up with sand and pour motor oil on top.
- Use a hand trowel or small tool to mix the sand and oil.
- Continuously plunge your dirty tool in and out until clean.
- Tap your tool against the bucket and brush it off to remove leftover sand.

How It Works:
The coarse sand scrapes away at dirt particles on the tool with the added bonus of sharpening the edges. The sand can then be wiped off much more easily than stuck-on soil. While the sand cleans and sharpens, the oil protects the metal, preventing rusting.

Your bucket of sand and oil isn't only good for a single use. It can clean tools over and over again to keep them in pristine condition.

You may have heard of planting tomatoes on their side. It may sound like a weird thing to do, but here's why it works so well:

Tomato stems are full of parenchyma cells. These non-descript cells are located just below the epidermal layer. One of the coolest things parenchyma cells do is turn into roots, known as adventitious roots

By burying the plant sideways or very deeply in your garden, you’re putting more of the stem underground from the start to enable lots of adventitious root growth. This means your tomato plant now has a much more complex root system, making it easier to take up the water and nutrients needed to make bushel after bushel of tomatoes.

So get to planting your tomatoes sideways! Happy Gardening!

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Loads of bedding plants for sale on Saturday at the plant sale if yer coming alang mind and bring cash please

Seed tatties are now ready to go out to the children in Benholm and Johnshaven who wish to grow them for the annual flower show competition. They can be collected from Kevin at Alba, Mid Street from now. Good luck boys and girls!

We are back to holding a plant sale at the village hall again his year. We have sourced a great selection of quality bedding plants as well as a variety of vegetable plants. There will also be the usual collection of perennials and shrubs. Teas will be served in the hall and a raffle will be taking place. This is our main fundraiser for the year and your support is really appreciated. Thanks!🌻

Only 12 seats left on the bus. Please get in touch ASAP to reserve your place now.

For those that have reserved, if you’ve not already paid, could you please pay at your earliest convenience.

Thank you.

Reserve your seat now, it’s sure to be a great day out!

Reserve your seat now, it’s sure to be a great day out!

Select some different potato varieties to plant this season at this tattietastic event at Kirriemuir!

The Suttons Seed Catalogue 2024 is with Kevin or you can look at it online suttons.co.uk. Our discount code is SUGS413X. You will get a discount on seeds bought and some funds come back to the Society. Seeds make great Christmas presents!🎅🌻🌶🥕
Merry Christmas to everyone who gets involved with the Hortus and thank you 👏

Our AGM will be held on Thursday, 23rd November in Johnshaven Village Hall at 7pm.
Everyone is welcome to come along, especially if you would like to get involved in helping to run the Flower Show etc.
Contact: Emma Po***ck - [email protected]

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Well, what a fantastic day! Congratulations to all the trophy winners and prize winners and a big thank you to all who entered - you make this a success. There were lots of new entrants competing with familiar faces this year providing a wonderful display of entries. A big thank you also goes to the judges who give up their time and impart their expertise - most appreciated! Finally, thank you to the committee members and array of helpers who set up, run and clear away the show. Here are some of the trophy winners from yesterday.

Flower Show today! Entries will be accepted between 8am and 9.30 this morning. To see who has won the prizes and join us for a cuppa, the doors open at 1.30.

With our summer show just round the corner (Sat 26th Aug) we would like to ask that if you had any trophies from last year's show if you could please return them for this year's competitors. Please drop them off with Kevin, or one of the other committee members or PM me and I will collect them from you, thank you.🏆

The Flower Show will take place on Sat 26th August. If you still need a schedule, I will place some at Johnshaven Stores or see the pages attached here. Please share so we can get as many people entering as possible this year. Entry tickets can be purchased on the Friday evening before the show or on Show Day. All instructions for entering are in the schedule. Good luck!

The Garden Competition!
The gardens will be judged on Sat 29th July. If you would like to enter your garden, please get in touch.
Good luck!

New arrivals today! You’ll find them opposite the Village Hall on Mid Street.

Thank you all so much for your incredible support. Over £300 raised so far for our funds!

The plant sale has new additions and is continuing in Mid Street, just opposite the Village Hall. Thank you again for your support.

The 2023 plant sale has begun in Mid Street, just opposite the Village Hall. We will update accordingly when new/other plants arrive. Thank you in advance for your support.

If you have any spare plants to donate, we will gladly accept these (please label).

Tomato, lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower plants are now ready for sale. Please knock on the door (Alba, Mid Street) or comment on this post if you are interested.

Tomato plants 50p each
Lettuce 50p per pot (2 plants)
Cabbage and cauliflower £1.50 per tray (6 plants)

Bedding plants will be ready soon.

Looking back after a successful 2022. Thank you to all who took part whether it was entering or helping out. Here are some of the winners from this year's show. Next year's will be on the 26th August 2023 - see you there!🫵🧑‍🌾🌻