Category: Newsletter

  • May Newsletter 2023

    Our Spring Show in April always marks the beginning of the year and is an event we look forward to. Despite our changing weather pattern affecting what we might see in our gardens, the hall was very colourful – Ralph Pointer won the cup for most points awarded and Vivienne Isemann won the ‘Best in Show’ in the ‘small arrangement’ category.…

  • March Newsletter 2023

    Welcome to the first meeting of our 2023/24 season. Already an unusually dry February raises fears of another year of drought and restrictions so we will need to think carefully about plant management and water conservation. An earlier sharp frost has killed some of my favourite shrubs and attacked the top of the euonymus hedge,…

  • February 2023 – Chairman’s Review of 2022

    Here we are at the end of another year, another one full of interest from our programme and from the weather! The growing season this year was certainly very hot at times, but was also very wet at times. We were able to meet in person for the whole year and were treated to a…

  • Newsletter January 2023

    Hello and welcome to the first meeting of 2023. I hope you all had an enjoyable solstice, Christmas and New Year and it was wonderful to see so many of you at the festive supper in December. We’ve certainly had a cold snap early last month and I hope not too much damage was done, although most…

  • Newsletter November 2022

    Hello and welcome to the November meeting. We’ve certainly had a lot of rain since our last meeting, and my lawn is getting very long! The plus side is there are plenty of flowers to admire when the sun comes out. …

  • Newsletter October 2022

    The weather is now autumnal but there seems to be a burst of flowers and fruit, with some Spring flowering plants in flower again. The weather was not too kind for our members who took the trip to Wisley last month but still it was enjoyed by all. ….

  • Newsletter August 2022

    Sunshine, sunshine everywhere, nor any drop of rain, as the Ancient Mariner didn’t say, but might well have done after the past month’s weather