Traditional Woodland Crafts

On Wednesday 18th September we welcomed Terry Heard, who didn't just speak about TRADITIONAL WOODLAND CRAFTS, he entertained, demonstrated, showed a model of a coppice rotation and brought such a variety of tools, and the woodland produce that he creates with them, everything from tent pegs, to staves, brooms, poles and charcoal.

One of the best speakers we could have hoped for, he made a besom during the talk and that will be a star raffle prize next month.

Terry Heard with coppice rotation model

Terry explains coppicing and the sustainable products we can get from hazel

Annual Show - Pictures and winners

The 68th Annual Show, in Drimpton Village Hall, attracted over 70 Entrants showing a total of 540 exhibits, there was hardly space for any more, and fortunate that we had two marquees and a gazebo outside to host the steady stream of visitors through the afternoon.

Trophy Winners

The Society's Perpetual Challenge Trophy (Flowers and Vegetables)
Bill Howarth

The Martineau Cup (Flowers)
Bill Howarth

The Craven Cup (Best Flower Exhibit)
Bill Howarth

The Greenham Rose Bowl (Rose with best scent)
Michael Vickery

The Strawbridge Cup (Vegetables)
Bill Howarth

The Manor Cup (Best Vegetable Exhibit)
Bill Howarth

The Jubilee Cup (Organic Vegetable collection)
Bill Howarth

The Capewell Cup (Best Floral arrangement)
Barbara Wright

The Baker Cup (Homecraft)
Kate Hesketh

The Drimpton Salver (Best Baking Exhibit)
Frances Franklin

The Knorr Cup (Preserves)
Christabel Pilz

The Collard Cup (Best Handicraft exhibit)
Louise Hesketh

The Diana Sprent Trophy (Best Art exhibit)
Anne Cater

The Lyminster Cup (Best Photographic Exhibit)
Trevor Cherry

The Society's Cup (Young exhibitor under 9)
Jemima Leivers

The Clapton Cup (Young Exhibitor 10 to 15)
Georgia Hedditch

The Dummet Cup (Young Person's heaviest potato crop - 315g)
Matthew Medley

The Shepherd Cup (Adult heaviest Potato crop 4765g!)
Rosemary Clayton

Not just a load of flowers

68th Annual Show

Drimpton Village Hall

Saturday 10th August at 2:15 pm

Annual Flower Show, Drimpton

The Flower Show has been bringing together people from Drimpton and our neighbouring villages for decades. It's not all about flowers and vegetables. If you cook, paint, create or make things, you will find classes to enter or just enjoy viewing. All age ranges are catered for, there are even classes for families.
This year, the prize money has  been increased, there will be teas and tasty treats as well as a raffle and the weigh-in for the Potato Competition.

If you join the Society on the day entry is free!

Key dates and times

Entries by Wednesday 7th August please,  then bring exhibits to the hall on Friday evening or Show Day before before 10.45am.
Spare Schedules from Brian - Post Office Yard or view online: Schedule
Open to the public at 2.15pm on  Show Day,  Saturday 10th August.
Presentations at  4.30pm by  Becky Groves of Groves Nursery.

Flower Show, Drimpton Village Hall

To go with your newly dug potatoes?

From a friend and neighbour of the Garden Club:

A’FEARED

OF FISH

No need at all, they don’t all bite.

Come along to the Free Fish Cookery workshop

at the Village Hall Drimpton, 

meet some fishy old friends & some less endangered species.

Saturday 3 August 10.30 - 1 pm.

• Learn how best to deal with whatever comes out of the sea that morning, steam, microwave, grill, bake, whatever suits the fish!
• We eat what we cook for lunch
• No need to book but places are limited so if you want to get in, get in touch with  Tony Gibbons

A’FEARED

OF FISH

The Garden in Summer - overgrown? Hear what our guest speaker has to say.

The next evening meeting: Wednesday 17th July, 7.15 for 7.30 pm

The speaker on 17th July is Malcolm Mills and the title of the talk is:

Managing an Overgrown Garden. 

This talk has been prepared specially for us and moves on a bit from the original title of The Garden in Summer - what have people been telling the Gold Club about our gardens?

The Gold Club speakers are always amongst the best we have, so even if you have a tidy garden (does anyone?) it should be entertaining.

The Garden in Summer

Next Meeting: Wednesday 17th July

We have had some lovely days (yes, and some not so good ones) and summer really does feel as though it has arrived. Timely then, that our guest speaker, from The Gold Club - they are always good - has the topic "The Garden in Summer"
The meeting will be at Drimpton Village Hall, Wednesday 17th July, 7:15 for 7:30 pm. All welcome!

Summer Show - On Saturday 10th August

What could be more fitting to follow that, than the Summer Show - On Saturday 10th August. The Show opens to the public at 2:15, and that's the day lots of people join the Garden Club - you'd be most welcome too.
If you think you may like to enter the show, hopefully you will have had a Schedule, with an entry form on the back. If not, don't worry, there is a copy here and there is also a link to that from the village website, under Groups and Clubs. Whatever your interest, in the garden, the kitchen, workshop or behind the lens, there should be an entry class to suit you - and the prize money has been increased this year!

Outing to Corton Denham House gardens

On Monday 17th, on a day when the sun at least attempted to come out, we enjoyed a trip out to be given a tour of the gardens at Corton Denham House, in the beautiful border land between Dorset and Somerset.