Plans are well in hand for our Summer Show on 21st August, if you have not yet acquired a schedule, they are available from P. and M. Read, Florists, 685 Dorchester Road or by ringing 01305 813942.

There will be no presentations this time to avoid a crowded hall. Trophies will be placed on the winning entries.

Our A.G.M. will be held on 2nd September at the Memorial Hall, Victoria Avenue. There are vacancies on our committee, please consider joining us to keep the Society going and to bring new ideas.

Melplash Show, horticulture section are staging their show on Thursday 26th August. their schedule can be downloaded here;

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Here are some of Meg’s plants, spirea, leptospermum and malvas.

About twenty members gathered at The Dairy House for our ‘Bring your own’ picnic on Thursday 22nd July. It was delightful sitting in the shade next to the river Wey. We thank Bob and Immy Turner for allowing us to enjoy their beautiful garden.

Some people chose the patio under the awning

..others chose the shade of  a tree at the river’s edge

We can now confirm that the members’ picnic lunch will take place on 22nd July at 12.30pm at The Dairy House, Watery Lane, Broadwey. Please bring your lunch, including a drink, and a chair or rug to sit on. We thank Mr. and Mrs. Turner for their hospitality.

The Summer Show Schedule can now be viewed and downloaded, please go to the Shows link.

An A.G.M. will be held on Thursday 2nd September at 7.30pm in the Upwey and Broadwey Memorial Hall, Victoria Avenue.

Cerne Abbas  are going ahead with their Open Gardens on the weekend of 14th and 15th August.  A4 Poster June

More Summer colour;

Following our committee meeting on the 22nd June, it was decided to go ahead with our plans hoping that restrictions will be eased on 19th July.

The first event will be a visit to a member’s garden at the end of July, in the form of a ‘bring your own’ picnic lunch. Members will be invited when final arrangements have been made.

The Summer Show will be on 21st August. Schedules will be published on the web-site shortly and also available from the show secretary. E-mail shows@budhs.org.uk or ring 01305 813942.

An A.G.M. will be held in the autumn when we will definitely need some more committee members. Please give this some thought.

Our gardens are beginning to show colour now.

The Dorset Plant Heritage Group are holding a Plant Fair at Abbotsbury Gardens. Click here for more information. Poster Dorset Plant Heritage

We will make a decision about our Summer Show on 22nd June following the Government’s announcement on covid restrictions.

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We are very sad to hear that former member, Eve Taylor has passed away. Eve was a long serving committee member and worked tirelessly for our Society. She propagated and grew on plants to sell at meetings and plant sales for many years, raising funds. She was also an excellent flower arranger, suggesting class titles for our shows. We will always remember her with affection.

Cerne Abbas Open Gardens have contacted us to say that they have moved their event from June to August 14th and 15th. Details can be found on their website www.cerneopengardens.org.uk

The Tender Shoots Garden Club continue to have Zoom meetings via U-tube. Enter tendershootsgardenclub to find the link.

The Gold Club have sent us the following information;

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It is a lovely time of year when everything is coming into life after the winter. The blossom this year is spectacular.

Magnolia in full bloom

Damson blossom

If all continues to go well with the covid recovery, we intend to hold a Committee meeting in May to plan to restart Society activities, We still hope to hold the Summer Show in August.

We wish all our members, old and new a very happy Easter

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Bulbs are still producing lovely displays

The recent sunny days have cheered us and the reduction of virus cases gives us hope for the summer. We hope to be able to hold our Summer Show on August 21st. A definite decision will be made at a later date when more is known.

 We have been contacted by a Garden Club in Staffordshire who have organised a series of talks on zoom. They have called it the Tender Shoots Garden Club Network. You can find an introductory video at https://youtube/A1Q3Cq24I0. The talks can also be watched on  youtube if you are not used to zoom, just enter Tender Shoots Garden Club Network.

These pictures were taken in the last week. Crocuses under the roses, snowdrops under camellias, hyacinths in pots and borders beginning to show colour.

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Snowdrops are a welcome winter sight. These were found in Bincombe churchyard.

We are still unable to make any plans to resume our meetings. The vaccines have brought hope but we all need to be patient.

2021 and another lockdown, who knows when we will be able to resume our meetings?  Never mind, we can browse through the seed and plant catalogues and plan our growing season.

Winter bloomers!

There will be a national census in March and we have been asked to publicise this to all our members. Click here for full details.

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