Dear Members
We hope you are all keeping well and safe during these difficult times. The warm weather last week was a welcome interlude and I expect many were busy tidying up gardens.
Happily the warm weather is returning so hopefully there will be a lot more activity going on in gardens locally.
As a committee we have taken the decision to cancel our meetings in April. May and June. We have also decided to cancel the plant sale in May.
We had already cancelled the trip to Minterne Gardens at the end of April and all those who booked have been informed.
I expect that this will not come as a surprise given the government advice and our view that meetings are likely to be discouraged for sometime to come.
We are also thinking about our show in September as we need to consider our advertisers and allow reasonable exposure to the schedule. Some are already pulling out as businesses are impacted by the virus. An alternative option being considered is to use the date perhaps for another event, such as a plant sale.
We would therefore encourage you all to continue to split plants or grow suitable things for a later plant sale and as soon as we have made a firm decision, we will let you all know.
We will continue to send out monthly newsletters and would like to make them interesting so please send garden tips, articles or pictures of your own gardens in to this email address. The committee will choose the best and add them to our blog.
https://idhsociety.blogspot.com - have a look and see if your contributions have been posted or maybe in the next newsletter.
Finally, there are lots of local groups being set up to support individuals who are self isolating and if you are struggling please reply to this email and we will aim to point you in the right direction to get help.
Please look after yourselves
Your Committee
Happily the warm weather is returning so hopefully there will be a lot more activity going on in gardens locally.
As a committee we have taken the decision to cancel our meetings in April. May and June. We have also decided to cancel the plant sale in May.
We had already cancelled the trip to Minterne Gardens at the end of April and all those who booked have been informed.
I expect that this will not come as a surprise given the government advice and our view that meetings are likely to be discouraged for sometime to come.
We are also thinking about our show in September as we need to consider our advertisers and allow reasonable exposure to the schedule. Some are already pulling out as businesses are impacted by the virus. An alternative option being considered is to use the date perhaps for another event, such as a plant sale.
We would therefore encourage you all to continue to split plants or grow suitable things for a later plant sale and as soon as we have made a firm decision, we will let you all know.
We will continue to send out monthly newsletters and would like to make them interesting so please send garden tips, articles or pictures of your own gardens in to this email address. The committee will choose the best and add them to our blog.
https://idhsociety.blogspot.com - have a look and see if your contributions have been posted or maybe in the next newsletter.
Finally, there are lots of local groups being set up to support individuals who are self isolating and if you are struggling please reply to this email and we will aim to point you in the right direction to get help.
Please look after yourselves
Your Committee
