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2011/12 Programme

All Meetings are on Saturdays at 14.30 unless otherwise notified
All indoor meetings are held at the Powick Village Hall.
If you have transport problems contact Brian.  He will try to arrange a lift.
Garden Visits: Please ring Brian on 01 684 31 12 97 by Wednesday of the week of the visit so that we can give our host numbers for tea.
If you are being given a lift by someone please read this.

Recompense for the Driver

We have been asked by several people about what would be the fairest payment to give the driver of a car in which you are having a lift, particularly to an outdoor meeting. This is important when some of the venues are quite a distance.

Please remember that the driver of a car cannot ask for payment from passengers for transporting them as it would negate their car insurance. Therefore it is only fair that the passenger/passengers in that car offer to pay for, at least, the admission fee and tea, to the garden/s visited. If there is more than one passenger, the amount divided between them would be relatively small. Those of you who do not drive may not be aware that to fill up the fuel tank of even a small car costs well over £50.00 nowadays and this does not take into account the road tax and insurance payable annually on a vehicle today.

So please if you are taking what is in effect a return taxi ride, door to door, to one of our meetings, make sure you recompense the driver adequately.


February
2012

Saturday 18th
Illustrated Talk at Callow End Village Hall Summer Perennials by Robert Cole of Meadow Farm, Feckenham
A digital presentation owhich covers the use of summer perennials in the garden and how they can be grown with other plants for effect
Members: £1.5 Non-members: £3 tea & biscuit included
 
March
2012

Saturday 17th
Talk and Demonstration Vintage Garden Tools by John and CArole Matthews ot The Vintage GArden Store
Also: a competition - Flower of the Month.
Members: £1.5 Non-members: £3 tea & biscuit included
 
April
2012

Saturday 21st
Tulip Show and Illustrated Talk Picton Gardens by Helen Picton
Helen is the third generation of the family to be involved withthe gardens which contain the National Collection of Michaelmas Daisies
Members: £1.5 Non-members: £3 tea & biscuit included
 
May
2012

Saturday 19th
Visit to Gardeners’ Market Callow End Village Hall
1.30pm to 4.30 pm
 
June
2012

Saturday 16th
Visit to By Lane Earls Croome, Worcs WR8 9DA
The garden of Shirley and Fred Bloxsome.

Herbaceous garden, paddock with pond, chickens and woodland.
Members: £3   Tea and cake: 1.50
 
June
2012

Sunday 24th
Visit to National AGM at Sedgebrooke Hall Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire
Speaker : Helen Yemm
Details to be advised.
 
July
2012

Saturday 21st
Visit to Meadow Farm Garden & Nursery 33 Droitwich Road, Feckenham, B96 6RU
A re-visit to Rob and Dian Cole’s one acre garden, intensively planted and particularly colourful at this time of year. One-and-a-half acre wild flower meadow and nursery not normally open to the public.
Members: £4 including tea & cake
 
August
2012

Tuesday 21st
Visit to RHS Rosemoor
Following the success of our trip to RHS Wisley in the summer of 2011 a Coach Trip to RHS Rosemoor has been arranged for the summer of 2012. Full details will be announced.
 
September
2012

Saturday 15th
Visit to Picton Gardens Old Court Nurseries, Colwall, WR13 6QE
Colourful border display the National collection of Michaelmas Daisies backed by autumn colouring in the tees and shrubs.
Members: £3.50 no refreshments available
 
October
2012

Saturday 20th
Talk Plants for autumn and winter scent by Kate Clowes of Newent Plant Centre


Members: £1.50 Non-members: £3 tea & biscuit included
 
November
2012

Saturday 17th
AGM & Illustrated Talk Good Varieties of New Plants by Bob Brown of Cotswold Garden Flowers, Badsey
Plus a competition: A Christmas Decoration

Entrance price for this meeting not yet set.