The Garden Club meets at 7.30pm every 4th Thursday of the month in the Village Hall (Melchett Hall), unless otherwise stated. Annual subscription for 2007 remains at £7. The cost for visitors is £2 for meetings, although different charges apply for visits and events. Refreshments of tea or coffee and biscuits are provided free of charge at normal meetings. Club members benefit from a 10% discount at Courtens Garden Centre in the village and discounted seed/bulb orders. We are hoping to introduce a plant sale/swap at meetings in the Village Hall, when members can bring surplus plants.

The Club tries to organise a varied and interesting programme, including outings, barbecue, pumpkin competition and a quiz evening. In June we have a plant stall at Whiteparish Fete and shall be very grateful for any plants you can spare on the day for sale to replenish Club funds.

For reports of our 2005 activities, click here. For 2006, click here. For 2007, click here. For 2008, click here.

For photos of some of our recent activities in the website's Galleries section, click here.

We awoke to sunshine on August 29th and that is how the day continued for our annual Flower and Hobbies Show. Once again it was well supported with familiar faces and some new competitors. The usual hurly burly took place with entrants dashing around to get their exhibits ready for judging. The red and cream display tables were duly transformed into an array of colour and texture.

When the doors reopened at 2:30pm anxious exhibitors returned to see how they had fared. There were looks of great delight and, of course, some of disappointment, but the good thing is it is simply a fun day. Nick Gilbert (of dahlia fame) kindly presented the cups to our prize winners and also generously donated a shield to be awarded for the most points gained in the dahlia section.

Listed below are the successful winners, so congratulations to you all. We would like to thank all those people who took part, especially the judges who gave their time so willingly to make our show the success it was. A special thank you also to the donators of raffle prizes, their generosity is much appreciated.

Our annual Flower and Hobbies Show will soon be upon us. On Saturday August 29th we look forward to welcoming lots of exhibitors with their produce, flowers and crafts. Class cards will once again be available on Friday evening in the Village Hall between 6:00pm and 7:00pm. Below is a reminder of some of the categories that require preparation before the show, so do get busy!