Programme
2021 - 2022
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| 2nd
May - Bank Holiday - NO MEETING |
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| 5th
May |
| Open
Gardens - further details to follow. Please consider
opening your garden for the benefit of our members. |
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| 18th
May |
| Visit
to NGS Garden - Champs Hill, Pulborough. 2pm - 4pm.
£10pp, includes refreshments and a chance to visit
the art exhibition in the Music Room ('late Newlyn')
We will travel in our own cars - to be arranged. |
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| 6th
June |
| Michelle
Ernoult of The Little Honeybee Company will tell
us why 'We can't all be beekeepers'. |
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| 4th
July |
| Don
Fitzgerald - collects and grows Carnivorous plants
- mind your fingers! |
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| 21st
July |
| Trip
to Hever Castle - CANCELLED |
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| July
Angmering Flower & Produce Show |
| To
be held at Bramley Green Community Centre. Details
to follow. |
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| August
- NO MEETING |
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| 5th
September |
| Paul
Gallivan is the head gardener at Woolbeding Gardens,
Midhurst, and will talk about the development of
this very special garden. |
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Reports
from previous meetings
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Andrew Elms from a Hampshire Lavender Farm told
us about 'The trials and tribulations of Lordington
Lavender'. [meeting
report]. |
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Penny Green from the Knepp Estate - Penny talked
to us about the re wilding of the Knepp Estate.
[meeting report]. |
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•
Graham Bowring - from St Francis Animal Care:
'The Secret Life of a Hedgehog'. [meeting
report].
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•
'Christmas around the World' - a talk by Paul
Abbot. [meeting
report].
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'Out on a Limb' - a talk by Lesley Baker. [meeting
report].
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Martin Jarvis - my life in horticulture. [meeting
report].
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•
Evening visit to garden of Peeler's Retreat,
Arundel. [meeting
report].
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Sam Kirk, from Ferring Country Centre, gave us an
insight into the excellent work done at FCC to provide
meaningful work experience to adults with learning
difficulties, through riding therapy, horticulture
and farming [meeting
report]. |
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Jean Griffin, popular gardening broadcaster, regaled
us with her 'Tales from the Potting Shed' [meeting
report]. |
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Peter Chivers gave us practical advice, just in
time, on 'Preparing Winter Containers and Spring
Bulbs' [meeting report].
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'Gales, Greenhouses and Global Warming' - a talk
by well-known weatherman, broadcaster and writer
Ian Currie [meeting
report]. |
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'Deck the Halls' - homemade floral decorations for
Christmas demonstrated by Angmering's very own enchanted
florist, Ellen Ford [meeting
report]. |
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•
'Ground Cover' - suggestions from Geoff Hawkins
for plants which help reduce the need for weeding
- an absolute must for all gardeners! [meeting
report]
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'Soil Matters' - it really does! - and Dr Steve
Millam, Director of Brinsbury College, told us why.
[meeting report] |
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AGM May 2019. [meeting
report] |
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