Last Wednesday, 19 March, saw the Annual Spring Show taking place in Drimpton Village Hall. We were all a bit worried that the recent wet weather would result in a minimum number of entries, and although the tulips were rare and the bowls of club daffodils were a lot smaller than usual, there were still many excellent entries and 22 members exhibited, each exhibiting a number of items. It turned out to be a very enjoyable & social evening with the main awards going to: Brian Hesketh for photography, Jo Hemmings for her excellent marble cake & Julie Moses took the trophy for the most first prizes in show. The Village Hall website is showing various photos of the evening under the 'Photo Archive' section. www.drimptonvillagehall.co.uk

Coffee Morning Saturday 22 February.

Saturday 22 February will see our Chairman busy in the Drimpton Village Hall kitchen making yummy bacon baps & sausage baps. We will also be selling cakes, scones and, of course, my sausage rolls. Lucy will be showing us how to make excellent flower arrangements & we will be there from 10.30 until Noon, so come on in and say hello.

Club AGM

Don't forget the Garden Club AGM is next Wednesday, 19 February, at 7pm for 7.30pm, at Drimpton Village Hall. Great chance to meet the committee, hear what's been going on and what's planned for the future. Also, grab a sneaky free glass of wine & some nibbles.

An interesting article after last weeks talk.

Higgledy Gardens

Hi Everyone I'm sending a mail I received from the Higgledy Gardens people, who are a seed merchant specialising in flower seeds, and recommended by one of our speakers a couple of months ago. I've had seeds from them since then and just love their sense of humour, so thought I would share it with you.

Ahoy there fellow flower-o-philes, (That might not be a word.) I hope your Friday is going dashingly well and that you have a weekend of jollity and dazzlement ahead. (My spell check tried to change dazzlement to 'embezzlement' which didn't really seem to be in the spirit of what I'm attempting to get across, frankly.) Yes, I know some of you will be cross with me for starting ,my Christmas push in November but there is method in my madness. I'm simply being pragmatic. We are closing on Dec 16th to give the Higgledy elves a proper fortnight off...and also we don't like the stress of the last post dates, and parcels not arriving in time, and miffed customers throwing baubles at us.... So...we are starting this week to get a march on the affair. We are giving HG Christmas tags away with every order...they are hand printed and uber chic...all the cool cats want them. We also have two, utterly delightful (and discounted) bundles of 12 packets of annuals for a cut flower garden. £19.95 each. Thank you all so much for your support this year. It's tough in the business world right now, and we are so grateful for our loyal customers. Kindest regards Peace and love. Ben, Anne, Gemma, and Flash x (Click here to see the bundles in the shop.) Higgledy Garden Casper, Lapland canal.