Eight of us met Leslie in the Biddulph Grange car park at 10:00. Some were delayed a bit by the traffic jam of the classic car show at Capesthorne Hall - I’ve never seen a powder blue VW Beetle before! The job for the day was putting stakes in so the gardeners could plant up the Dahlia Walk, one of the major flower displays at Biddulph.
The gardeners had already done some preparation work for us. The tulip bulbs from the previous display had been dug up, the guide posts for the first row stakes were in place and the rest of the stakes needed were in bundles.
Stakes were hammered in and string used to ensure a straight line and a stick to evenly separate the rows.
The gardeners will plant the dahlias in a few days time so we ‘tickled’ or turned over the soil to make it look neat and easier to plant.
As a cook would say ‘here’s one I prepared earlier’. This picture shows the Dahlia Walk in full bloom in 2019.
We had a very enjoyable day and the weather was good enough to eat lunch outside, Leslie providing biscuits as she did last year. We had plenty of opportunity to talk to the visitors and some of those who had never heard of the Dahlia Walk were already planning a return visit.
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