2024 DATES FOR EVENTS & TALKS

Wed 20th November   Ross Dickinson - Farming Today

Wed 11th December    Christmas Meal - Booking essential

2025 EVENTS & TALKS

Wed 15th January          Quiz & Puds evening - Booking essential

 Wed 19th February      Annual General Meeting

 Wed 19th March.         Members only Spring Show

Wed 16th April            The Gold Club - Garden Folklore

 Wed 21st May             Clive Groves - Trekking the Himalayas

Wed 18th June             The Commonwealth War Graves - Gardening the world

Wed 16th July             Social Evening

All talks start at 7.30pm at the Drimpton Village Hall, Chard Road, Drimpton DT8 3RF.

Doors open at 7pm for teas & coffees

Entrance fees: Free to members, £1 for non-members.

Membership for 2024/25 is £7 single and £12 for a joint membership.

The membership year runs from September to August & all subscriptions should be in by 31 October.

Benefits include:

1 Free entry to all talks

2 Discounts and vouchers from The Gardens Group & Groves Garden Centres

3 Club affiliations to the RHS, Dorset & Somerset Federations of Horticultural Societies

2024 Summer Show

 This is the link to the photos taken at the 2024 Summer Show.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/P6E7YXr1Yie3ZZPLA

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Garden Club is on Wednesday 20 November 2024 in the Village Hall.

Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start and the talk will be by Ross Dickinson, a speaker well known to the club as he has spoken to us several times on different topics.

The talk this time will be about Farming Today.

In Your garden ....

 Relax and listen to the humming insects

The weather has a wide ranging effect on plants in the garden, which has been clearly visible over the last few months.  Think back to the long hot dry summer, the relatively mild winter, and the short sharp snow fall.
Everything was growing well, the young shoots on ivies and ferns were a delicate shade of green then there were the late frosts.  These seemed almost selective in which areas of the garden were touched and blackened.  The wisteria which had been growing in the same spot for years appeared dead with small black leaves, but having cut back these apparently dead branches the wood was alive.  Within a matter of weeks’ small new green shoots have appeared, the flush of new growth is wonderful.
As we are ending another spell of dry weather, it is amazing to see the effect of rain water on plants, followed by the sunshine The poppies white daisies, and pink clover are all delightful.
Potatoes, peas and tomatoes are all growing well, but with the rain also comes the slugs….
I enjoy observing the unexpected such as the nasturtiums which had self-set in the greenhouse, their orange flowers mingling with the late flowering purple Christmas cactus.
The white Arum lilies mingling with the yellow jasmine and red roses are a joy to see.  To sit, relax and listen to the humming insects rewards the gardener for their time, effort and hard work.

Julia Borland

Article submitted by Julia for the Team News

Annual Flower Show 

Saturday 10th August 2019

More than flowers and more than a Show

Here is the full Schedule, page by page, including entry forms - displayed as 12 images, you could print off an entry form if you wish.

Below all those pages, after the entry forms you will find some general advice and also advice for most classes, I can't predict the tastes of every judge, but this list should help you present you produce, creation and work as well as you possibly can.

A always, any question please contact the Show Secretary, Brian in Post Office Yard.

Schedule

Here is some advice to help you exhibit

74th Annual Summer Show

Here is the Schedule for this year's show - good luck with your entries.

Advice about what judges may look out for in each section was handed out at the Spring Show. I will put a copy of that on here shortly, so do look back.

Click here to view a copy of the printed schedule

Summer Show Schedule front cover

Summer Show Schedule Entry Form

Remember last month - Potato Day had to be postponed because of snow?

February Potato Day postponed due to snow

Well, now it's almost here - our rescheduled day with Pennard Plants

Drimpton Potato Day

Saturday, 16th March  2019

10.30am-2.00pm

Drimpton Potato Day

Drimpton Village Hall

DT8 3RF

Brunches, lunches, cakes and Children's activities.

Not just potatoes bu a range of seeds plants and later season things for us to grow and of course the Potato Competition.


This event was re-arranged from 2nd February due to weather conditions.