Chidham and Hambrook Village - everyday

FURTHER INFORMATION

TEL: HAZEL DEAN 01243 574004/ PAM TOMLINS 01243 5752134

At the July meeting there were 33 members and three visitors present to hear an excellent presentation of ‘Fruit for the small garden by Peter Collett. Various ways of growing fruit from one bush or tree to several were shown, including pot or container grown, cordons, espalier, fan etc proving Peter's point that you do not need a large garden to produce fruit!

As well as the usual Raffle and Topical Tips presented by Brian Linkhorn, there were 11 competition classes with a total of 32 entries. New member Angela Messom collected 4 prizes, the ‘Sweet Pea Cup' was presented to Don Hall and Marie Gilby retained the ‘Hamblin Cup'

Our next big event will be the ANNUAL SHOW on AUGUST 9, 2008 if you are planning to enter schedules are now available from Hilliers and Bosham Farm Shop. Do come along and support us on the day at Bosham Village Hall 2pm.

Our next monthly meeting will be held on September 11, 2008 at 7.15pm when Mr Mark Saunders will talk to us about ‘Vegetables at Fittleworth House'
See you there!!

The June meeting produced 35 competition entries for 11 classes from just 13 members. Brian Linkhorn won ‘The Handover Cup' with 5 beautiful blooms of roses (H.T.) and Reg Spragg won a 1 st with his entry for ‘Carnival' in the Novice Floral Exhibit class.

Don Baldwin stepped in at short notice to provide a very knowledgeable talk and slides to 43 members on ‘The Life of a Nurseryman' followed by questions from the floor.

The July 10 th meeting sees Peter Collett return to Bosham, this time he will be speaking on ‘Fruit for the Small Garden' Come and join us, you might also like to visit or enter our show on August 9, 2008 Schedules available from Hilliers, & Bosham Farm Shop, further details from Bud Cooper 01243 572583 or Marie Gilby 01243 575149

May Meeting

The May meeting got off to a flying start with various reminders of events through the summer, our major fund raiser the Plant Sale & Coffee Morning took place on Saturday May 17 and although fewer people came (probably due to the Cup Final) we did clear enough funds to provide meetings for the remainder of the year. There were also reminders for the SUMMER SOCIAL (tickets now available) the GARDEN CONTAINER COMPETITION on JULY 14 and the ANNUAL SHOW on AUGUST 9 (schedules now available).

There were 11 competition classes with Janet Phillips collecting 1 st prize for her entries in - Asparagus, Rhubarb and Salad Vegetable. Best in Show Floral – Marie Gilby, Best in Show Domestic – Pam Tomlins. Our guest speaker was Andy McIndoe from Hillier's who provided a fast moving, amusing talk on the joys of Design and Planting.

NEXT MEETING JUNE 12 TH , 2008

BOSHAM, CHIDHAM & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

10th APRIL2008  

Our speaker,Mrs Dorene Taylor gave a very interesting talk about her experiences of travelling in Botswana , and showed beautiful photographs of SouthAfrican animals including elephants, lions, hippos, crocodiles, zebra, giraffe, buffalo and birds.  

At this month's meeting there were 11 competition classes, including a dish of any vegetables, a bowl with three floating camellias, a pot plant, a vase of outdoor trees and shrubs, a vase of mixed daffodils, narcissi and a vase of tulips. Domestic classes included a Victoria sandwich and 5 jam tarts. Floral classes ‘A Bridal Posy' or ‘A Bridesmaid's Posy' for novices. Best in Show (floral) Barbara Cowans. Best in Show (domestic) Peggy Flint. Bud Cooper gave his topical tips for April; spraying and feeding rose plants, removing weeds and moss from lawns and vegetable planting tips.

NEXT MEETING 8th MAY, 2008 . BOSHAM VILLAGE HALL AT 7.15 pm . Not to be missed as our Speaker will be Mr Andrew McIndoe ( Hilliers Garden Centre/Chelsea Gold winner) who will talk about Design and Planting.

FEBRUARY 14, 2008
A good turnout of members and visitors provided an excellent number of competition entries this month. Brian Linkhorn collecting prizes in all four vegetable classes. Olga Baldwin who has been judging Domestic classes for 40 years has retired, and was presented with a basket of spring flowers by Pam Tomlins. Marjorie Hewet received a warm welcome as our new Domestic judge, and Peggy Flint was ‘Best in Show – Domestic' for her jar of Fresh Fruit Marmalade.

Our speaker this month was Brian Kidd, well known in the area for good sound advice he came to talk to us about ‘Bulbs & Corms throughout the year'. A very entertaining speaker Brian manages to pass on a lot of knowledge in a very short time and in a manner that you actually remember the names of the plants that caught your attention (must be the teacher in him).

Plans are already being made for our Plant Sale and Coffee Morning in May, with requests for raffle prizes and labelled plants.