2011 PITLOCHRY IN BLOOM DIARY
January 2011
Royal Horticultural Society Seminar for Britain in Bloom entrants in Liverpool. Finalists manual distributed
- 27th January
Winter Words Festival, Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Special Gardening Day - Saturday 29th Janaury
11:45am: Anna Pavord – The Curious Gardener
The Curious Gardener is a stunning book written by one of Britain's most authoritative voices in the UK, the gardening correspondent for the Independent newspaper and author of eight previous books, including the bestselling The Tulip.
From what to do in each month and how to get the best from flowers, plants, herbs, fruit and vegetables, through reflections on the weather, soil, the landscape and favourite old gardening clothes to office greenery, spring in New York, waterfalls, Derek Jarman and garden design, Anna Pavourd always has something interesting to say it with great style and candour.
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February 2011
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March 2011
Britain in Bloom / It’s Your Neighbourhood Launch Month - 26-27 March Press Launch
First Litter Pick on Thursday 31st March – meet George Edwards at Theatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give George a ring.
Pitlochry in Bloom Annual General Meeting will be held at the Green Park Hotel on the 29th March
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April 2011
Thank you to all our fantastic 2011 knitters who are busy knitting Easter Baskets for us.
Sunday 3rd April - Floral Ideas and Inspirations for Spring with Carol MacGill at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Price £55 including flowers. Tel nos: 01796 484626
Litter Pick on Thursday 28th April– meet George Edwards at Theatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give George a ring on 01796 473980
 Friday 29th April - Invitation not in the post?! Royal Wedding Lunch at the Atholl Palace. 10:30am - 3:00pm Watch the Royal Wedding in style at the Atholl Palace Hotel. Get decorating those hats as there is a 'Best Hat' competition. Call 01796 470051 for tickets. £20 per head includes lunch
30th April - Take a Pride in Perthshire AGM at Comrie - Commitee now consists of Helen McCann - Blairgowrie, George Smith - Bridge of Earn, Jim Finnie - Beautiful Perth, Helen Manzie - Kinesswood, Sybil Galbraith - Glenarg & Duncrievie, George Edwards - Pitlochry and Maggie - Coupar Angus.
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May 2011
Friday 27th May - Bag Pack at the CO-OP to raise much needed funds. If anyone can spare an hour on Friday 27th May please do let us know as we really need volunteers.
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June 2011
Saturday 12th June 2011 - Explorers Garden will be open through the Scottish Garden Scheme. Please see the website below for further details
http://www.gardensofscotland.org/garden.aspx?id=9e15296e-f6e5-4db1-a1bb-9e250112ab5d
Saturday 18th June 2011– Green Park Hotel Coffee Morning
The annual Coffee Morning will be held on 18th June, with the generous sponsorship of the McMenemie family. Stalls for plants, home baking, home-made jams and preserves, fresh bread and a raffle to fund raise for the summer floral displays. A superb spread of cakes and savouries with tea and coffee in the beautiful setting of the Green Park Hotel.
We are all busy making jams with the new season fruits and marmalades with a splash of the local whisky, raffle prizes are rolling in a treat, so see you there, just pray for a nice sunny morning for us all.
Tickets: £5.00 at the door or from Committee members, Secretary Mary is on 470051.
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JULY 2011
Thrift Shop @ Scout Hut on East Moulin Road - 15th July to 30th July
Pitlochry in Bloom will host it's annual Thrift Shop in July.. All donations gratefully received, they can be dropped off at the Scout Hut or for assistance with larger items, please ring the Secretary on 470051.
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August 2011
Sunday 7th August 2011– Secret Gardens Day
Our annual Secret Gardens Day when local residents and businesses open their gardens, lawns and greenhouses for the day. A great variety of small, large, new, traditional, contemporary and commercial gardens on show. Come and join us for a Pimms in the Atholl Palace marquee kindly sponsored by Bells Blair Athol Distillery. The gardens, including Explorers, the Scottish Plant Hunters Garden will be open from 11am till 5pm. Programmes will be available from the Visitor Information Centre, Atholl Road from mid-July onwards.
Programmes: £4.50, one per person required for entry.
Monday 1st August – Saturday 13th August
Judging of local Pitlochry in Bloom competition. Judging will take place throughout the week coinciding with the visit by the judges for the National and International competitions.
First two weeks in August – Britain in Bloom
Judges Jeff Bates and Martyn Hird of the Royal Horticultural Society will be here to judge the Champion of Champions category.
Pitlochry Bowling Club Quiz Night - 24th August
Pitlochry Bowling Club – Quiz to include Ploughman’s supper and a glass of wine. We also hold a raffle. Teams of four to compete, but please ask if you need to make up a team and we will help if we can.
Tickets: £4.50 from Mary Bover, Secretary on 470051
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September 2011
Saturday 10th September 2011 - Pitlochry Highland Games
We will be there manning a stall selling strawberries & cream and popcorn.
Come along and support us. See you there! www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk
Monday 12th September - Scottish Wildlife Trust. Pitlochry member's evening walk is in the grounds of the Atholl Palace Hotel. Meet Innes Smith at 6pm at the Hotel's reception. All welcome.
Wednesday 14th September - Action Earth 2011 Bumblebee Meadow in the Wildlife Garden.
Volunteers welcomed in the Wildlife Garden anytime from 10:00am to 15:00. Please bring with you tools, materials and wear protective clothing and sturdy footwear and a sense of humour too!! We will provide refreshments and lunch. The site is partially accessible by wheelchairs, under 16's must be accompanied by an adult.
We will be strimming the meadow of growth, leaving seeds of Yellow Rattle to distribute, clearing the raised bed and cleaning out the pond. The second session will remove vegetation from meadow and rake back hard. We will be seeding with Wildflower mix and then installing an Insect Hotel.
If you are interested please call Sally Spaven on 01796 472020 to express an interest.
Monday 19th September - 2nd session of the clearing of Wildlife Garden
Sunday 25th September – Britain in Bloom Awards – St Andrews
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October 2011
Enchanted Forest - Friday 7th October to Saturday 29th October
Perthshire Big Tree Country's award winning The Enchanted Forest sound and light show is a feast for your senses. The event will take place this year at the Explorers Garden located at the Pitlochry Fesitval Theatre and will offer visitors a unique opportunity to experience the outdoors, at night and with spectacular imagery.
Using the gardens as a natural backdrop, you will experience a lighting show that is, quite simply, out of this world.
The Enchanted Forest is renowned to be Scotland's premier sound and light experience and attracts around 20,000 visitors every year.
This year's show, Transitions, will brought to you by the Highland Perthshire Community Interest Company
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December 2011
Reindeer Parade & Santa - 10th December
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