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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.

 

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 2024:

29th March – 7:30pm monthly meeting 
Guest speaker: Jo Reading - Ferring Country Centre Commercial Co-ordinator

6th April – 2pm Spring Flower Show 

26th April – 7:30pm monthly meeting    
Guest speaker: Amanda Colberg - Garden Designer. Gardening for drought

31st May – 7:30pm monthly meeting     
Guest speaker: Martyn Cox. The secret history of vegetables 

28th June – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Ben Pope. Making the most of what you have

26th July – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Molly & Dan - Chalkdown Flowers. Establishing a sustainable cut flower farm

3rd August - 2pm Summer Flower Show

30th August – Quiz Night, bring a bottle

27th September – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Jim Buttress. 65 years in horticulture

25th October – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest Speaker: Andrew Elms - Lordington Lavendar

29th November – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: TBC

6th December - 7.30pm Christmas Social 

2025

31st January - Annual General Meeting  

 

 

JUNE MEETING

SPEAKER

Our speaker this month is Ben Pope with a talk, “Making the Most of What You Have”.
An inspirational talk on how to get the most out of your garden, whatever the size and space.
The talk is split into two sections the first being a virtual tour of The Working Garden, touching on design principles, planting styles and general upkeep of the garden.
The second section focuses on specific factors including increasing production, time and maintenance efficiency, plant health and combinations as well as future planning and development.


SUMMER SHOW   SATURDAY 3rd AUGUST

With less than 6 weeks to our Summer Flower Show our Show Secretary, Sue Brown writes…. “With any luck the sunny weather is finally here to stay. We hope all your vegetables and flowers are coming along nicely, but don’t forget there are plenty of classes for the not so green-fingered members. There is a photography section for the happy snappers among you, a handicraft section for those who love to knit, crochet, sew or paint and a cookery section for those who are happiest in the kitchen rustling up a culinary delight. There is even a chocolate cake recipe provided in the schedule if you are not sure what to bake.
The success of the Show depends on you and we absolutely love having lots of entries for the judges to deliberate over. Please have a look at the Summer Show schedule, I’m sure there is a class for everyone.”
The Cake Stall is always popular with our members and we would greatly appreciate any home made cakes.
Derek and Liz will be running the plant stall and would welcome donations from your own garden if you have been dividing plants. A label and colour of flower always helps when selling.
There will also be a “Pre-loved Garden Tools” stall. If you have any surplus garden tools, decorative pots, planters or garden gnomes which you would like to donate, please speak to any committee member. (Nothing electrical please.)

QUIZ NIGHT FRIDAY 30th AUGUST

This year, our Quiz Night will be run by local Quizmaster Steve Sharp and will also include a light buffet. To allow us to provide the food, we do need to establish how many people will be coming on the evening. With this in mind, it will be necessary for you to purchase a ticket beforehand. These will be available at both the June and July meetings. The cost of a ticket is the usual entry cost of £2.00 per person. Non-members and Guests will be charged £4.00 p/p.  Please bring your own drinks.
If you would like to book a table (Teams of 6 ),please let it be known when you purchase your tickets.
This is a general knowledge quiz. It is not specific to gardening, although you never know what the questions will be !!
Mo will be running a raffle and there will also be prizes for the Quiz winners !!

FLOWER OF THE MONTH

Our guest speaker will be choosing “Flower of the Month”. It would be nice to give him a good selection to choose from. As we are entering a hot Summer, there can be no excuses for not bringing along your prize blooms !!!  The winner receives a £5.00 garden voucher.

We look forward to seeing you all on Friday 28th June

Derek McCourty (Chairman)

     
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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.

 

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 2024:

29th March – 7:30pm monthly meeting 
Guest speaker: Jo Reading - Ferring Country Centre Commercial Co-ordinator

6th April – 2pm Spring Flower Show 

26th April – 7:30pm monthly meeting    
Guest speaker: Amanda Colberg - Garden Designer. Gardening for drought

31st May – 7:30pm monthly meeting     
Guest speaker: Martyn Cox. The secret history of vegetables 

28th June – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Ben Pope. Making the most of what you have

26th July – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Molly & Dan - Chalkdown Flowers. Establishing a sustainable cut flower farm

3rd August - 2pm Summer Flower Show

30th August – Quiz Night, bring a bottle

27th September – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: Jim Buttress. 65 years in horticulture

25th October – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest Speaker: Andrew Elms - Lordington Lavendar

29th November – 7:30pm monthly meeting
Guest speaker: TBC

6th December - 7.30pm Christmas Social 

2025

31st January - Annual General Meeting  

 

 

JUNE MEETING

SPEAKER Our speaker this month is Ben Pope with a talk, “Making the Most of What You Have”.
An inspirational talk on how to get the most out of your garden, whatever the size and space.
The talk is split into two sections the first being a virtual tour of The Working Garden, touching on design principles, planting styles and general upkeep of the garden.
The second section focuses on specific factors including increasing production, time and maintenance efficiency, plant health and combinations as well as future planning and development.
SUMMER SHOW   SATURDAY 3rd AUGUST With less than 6 weeks to our Summer Flower Show our Show Secretary, Sue Brown writes…. “With any luck the sunny weather is finally here to stay. We hope all your vegetables and flowers are coming along nicely, but don’t forget there are plenty of classes for the not so green-fingered members. There is a photography section for the happy snappers among you, a handicraft section for those who love to knit, crochet, sew or paint and a cookery section for those who are happiest in the kitchen rustling up a culinary delight. There is even a chocolate cake recipe provided in the schedule if you are not sure what to bake.
The success of the Show depends on you and we absolutely love having lots of entries for the judges to deliberate over. Please have a look at the Summer Show schedule, I’m sure there is a class for everyone.”
The Cake Stall is always popular with our members and we would greatly appreciate any home made cakes.
Derek and Liz will be running the plant stall and would welcome donations from your own garden if you have been dividing plants. A label and colour of flower always helps when selling.
There will also be a “Pre-loved Garden Tools” stall. If you have any surplus garden tools, decorative pots, planters or garden gnomes which you would like to donate, please speak to any committee member. (Nothing electrical please.) QUIZ NIGHT FRIDAY 30th AUGUST This year, our Quiz Night will be run by local Quizmaster Steve Sharp and will also include a light buffet. To allow us to provide the food, we do need to establish how many people will be coming on the evening. With this in mind, it will be necessary for you to purchase a ticket beforehand. These will be available at both the June and July meetings. The cost of a ticket is the usual entry cost of £2.00 per person. Non-members and Guests will be charged £4.00 p/p.  Please bring your own drinks.
If you would like to book a table (Teams of 6 ),please let it be known when you purchase your tickets.
This is a general knowledge quiz. It is not specific to gardening, although you never know what the questions will be !!
Mo will be running a raffle and there will also be prizes for the Quiz winners !! FLOWER OF THE MONTH Our guest speaker will be choosing “Flower of the Month”. It would be nice to give him a good selection to choose from. As we are entering a hot Summer, there can be no excuses for not bringing along your prize blooms !!!  The winner receives a £5.00 garden voucher. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday 28th June Derek McCourty (Chairman)