Coventry Meeting is the proud owner of a long lived and bounteous Christmas Cactus. If I had known this thread was starting I would have taken a picture when I was there today (gas servicing) and yesterday (Kitchen water heater).

These things seem well suited much of the year they are plain and then they blossom forth. Like Esther's plants, I think they thrive on neglect. The one person who appeared to take an interest put a notice on it saying Keep Off (or something).

On an almost related subject a while ago when we were discussing the garden with a garden designer we said one of the features we wanted was 'something pretty to pick for the table in the centre of the room' all the year around.

William Waddilove - who does maintenance work at Coventry Meeting house.

On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 17:13, Quaker House via wardenship <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote:

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:10:45 +0000
Subject: [wardenship] Re: Houseplants

Hello Wendrie 

New Year's greetings to you too.

We have house plants in our Meeting House.

I look after them (when away they look dried out by the time I return).

I am impressed with myself and the area of negligence as Poinsettias love you to ignore them and leave them in one place, with little fuss. I have had one for 3 years now, purchased in TESCO so far from a lovely garden centre,....and it has survived all these years!

I bought another from TESCO and it seems happy too..

i would always welcome more plants, I buy cut flowers too as it brightens up the place and many hirers comment on this.

Kind regards,

Esther White

Quaker House Coordinator

01752 600760

house.quaker@googlemail.com

www.quakerhouseplymouth.org.uk

Quaker House, 74 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6LF

On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 17:06, Wendrie Heywood <wendrie@mindfulbusinessservices.com> wrote:

Hello,

Happy New Year to all!

I've been informed by my calendar that today is Houseplant Appreciation Day. No, I'd not realised there was such a thing either... When I mentioned this to a gardening friend she said her local garden centre was busy celebrating Houseplant Week all week.

Several of the buildings I manage do have plants inside - in one instance cared for by the nursery who involved the children in watering and potting up spider plants and bulbs to take home. Kingston QMH has a tree inside which is looked after by the gardening group.

So my question to you all is does your building have plants inside?

If so, who looks after them?

If not - would you like any?

Yours in peace,

Wendrie Heywood

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