Our September meeting was held on Thursday 5th. Steve, from The Gold Club gave us a fascinating talk on ‘Slightly Naughty Plants’. The talk covered carnivorous, invasive and plants with slightly naughty names and features. Very amusing!
Our Chairman, Shaun exhibited at the Melplash Show in August and was very pleased with the outcome as you will see from the following pictures.
Our Summer Show was held on Saturday 17th August. The Memorial Hall looked splendid when all the entries were in place.
We had plenty of visitors in the afternoon who enjoyed inspecting the 280 exhibits before tucking in to home-made cakes and cups of tea.
A full report and more photos can be found on the ‘Shows’ link.
Our Autumn programme of Talks begins on September 5th at St.Nicholas and St. Laurence School at 7.30pm. A speaker from the Gold Club will present a talk entitled ‘Slightly Naughty Plants’.
Membership fees £8) will be due at this meeting and don’t forget to bring your fuchsias and geraniums provided by the Gold Club in the Spring. They will be judged by the speaker. Please bring them whatever they look like as the Gold Club like to see how their plants have fared.
New members are always welcome.
On October 3rd Mark Read will give us a talk on Pot Plants.
Our Summer Show takes place on 17th August , full details can be found on the ‘Shows’ link. We are hoping for another successful event so please try to enter , there are lots of options.
Following Stella Knight’s funeral, we have received a lovely letter from her eldest daughter, Caroline. She thanks all members who attended the service and who sent cards and messages. Stella will be missed.
We start our programme of talks on September 5th with a talk entitled ‘Slightly Naughty Plants’ given by The Gold Club. This sounds very interesting. We look forward to seeing members new and current. 7.30pm at St.Nicholas and St. Laurence School.
Members’ Gardens.
Clematis are at their best now.
On 6th June members enjoyed a sunny afternoon in Sue and Dave Mountjoy’s garden in Elwell Street. It looked lovely in the sunshine with large lawns and plenty of colour in the borders. The patio was very welcoming with more colour in the pots.
After a good look around the garden we sat in the sunshine. Sue very kindly appeared with cups of tea and and cake. Many thanks to Sue and Dave for their hospitality.
Our Chairman, Shaun, has been busy in his garden using recycled materials to make a potting shed, pot store and wildlife ‘hotel’.
Wrens have decided to nest in the structure.
What a delightful sight.
Next Meeting April 18th. We have decided to hold a short A.G.M. at this meeting, prior to Shaun’s talk on his trip to the Galapagos Islands. The A.G.M. has traditionally been held in April but was moved to the Autumn because of Covid. In order to keep the Society going, we need new committee members. Please give this some thought.
May Meeting (2nd) The talk has had to be changed. It will now be ‘Water in the Garden’ by Alan Eason.
Don’t forget the visit to Poundbury Gardens on 25th April at 6pm.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 7th March when Bryan Madders will give us a talk on growing dahlias for pleasure. The school is open from 7pm with the meeting starting at 7.30pm.
Our Spring Show takes place on 16th March at the Memorial Hall, Victoria Avenue. Full details can be found on the ‘Shows’ link. Have a look at the schedule and see if there is something you can enter. Entries close on Wednesday 13th.
This is our treasurer’s camellia, it has had the most flowers ever this year.
We are very sad to announce that Sheila Seal has passed away. Sheila was a long time member of the society and, with her husband, Colin, served on the committee until last year. She ran the raffles at our monthly meetings with Colin and helped at the shows.
Her funeral will take place on Friday 1st March at 4pm at Weymouth Crematorium. Our sincere sympathies go to Colin and his family.
Sheila and Colin had been married for 63 years.
A reminder that our next meeting is on 1st February when there will be an illustrated talk by local historian, Sue Virgin, entitled ‘Upwey, a Walk Down Memory Lane’. We will see pictures of how Upwey was in the past. All welcome, members free and visitors £2.
The Gold Club have sent us a list of free talks that you may be interested in, details below.
We wish all our members, old and new, a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
Our Chairman made this wreath with things from his garden
There will be no meeting in January. We look forward to seeing you all on February 1st when local historian, Sue Virgin, will present ‘Upwey, a Walk Down Memory Lane’. Our meetings are open to all, members free, visitors £2.
December Quiz and Meal. This was again very enjoyable and we thank all who contributed in any way to it’s success.
During the evening an award was presented to the ladies who have provided teas and cakes at our two shows for many years. They include Sue Mountjoy, Carol White, Eve Price, Helen Goodman and Gill Wilkinson.
The Mary Middlemass Plate was awarded to the person who gained most points in our Flower and Plant of the Month competitions over the year, Eve Morris.
The Quizmaster, our Chairman, Shaun
Pondering the questions
The winning team
The Committee
For your interest – November Newsletter 2023 Corporate