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Master Garden Tour Lady Johanna’s West Swindon Open Gardens
15 and 16 June, 11am to 5pm
Machinery Garden, Lydiard Park Gardens in Shaw & Nine Elms open to the public in aid of
Sales, Service, Repair Saturday 1 and Friday 28 June, Prospect Hospice and SMASH Youth Project,
11am to 12 noon
Briggs & Stratton, Wednesday 5 and Sunday 30 June, plus stalls, crafts & cream teas
John Deere, Stihl, 2pm to 3pm Tickets to all gardens on both days: £3 per adult,
Look at the plants and their
Honda, Hayter medicinal uses including those in
and many more Lady Johanna’s book of cures. See Swindon’s special place
We also service and repair Tickets: £5. Booking required, Visit Swindon Lagoons with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust volunteer wardens
on Saturdays 29 June, 27 July, 31 August or 28 September, 10am.
any make of power tool call 01793 770401
This hidden gem close
Collection & delivery service Plan for a great to Thames Water’s works
Tel: 07522 282 188 tomato harvest at Barnfield, is not often
open to the public and
www.mastergardenmachinery.com With such a late start to the garden- contains some 20 lagoons
ing season, plants need all the help along the banks of the
they can get to be productive this River Ray.

NEW! Growbag cradle to summer. A large variety of bird-
boost your tomato crop Neil Long from Wroughton has life including herons,
come up with a good way to ensure egrets and songbirds
tomatoes in grow bags don’t flop over populate the area. Grass
which they are prone to do once a snakes, slow worms, voles
crop starts to ripen. and deer also live on the
He’s designed and makes cradles reserve and the tour could include limited to 12 per visit. Call Gordon
out of pressure treated timber to sightings of these as well. Shaw on 01793 616558 to book
contain a growbag with vertical poles Tour groups meet at the access gate your place.
Also planters, veggie beds, poultry to support the growing plant. At £35
and pet housing they’re ideal for the smallest garden off the River Ray Parkway cycle path Dogs are not permitted on the
Handmade with pressure-treated or patio to ensure a strong crop later opposite Shaw Forest Park. reserve and children under 16 must
timber - built to last in the year. Booking is essential as numbers are be accompanied by an adult.
Can be made to measure
Competitively priced • Free local delivery Also available are raised planters, Volunteers needed to tackle invasive plants
Tel: Neil 01793 814068 veggie beds and pet houses. See Non native invasive plants are a major threat to British wildlife, writes Sue
details in the advert on the left.
Sawyer of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
A major problem plant Swindon on Tuesdays from
is Himalayan balsam, June to September.
right. It might look attrac- You can join us for as
tive with its pink flowers, long as you like and work
but on river banks it pre- as hard as you like. You
vents light reaching native don’t need any experience
plants. This means that the and don’t need to make a
invertebrates depending regular commitment, just
on these native species also come along when you have
disappear. The good news time. We provide tea, cof-
For all your is that Himalayan balsam is easily fee, biscuits and equipment.
removed by pulling it up.
For details call me on 07793
DIY Hire The Wiltshire Invasive Plants Proj- 251557 or mail: sues@wiltshirewil-
requirements ect needs volunteer to remove Hima- dlife.org
layan balsam from waterways around www.wiltshirewildlife.org
Gardening Equipment
Rotavators
Diggers
Floor Sanders
Carpet Cleaners
DIY Tools
SpECIAl wEEkEND
RATES AvAIlAblE

Units 8, 9 & 10 The Orbit Centre,
Ashworth Rd Swindon SN5 7YG
Tel No: 01793 527752 Fax No: 01793 430428
Email: swindon@artisanhire.co.uk

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