Abbots
Langley Gardening Society
February 2013
Do you
realize that ‘A silent environmental disaster is taking place’!! ? We should
all be concerned! However, on our own doorstep we have what will be the worlds largest walk-through butterfly sanctuary. With 76% of
British butterfly species having declined in the last 20 years, Clive Farrell,
“a butterfly fanatic and lepidopterist, decided to create a tribute to the
butterfly with a dedicated centre of learning for the preservation of this
fragile and beautiful species” and fortunately for us, he chose Chiswell Green to start this project. Deryck
Hannaford gave us an excellent presentation on the work and the progress so
far. The project needs more funds to complete the planned Biome which will have
forests, waterfalls and even a
Even though
it would appear to be a quiet month on the gardening front, don’t think that we
have been sitting with our feet up. Well actually we have, just a little bit,
well we do have to choose seeds and plants to sow for the new season and that
is rather a lot of difficult decisions. On the days that we have been able to
venture out into our gardens and allotments to see the wonderful spring flowers
that have popped their glorious heads out, we have been getting everything
started with early seeds to sow, bird boxes to put up, covering the soil to
warm it up for early planting, top dressing potted trees and shrubs, goodness
me, the list goes on. Phew! I need to sit down after the thought of all that!
Have a great month.
Pam Cotton