FINDON VILLAGE GARDENS ASSOCIATION
The Findon Village Gardens Association welcomes new members. We meet at 7:30pm on the last Friday in each month (except December) in the Village Hall. We normally have a guest speaker, with subjects ranging from horticulture to the history of canals; from trug making to natural history.
We have an annual light-hearted quiz night, a Christmas Social evening and of course our two Flower shows, enabling members to grow and show prize blooms and vegetables, plus of course the cookery, photography and handicraft sections. During the year, visits to gardens and other places of interest are arranged, which make for a most enjoyable day or half day out. There is truly something for everyone.
Annual membership is £5 with a £2 entry to the monthly meeting to include tea and biscuits.
For more information, please email findonwebsite@gmail.com
Committee:
Chairman – Derek McCourty
Membership Secretary – Richie Line
Treasurer – Sue Line
Show Secretary – Sue Brown
Committee Members:
Maureen Bowen
Liz McCourty
Rita Simmons
Olwen Williams
Paddy Winter
Dates for 2025:
5th April – 2pm Spring Flower Show
25th April – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Michelle Ernoult. Gardening for Bees
30th May – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Mark Saunders. Super Seasonal Displays
27th June – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Vicky Wells. Southdowns National Park
25th July – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Christine Iverson. Folklore & Superstations of the Hedgerow
2nd August - 2pm Summer Flower Show
29th August – Quiz Night
26th September – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Mark Dobell. Propagation
31st October – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest Speaker: Sussex Gardens Trust. The work of the trust
28th November – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Michael Blencowe. 100 years of Wildlife in a suburban garden
5th December - 7.30pm Christmas Social
2026
30th January - Annual General Meeting
APRIL MEETING
SPEAKER
This month we are pleased to welcome Michelle Ernoult with a talk, “Gardening for Bees”.
Like so many of us, Michelle is concerned about the plight of our much loved and vitally important bees. As a Beekeeper herself, she is passionate about their environment and how climate change is affecting their populations. She believes that many people, taking small actions, really can help. Just by adding one or two plants to our gardens, that can be enjoyed by the bees, also adds food for other insects such as hover flies and other pollinators.
Today, Michelle’s interests have expanded to include not only honeybees, but also bumble bees, solitary bees and many other insects. She is endlessly curious about insects and wildflowers and the relationship between them. Michelle hopes to inspire the same wonder in other people.
MEMBERSHIP
If you have not yet renewed your membership you can do so at this month’s Club evening.
The annual subscription remains at £5.00. Paying your membership fee allows you to receive the monthly E-mail Newsletter and also includes the Summer Show brochure, which contains the entry form for the many classes in the August Summer Show.
SPRING SHOW
Our Show Secretary, Sue Brown and the rest of the Committee hope you enjoyed the recent Spring Show. How great it is to see so many people enjoying a traditional local event.
A really big thank you to all the Club members who entered the various classes and congratulations to our winners.
FLOWER OF THE MONTH
Now that Spring is finally here there is bound to be something in your garden that could win you the £5.00 garden voucher in our Flower of the Month competition. Even if you are not the winner, our members get great pleasure from seeing the variety of entries provided.
We look forward to seeing you all on Friday 25th
Derek McCourty (Chairman)
