Christmas Decoration Workshop

Helen Battigan is holding one of her excellent workshops on 12th December, details as above. The enrolment form can be downloaded here. Places are limited and are filling up fast, so anybody interested should contact Carmel Ryan to secure a place as soon as possible.

Cuttings Afternoon - 23rd October, 2.00pm

The Cuttings Afternoon will be held at Nicholas & Carmel Ryan's house.

This is a great time to be taking cuttings to increase your plant stock or to grow plants for sale at our Plant Sale in May next year.
The list of plants that can be propagated from cuttings is endless, roses, lavender, hydrangeas, fuschias, penstemon, pelargoniums, osteospermum, coleus.
Some of our 'expert' members will be on hand to show you how to take cuttings, prepare them, plant them and look after them.
These afternoons are great social occasions, why not come along and have a go!

September 2013 Newsletter

The September 2013 Newsletter is now available to view or download here

Cutting Afternoon to be Held Mid October

We are planning to hold our annual "Cutting Afternoon" sometime in mid October. this is a great opportunity to learn how to take cuttings and care for them. In previous years this event has proved to be very popular so we will set the venue when we have a better indication of likely numbers of people attending. Members who are interested in attending, please phone Eamonn on 053 9376908 before 7.00pm (Eamonn goes to bed when it goes dark so he can be up at first light to get out into the garden) Alternatively you can email him ritaeam@gmail.com

General Meeting 17th October 8.00pm Redmonds

Geoff Stebbings will be giving a talk on raised beds plus he will be giving hints on how to improve your presentation of entries for the show. this promises to be a really good evening

62nd Bunclody Horticultural Society Show - Major Awards

The following are the major prizes. Details of winners of all classes

will follow and hopefully you will be able to use them. Many thanks,

Eamonn

Bunclody Horticultural Society are delighted with their 62nd Annual

Show. It went off brilliantly. The Society would like to thank all who

participated and those who turned out to steward and helped with the

setting up. No mean trick. Many thanks also goes to James Murphy and

the BOM of Bunclody VEC for their marvellous cooperation. Thanks also

to our many sponsors and advertisers, without whom the Show would

never have gotten off the ground.

After-Show Committee meeting Thurs, Sept 12, Redmonds, 8pm. Robert

Miller, Garden Judge, and Ian Hodges, photographer of gardens, will

present an evening showing photos of gardens visited and Robert will

talk us through the various attractive garden features. Thurs, Sept

19, Redmonds, 8pm.

2013 Garden Competition Results

Best Ornamental Garden, Over 1/4acre, 

1st, Sheelagh and Liam O’Leary.

Jt 2nd, Maura Kavanagh & Majella Kelly. 

Best Ornamental Garden Under1/4 acre

acre, 1, Maureen Goodbody; 2, Eunice O’Connor; 3, Mary Hogan. Best

Country Garden, 1, Brian & Mary Gilsenan; 2, Erika Marten; 3, Monica

Murphy.

Becker Perpetual Trophy, 

Sheelagh & Liam O’Leary. 

First-time entrant with highest points 

Majella Kelly. 

Person with highest points who haspreviously entered but never won, 

Carmel & Nicholas Ryan.

Commendations for Special Features, 

Monica Murphy (3), Matthew O’Leary, Bernie Deane, Ann Raleigh. 

Best Community Garden, 

Day Care Centre. 

Best Private Window Box, 

1, Sheila Rothwell; 2, Erika Marten;

3, Ann Nolan. 

Best Business Window Box, 

1, Meadowside B&B; 

2, Redmonds. 

Rory Murphy Trophy (in window boxes), 

Sheila Rothwell.

62nd Annual Show Trophy results: 

Society’s Cup, most points for flowers, 

Geoff Stebbings. 

Conway Cup, 

Margaret Tully. 

Rose of the Show; Bank of Ireland Cup, 

Lorraine Kinsella, 

Best Floral arrangement; Collier Cup, 

Sheila Kirwan, 

Most points in fruit; Weston Trophy, Heidi Fortune, 

Best exhibit in fruit;  Erika Marten Trophy, 

Geoff Stebbings,

Best Exhibit in Uncommon Fruit; Society’s Cup, Most points in Veg,

Geoff Stebbings; 

Hemmingway Trophy, Best in Veg, 

Geoff Stebbings;

Society’s Cup, Home & Dairy, 

Vera Wilson; 

Austin Gilbert Cup, Most Meritorious Home & Dairy, 

Sinead Ryan; 

Lucetta Collier Cup, Knitting & Needlework, 

Mary Ann Nolan; 

Special Prize in Needlework, 

Freda Sangrai.

AIB Cup, Senior Craft, Jimmy Murphy; 

Mary Wall Beck Trophy, Art, 

Lynne Crowe. 

Society’s Cup, Photography, 

Lorraine Kinsella; 

Macra na Feirme

Cup, Agri, 

Bertie Warren; 

Thom Deacon Memorial Trophy, Agri, 

Bertie Warren; 

George T Lewis Cup, Most Meritorious in Flowers, Fruit, Veg & Agri produce, 

Geoff Stebbings. 

Riverview Cup, Home & Dairy, Senior Art and Crafts, 

Jimmy Murphy.

Junior/Youth Section: 

J Kavanagh Cup, Floral, 

Laura O’Brien; 

Patricia Cork Memorial Cup, Baking, 

Amy Smyth; 

TJ Collier Cup, Junior Craft,

Moya Rothwell; 

Eileen Black Cup, Handwriting, 

Emma Cummings; 

Joe

Anderson Cup, Most Meritorious in Youth Section, 

Patrick White Murphy.

62nd Bunclody Show & Exhibition Schedule & Entry Form

The schedule for this years show can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here

The entry form can be downloaded here