The Mediterranean Garden Society Newsletter - Sept 2011
- Written by Rosie Peddle
Welcome to members and friends of the Mediterranean Garden Society. Below is information regarding our forthcoming events. If you know of others who may be interested in Mediterranean gardening please pass this along to them and remember all are welcome to attend our events.
Message from OS JARDINEIROS DO SOTAVENTO: “Our first meeting will be at John Vellam´s garden on Tuesday September 20th at 10.30. John will show us what he has achieved in a very short time and discuss his plans for his garden, and for the Club. Please let me know if you will come. New Members welcome to join us at this, our first meeting of the new gardening year.”
Please contact Elspeth Flood, Secretary, for map and further info at elspethflood@sapo.pt
Garden Visit
Wednesday, 5th October 10.00am at No 19, Quinta das Salinas, Almancil
Margaret & Jeffrey Jackson have kindly agreed to open their lovely gravel garden to us. Margaret recently won the ‘Garden of the Year’ award in the competition organised by local garden clubs.Her garden is a lesson in how to use stone, rock and gravel to create texture and interest with carefully selected plants to provide the all important living elements. Truly inspirational.
Following our visit, Margaret has agreed to talk to us about one of her favourite subjects, Sculpture in the Garden. Her profession as an architect and her passion for gardening come together in this very interesting topic. This will take place at the nearby Formosa Park Hotel, situated in the Ria Formosa Nature Park. They have a dedicated meeting room which will available for our use. There will be a charge of €6 for non-MGS members for this meeting, this includes coffee.
PROGRAMME 10.00am meet at 19, Quinta das Salinas. Map available on request.11.00am move to Formosa Park Hotel for coffee in the terrace bar11.30am IIlustrated talk on “Sculpture in the Garden” by Margaret Jackson1.00pm Disperse - lunch available, for those who wish it, in the hotel restaurant.
Please contact Rosie to reserve your place
Email: rosie@thebtf.net
Tel: 289 791 869
Illustrated talk on “The Gardens of Madeira” by Gerald Luckhurst
Thursday, December 8th – We have been fortunate to be offered a talk by Gerald Luckhurst who is a well respected historic gardens advisor and landscape architect with much experience of working in Madeira. Gerald wrote the recently published book on ‘The Gardens of Madeira’. We will use the meeting room at the Hapimag resort near Albufeira for this talk. There will be the opportunity to see the Algarve garden at another season of the year. There have been some new developments at the garden including a lovely herb garden.
Please contact Rosie for more info and to reserve your place.
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Mediterranean Algarve Gardeners is an informal group for everyone who has a special interest in the plants and gardens of the Algarve and who wishes to learn more about appropriate ´waterwise´ gardening. The aims of the group include encouraging the exchange of information and of experiences. The newsletter & web site www.gardeninginportugal.com contain articles on diverse aspects of mediterranean gardening as well as news, notices, practical information and comment. All information is normally distributed via email but can also be posted on request.
If you are interested in taking a more active role in the organising of events or have any suggestions about the running of the Group please contact Rosie Peddle – the success of the group depends on the participation of members and should reflect their interests and needs. Some members of this group are also members of the Mediterranean Garden Society. Further information about the Mediterranean Garden Society can be found on the main web site www.mediterraneangardensociety.org .There is now a facility for joining and paying subscriptions online.
Regional MGS Contacts:
Lisbon area – Ben Weijers, Tel: 219 291 841 Email: quintadocorvo@yahoo.com
Beira area – Marion ter Horst, Tel: 235 721 193 Email: arnold-terhorst@netcabo.pt
Algarve area - Rosie Peddle, Tel. 289 791 869 Email: rosie@thebtf.net
Minho area – Chloe Parrott Tel. 966971275 Email: chloe@meo.pt
Contact & Newsletter Compiler: Rosie Peddle, Quinta das Sesmarias 275-M, Fornalha, Moncarapacho, OLHÃO 8700-091 Tel. & Email as above.
