Happy New Year to all, time to browse through the seed catalogues and plan our summer displays. Something to cheer us on dismal days.

No meeting this month but we hope to see you on 3rd February when Sara Harpley will give us a talk on how to get the best from our cameras.Our Spring Show will be held on 19th March. The schedule can be viewed and downloaded from our ‘Shows’ link or you can email shows@budhs.org.uk for a copy. We are hoping for plenty of entries to make a good display.

We have been contacted by The Cottage Garden Society (Dorset Group) inviting our society to a talk at Puddletown in March, details below.

You are warmly welcome to join us on Sunday 6th March at Puddletown Village Hall.
We are so pleased that Tamsin Westhorpe will be our guest speaker whose talk is entitled ‘Giving your garden a new lease of life’ (with planting and design ideas).
Tamsin Westhorpe is a horticultural journalist and RHS Chelsea Flower Judge. Formerly
Deputy Editor of Gardening Magazine and currently Co-Chair of the Garden Media Guild.
Tamsin gardens at Stockton Bury Gardens in Leominster, a family garden of several acres with
beautiful planting.
Venue: PUDDLETOWN VILLAGE HALL
Time: Doors open at 2.00pm for 2.30pm start.
AFTERNOON TEA WITH HOME-MADE CAKES
RAFFLE AND PLANT STALL
Admission: £5 – cash only at the door
For further information and to secure a place please contact Jenny Daultrey at
jdcgs@btinternet.com or 01747 851300
Please note:
This event is subject to Government guidelines applicable at the time.

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