The Association Mystery Fuchsia variety is available for sale at the April meeting and has to be grown on for judging at the September Meeting for a chance to win the Association Fuchsia Trophy for the year.
Full rules and tips for growing can be found here.
The 2006 variety was Madeline Sweeney. For 2007 the variety was Preston Guild.
The 2008 variety was Black to the Fuchsia. For 2009 the variety was Army Nurse.
The 2010 variety was Marinka. The 2011 variety was Garden News.
What variety will it be for 2012??
Speakers
Do you give talks to Garden Associations? Would our members enjoy listening to your talk? seeing your pictures? seeing your plants? and buying them? Then please get in touch with us, we have 9 meetings a year where we enjoy a guest speaker, always the first Thursday of the Month starting at 7.45pm in the centre of Ilkley.
We are always interested in entertaining speakers with a horticultural topic and we'll even pay you. If you think you fit the bill, please Get In Touch. (Now booking for 2013).
Support Us
Help support the IGA by buying from these firms online, many thanks.
Membership runs from January to December each year (can be paid any time from October for the next year) and gives you access to the Stores Sheds and the bargains on offer each weekend and discounted admission to the Monthly Meetings.
Whilst non-Members are welcome at our Monthly Meetings, please remember that we can only supply goods from the Stores Sheds to paid up Members.
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At our October 2011 Meeting Joe Maiden introduced us to Garlic Wonder. He extolled the use of this product as it was bio-friendly, it did not taint food crops and was safe to use on pretty much everything.
It helps prevent fungal infections, discourages slugs and deers from eating your tender crops and much more.
He had some that he sold to our members for £10 a bottle which make 5 litres of sprayable product. The retail price varies from supplier to supplier, I've seen this vary from £15 to £18 but I have found it listed at one of our suppliers. We will stock this from 2012 and I expect the price to be around £8 for a 500ml bottle.
Bees are in trouble, and it is mostly because of us. We have destroyed much of their natural habitat, we have poisoned their food and in the case of honeybees, we have used and abused them for our own purposes while not giving enough attention to their needs and welfare.
Honeybees have been evolving for a very long time – the fossil record goes back at least 100 million years – and they became remarkably successful due to their adaptability to different climates, varied flora and their tolerance of many shapes and sizes of living accommodation. They became attractive to humans because of their unique ability to produce useful things, apparently out of thin air: honey, wax and propolis.
Bees do seem to be in decline worldwide which is bad news for us humans as with no bees, the flowers that we enjoy will not be pollinated, the fruit and vegetables that we depend on for our tables won't be there.
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At our October 2011 Meeting Joe Maiden introduced us to Garlic Wonder. He extolled the use of this product as it was bio-friendly, it did not taint food crops and was safe to use on pretty much everything.
Bees are in trouble, and it is mostly because of us. We have destroyed much of their natural habitat, we have poisoned their food and in the case of honeybees, we have used and abused them for our own purposes while not giving enough attention to their needs and welfare.
Looking forward to 2017, just a few years down the road, which will mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Ilkley Gardeners' Association.
