A “stinking helle-

bore” (helleborus foeti-

dus) in our garden.

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February 2016 Volume 3, Issue 1

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BO-TANICAL GAR-DEN VISIT

Kelvin Fairweather, Soci-ety Publicity Officer, de-scribes a visit to the Cambridge University Botanical Garden with members of his family last September.

We caught the 9.54 train from King’s Lynn to Cam-bridge arriving 10.40am, then had a 30 minute walk —about half a mile—to the garden.

Having paid the £5.50 entry fee, (which includ-ed a free map of the site)

we were free to explore the 16 hectare grounds, firstly exploring the first tree-lined walk in total 38 trees, all expertly labelled with names, countries of origin and date planted.

Over 20 beds were plant-ed, each with a different theme and in each, plants were clearly labelled. One bed was planted with plants which arrived in the country in different periods going back to Roman times.

Amongst the trees in dif-ferent areas were Sequoi-as (Redwoods), a fruiting offshoot from Sir Isaac

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A display of cacti in one of the glasshouses.

KLHS News

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE

Cambridge Uni-versity Botanical Garden Visit 2 Annual Meeting 2 Christmas Din-ner Report 2 Forthcoming Events 3 New Schedule 3 Membership Due 3 Society stalwart Cyril 4

Newton’s apple tree (Flower of Kent) which is said to have inspired his theo-ry of gravity, Oaks, Willows, Maples and a massive Cedar of Lebanon, all of considerable age.

There is a very good café and gift shop.

A range of glasshouses containing plants from around the world were spe-cifically laid out in their climate zones, from mountainous, to dry, to rainfor-est. These are well worth exploring, as is the whole garden.

We spent around five hours looking round and could have spent more, but we had to catch the train home.

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CHRISTMAS LUNCH

A Christmas lunch organised by the Socie-

ty at the Stuart House Hotel, in King’s

Lynn, proved an enjoyable occasion.

Seventeen people attended the event on

December 6th, 2015.

ANNUAL MEETING

The Royal British Legion

Club, in Tower Street, King’s

Lynn, will again be the venue

for the Society’s annual meet-

ing.

Wednesday, March 23rd, is

the date when the officer and

committee posts will come up

for re-election. Any-one inter-

ested in getting involved

should go along.

The apple tree grown from

a cutting from Sir Isaac

Newton’s home.

A colourful flower bed

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

TALK ON KLHS HISTORY

A second, more detailed look at the history of the KLHS will be taken on Mon-

day, April 4th.

“King’s Lynn Horticultural Society: History Revisited”, an illustrated talk , has

grown from details contained in a booklet produced by Kelvin Fairweather in

2014.

Kelvin, the Society’s Publicity Officer, felt there were more routes to investi-

gate and continued digging for facts after the booklet had been published.

The talk is certain to provide some surprises and also gives an insight into the

social history of King’s Lynn over the last two centuries.

BINGO

A bingo session to raise funds for the Society has been arranged for a few

weeks after the talk, on Wednesday, April 20th.

Both these events are taking place at the Royal British Legion Club, in Tower

Street, King’s Lynn, and are due to begin at 7.30pm.

“[…] these events are taking place at the Royal British Legion Club, in Tower Street, King’s Lynn, and are due

to begin at 7.30pm.”

NEW SCHEDULE

Members of the Society’s committee are

finalising the new schedule which will cover

shows for the next two years, 2016/2017.

The Amberley Hall Care Home, in King’s

Lynn, have kindly donated a new trophy to

be awarded in the cookery section.

The schedule should be available in the next

few weeks.

MEMBERSHIP DUE

A reminder that it is time to

renew your membership of

the Society. This remains at

just £5 for adults and free

for under 16s.

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR LONG-STANDING SO-CIETY MEMBER

Cyril Route of King’s Lynn, has

been a member of the Society for

many years. And not only that,

Cyril, who is now in his nineties,

must be one of the oldest. And,

remarkably, he still works on his

allotment close to his home in

North Lynn—proof that fresh air

and exercise, plus lots of fresh

vegetables, work wonders!

Now, Cyril has lent us some pic-

tures taken by local newspaper

photographers so that we can

share some of the highlights of

his days as a grower, and of his

time with the Society!

In recognition of his commitment

to the Society, Cyril has been

made a life vice president. Keep

up the good work, Cyril!