Newsletter  – July-September 2019                                                                                                                                     Dear Member, It looks like the weather has finally decided to brighten up after a very wet June/start of July, I am sure our plants are thriving now with a good combination of the warm sun, we can also make full use of the light evenings to stay on top of our gardens and flowers.                                                                                                                                                                      Now is a good time to perhaps think ahead to our Summer Show coming up on Saturday 17th August with staging, on Friday evening between 7.00pm and 9.00pm and then on Saturday morning between 8.00am – 10.45am, please check the schedule there are lots of categories to enter and if you don’t feel confident there are novice classes for people wanting to give it a go, we welcome every entry, you may not realise we also have children’s classes which encourages them to be involved with the society and is a welcome contribution to the show, if you wish to enter any exhibits the entry form can found in the schedule or on our website, please ensure your entries are in by Wednesday 14th August, please contact our Show Manager Peter Carman if you need any assistance T: 01244 379976                                                                                                                                                                                         Please Note: If you have any cups from last year’s show please can you kindly return them to Peter straight away so that they can be engraved in time for the Summer show.                                                                                                                                                  Keep a look out on our website for upcoming meetings and talks, also you will find show information and any news, our next members meetings are Wednesday 4th September our speaker Jane Allison will be talking to us about ‘Making the most of your garden space’. Wednesday 2nd October our speaker is Anne Harrison who will be talking about ‘Plants for Winter Interest’.                                                                                                                        Finally, if you would like to join our committee please contact Sue Formstone, we need new committee members to help run the Society, it is great fun and very rewarding. We look forward to seeing you at the Summer Show on Saturday 17th August.                                                                                                                                              Happy Gardening                                                                         Nicki Priest Committee