Bressingham and District Ladies Club – February 2024 Meeting Notes

The first Bressingham & District Ladies Club meeting of 2024 welcomed Jaime Blake who gave an interesting and informative talk entitled “The Weeding of the 5000 with 2 Hoes and 5 Wishes”. Jaime has recently retired as the Head Gardener at The Bressingham Gardens after 35 years, looking after 5 acres of gardens, including 5000 different plants, 50 flower beds and 2.5 miles of edging. Over the years Jaime’s role had evolved to include designing the beds to prolong year long interest,   dealing with weeds and pests, maintaining the plant collection records, propagation and planting and continuing Alan Bloom’s legacy of introducing new plants.

The audience were keen to learn Jaime’s 5 wishes for a garden which he explained are: rain(at the right time), sunshine( but not too hot), a plants trueness to name, time and a good back! Jaime’s talk concluded with questions from the Ladies Club members followed by tea and biscuits.

The next Ladies Club meeting will be held on Monday 18th March at 7.30pm at Bressingham Village Hall with a talk from Suffolk plants-woman Jane Bastow entitled “My Gardening Journey”. Non members are very welcome with an entrance fee of £3 to include refreshments. 

Please contact Ladies Club Chairman Sharon Cole on 07732385861 or 

email: willowwitch@btinternet.com for further information.