Meet the Garden Gang

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An outline of the programme for the first half of 2020 was revealed, including trips to see snowdrops at Finlaystone and daffodils at Greenbank, plus a visit to Horatio’s Garden at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, scheduled for June. Online, I have been alerted by Kathy to the virtual tours of Kew Gardens. If we can't physically go and wander around a beautiful garden, we can at least do it virtually. And the good news is that I have been in touch with them, and we will be given an introduction to the gardens by Dougal Philip, the original founder of the business!

Our January indoor meeting was spent in the company of Douglas whose illustrated talk took us through the history of gardens in Scotland from the earliest evidence, through to about 1800. He began by making the point that gardens are fashionable constructions and that they change. But just as some people continue to wear the clothes that they had been comfortable in the young days, so some gardens were so liked by their owners that they didn’t update them. I thought the art looked like it was drawn by a child, and it turns out that it was -- the Garden Gang series was both written and illustrated by a nine year old. I didn't really enjoy them, as the author/illustrator wasn't *my* nine year old. In a way, I like that while the series was so popular and beloved, this child author then went on to pursue other interests and talents. I hold out hope that Jayne Fisher might resurface at some point, simply because there is a question that has been bugging me: all of the characters in the Garden Gang have alliterative names, save one. What’s the deal with Penelope Strawberry? Did she change her name to sound more glamorous (it seems like something she might do)? Is “Penelope” her middle name and her first name is actually “Sarah” or “Sally” or another name that begins with S? I don’t think I’ll ever find out, but I will always wonder. Garden Gang Leader ] Valerie Reilly, Group Leader for the Garden Gang group, explains what is involved in membership of the Garden Gang group.(Approx 2:18 mins}Like Mr Wood he was convicted of both conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property, receiving a seven-year jail sentence. Hugh Doyle, 52 But who were the men who broke into the central London treasure trove, and what became of them? Brian Reader Jayne was only nine years old when she began writing the Garden Gang stories, and while she was prolific for that short period of time, it does not seem like she pursued her writing career much further. There are countless blog and forum posts across the internet expressing fondness for the series and wondering “what ever happened to Jayne Fisher?”

Hatton Garden started on ITV on Monday 20 May at 9pm, with the remaining episodes airing over the next three nights at the same time. As gardens are very much a seasonal pastime we hope to tailor our visits to see various gardens at their best and in deepest, darkest winter we will also have some indoor meetings. We also hope to visit gardens of various types – those associated with stately homes, botanical collections, private gardens opened under the Scotland’s Garden Scheme, allotments and community gardens and gardens created with ‘wellness’ in mind. At the age of 9 years, Jayne was the youngest author to ever write for Ladybird Books. [2] [3] Her writing and illustrating has been an inspiration to others. [4] [5] Books [ edit ]

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Timothy Spall plays “Terry” Perkins, the fourth member of the Hatton Garden gang jailed for conspiracy to commit burglary. The oldest member of the group aged 77 at the time of his sentencing, Brian Reader has become the face of the Hatton Garden heist, played by Sir Michael Caine and Larry Lamb in films based on the crime.

It was surveillance that did them in. The police pinpointed one of their vehicles using CCTV, then planted listening devices to observe the burglars and gather evidence before eventually arresting them. As one copper put it: 'They were analogue criminals operating in a digital age.'On Wednesday, 11th December the Garden Gang gathered in the upstairs room at Fairfull’s Café for our second ‘proper’ meeting.

Kenny” was the second of the trio sentenced to seven years for conspiracy to commit burglary in the Hatton Garden heist. If any of this has whetted your appetite for visiting a garden or two, then get in touch and give us a go.He was eventually arrested at his home in Islington in 2018, and in March this year was convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to convert or transfer criminal property, receiving a 10-year prison sentence. Michael ‘Basil’ Seed was the final member of the Hatton Garden gang to be jailed (Metropolitan Police/PA Wire) When is Hatton Garden on ITV? While Reader was known as a mild-mannered, unassuming sort of man, he was deeply entrenched in the criminal underworld and had previously done time for handling stolen goods relating to the notorious Brink’s-Mat gold bullion robbery in 1983. The introduction of Capability Brown’s rural idyll style occurred in the mid-18th century, leading to vast re-landscaping schemes – local examples being at the Inch in Renfrew and Castle Semple in Lochwinnoch. Castle Semple also boasted a fine walled garden where gardeners manipulated the climate by growing fruit trees along differently facing walls according to their individual needs – south-facing for apricots or north-facing for cherries for example. Written by Jayne Fisher, the Garden Gang series were small books that each featured two stories about a fruit or vegetable like Penelope Strawberry or Roger Radish.