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Our Meetings at Milford Village Hall

The village hall now has an efficient heating system which we were able to enjoy when we started our programme for 2025.  This year's speakers have a variety of topics which we hope you will enjoy. We also have the members social evening , cheese and wine at the AGM, a garden visit, a mini-show where members bring along the bulbs they have grown to be judged by our speaker Geoff Peach, two afternoon shows where you can enter your magnificent efforts in the garden together with home produce, plants for sale  and of course the opportunity to meet friends and exchange garden tips whilst enjoying a cup of tea or coffee and entering the raffle.

We look forward to welcoming you to
Milford Horticultural & Gardening Society. Not a member? Why not come to a meeting as a guest (£3 for an event) or join us as a member for £12 per annum! (See About Us page).
If you would like to donate a raffle prize we would be very pleased to accept!


Tips for February

Did your garden suffer from frost damaged during the cold spell recently? The erratic weather has left many plants blackened but don't be tempted to cut them back as this may result in further damage. Those dead leaves can protect the new growth underneath. Wait until the late spring before removing any of the damaged leaves. The roots of container grown plants may suffer from freezing, especially as the compost will be damp after all the rain we have had. Move the pots if possible to a more sheltered spot, or if you are lucky enough to have a greenhouse or cold frame they can be moved into these as this will protect not only the plants but the pots from frost damage.

Many of us will have experienced slow growth of sweet peas sown in December and January but with the temperature rising, even just a few degrees, the shoots will begin to emerge and the flowers will be hopefully be ready to enter in the Summer Show on Saturday 28th June. So don't despair!

It's time to chit your seed potatoes. Place them in an empty seed tray in a frost-free place where they will chit and be ready for planting around Eastertime. 

Nothing beats freshly picked raspberries on your breakfast cereal, so if you have them in your garden now is the time to prune the autumn-fruiting canes. Prune the canes which bore fruit last year down to ground level, then apply a good layer of mulch.

It's time to sow summer cabbage plants indoors in either pots or modular trays. They can be transplanted outdoors later in the spring.

If you have a deciduous hedge and want to renovate it, now is the time to do it before the birds start to build their nests.  

Happy Gardening!

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