Club speaker Joe Appleyard Tong Garden Centre

Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites
Club Speaker Joe Appleyard Tong Garden Centre.

On Mon 3 April Joe visited the Club at Batley Community Centre and gave a hands on talk and practical demonstration on planting a basket and planter with Pansy flowers.

Luddites and partners, friends and "Friends" of the club
attended the talk.

Joe is head plantsman at Tong garden centre.
John talked about working at Morrisons for 29 years as head of Agriculture. He worked primarily in cut flowers and travelled the world Spain, Portugal, Egypt and many more countries.
Joe started his demonstration using a 12inch basket filling sides every other hole with pansies then filled around sides with moss. Then good quality multipurpose compost and filling the top with pansy plants. All the while Joe gave a series of stories about his travels and his work with plants.
Next Joe showed how to plant a planter display. Filling with compost and a centre perennial, and Pansies all around the top.
Joe took questions and gave tips on how to get the best displays. To get fab displays Joe said use weak Miracle-Gro leave for a couple of days then treat with tomato feed.
After more stories President Steve asked John Logan to give a vote of thanks to Joe.
Joe invited people to come and see him at Tong for advice and help in planting.

Two lucky people drew winning raffle tickets to win the two planters Joe had planted.

LINK Tong Garden Centre