SUMMER NEWSLETTER
June 2025
Dear Members & Friends
Welcome to this SUMMER NEWSLETTER mainly to update you on our arrangements for this year.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who have supported our activities so far this year.
We had a very successful Nosh and Knowledge Quiz in April, and I know that many of you enjoyed the recent trip to RHS Wisley Gardens on 19th April. The weather was beautiful and many thanks to Carole for organising this for us.
Thanks also to all members who have contributed to our Tabletop Competitions for our evening meetings and our Plant Stall. All these activities help towards keeping the club a friendly and active organisation.
Don’t forget to look on our Face book and Website to see what else is going on.
Please read the following items for further information and updates on our activities
Margaret Burns
Chair
email m.burns112@btinternet.com
DON’T FORGET Sunday 8th June Herne and Broomfield Parish Council Garden Safari ANNUAL GARDEN SAFARI. Thank you for all the volunteers who have come forward. Any flowers, roses from your gardens for displays in vases would be welcome. I will also be doing a “Guess the Names of the Rose “competition for a free Rose Bush for visitors to enter. We will be at the Herne Centre from 9.45am for setting up so looking forward to a very successful day
SUMMER AFTERNOON TEA
SATURDAY 31ST JULY 2025
This year we have arranged for our ANNUAL AFTERNOON TEA for members to be held at The Golden Lion Broad Oak Sturry at 3pm as an alternative to meeting in the garden of our stalwart member Sylvia Harding who has previously hosted this for us for many years. The cost will be £5 for members and £10 for members. And Carole would like names and monies to be brought along at our June meeting on Tuesday 17th June for all those interested
OUTING UPDATE; GOODNESTONE PARK GARDENS Friday 25th July
Due to a shortfall in numbers booking this proposed visit this has been regretfully cancelled for this year. Please note this in your diary and let any friends non members who may have been interested
Sunday 13th July COMMUNITY FUN DAY at the Cherry Orchard Park. We have agreed to have a pitch on this day where we will be advertising the club’s meetings and activities and giving gardening advice as well as selling plants. We have now purchased a gazebo for this event and a list for volunteers to help with this will be circulated at our 17th June meeting
MINI SUMMER& ROSE SHOW to be held at our evening meeting on Tuesday 17th June 2025
All members should have now received their schedules for all the classes in this Mini Summer Show There are 7 Classes for entries including ROSES, MIXED FLOWERS,SOFT FRUITS & HANGING BIRD FEEDER
These have been planned to give everyone the chance to enter at least one class so please look closely to see what you can contribute to make it a vibrant and colourful display.
Closing date for all entries is 12noon on Friday 13th JUNE. This may be done either by emailing your choices to Elaine Maslin maslinelaine@gmail.com or by taking or posting the completed entry form on page 7 in your schedule to Show Secretary Elaine Maslin at 7 Seymour Close Herne Bay CT6 7AS
Entries can be staged on the night between 6.45 to 7.15 Judging will be at 7.30pm
UPDATE ON TREASURER’S POST
We are very grateful that two members have come forward to meet with Terry to discuss the duties of this important post for the club, so we look forward to further developments.
JUNE EVENING MEETING Tuesday 17th June.
This meeting will start at 7.15pm after the staging of the Mini Summer Show is completed giving all members the chance to be seated and well known and respected speaker Kevin Tooher will be appropriately talking to us on The Story of the Rose
REMEMBER “GARDENING IS GOOD FOR YOU”