Sadly, yet again, we have to report the death of a previous member – Pat Downer who was a founder member of the club with her late husband Ken, and was very actively involved with the club for many years.
Pat was very knowledgeable in all aspects of growing and showing, specialising in Dahlias. Pat, along with her husband, was a very keen Show competitor. Her garden was immaculate.
The committee has sent condolences to her sons on your behalf .
[1] WHAT IS FOUND IN FRONT OF THE TEMPERATE GLASSHOUSE AT KEW OVER CHRISTMAS
[2] WHAT ARE POINSETTIA FLOWERS SAID TO RESEMBLE
[3] WHAT IS THE CROP THAT SANDRINGHAM ESTATE IS FAMOUS FOR
[4] WHAT WOOD DO SCOTLAND BURN AS A YULE LOG
[5]WHAT C CAN BE ADDED TO ORANGES TO MAKE A SWEET SMELLING CHRISTMAS DECORATION
[6] WHAT IS THE LARGEST FLOWER IN THE WORLD
[7] WHAT IS THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF MAURITIUS
[8] WHO SAID WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM, SO DOES HOPE
[9] WHAT FLOWERS NAME COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR STAR
[10] WHICH FLOWER IS ALSO THE GODDESS OF THE RAINBOW IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
[11] WHO IS THE PATRON SAINT OF GARDENERS, HORTICULTURE, FLORIST, BRIDES & BREWERS
[12] WHICH CHARITY WAS FOUNDED IN DEVON IN 1972 BY FARMER KENNETH WATKINS
[13] DID A VOLCANO CAUSE THIS
14] ICE WILL DO THIS TO YOU -- WE HEAR
[15] FRUITY BACKACHE,
GOOD LUCK, ANSWERS IN THE NEW YEAR
AND A CHRISTMAS JOKE; WHY ARE CHRISTMAS TREES SO BAD AT SEWING ?
50 anagrams of garden plants in borders or veg patch.
nap hed
madeira
muse n you
daniels singh frog
sworn pod
berry warts
cartel hobi geko
blunt car rack
vien ed
huh a rece
orse
oban brade
creal ice
run quest bash tut
his carnel lore
hop nut sail
a harpy cant
truck barnacl
leccy man
hup my rice
or yes borge
her london dip
nail n clay
burn arnene
a nice ache
sid chor
spun lui
sir cans us
m nelo
daily ly
nap rips
erikar
malc hit rut
nag shut al
a sat if
mungi rea
laga lidiar
a silly doug
sooner catte
se elk
mik n pup
boar u hipe
lenfen
music pic
i dig tisla
whiz chattel
preen peg rep
ah sufic
use rill puns
hutan sid
1. PART OF THE EYE [4] IRIS
2. RED AND WHITE [4] PINK
3. WARM THE LADY [7] HEATHER
4. CATTLE AND A TYPE STICK [7] C0WSLIP
5. A SAD RINGER [8] BLUEBELL
6. A LIST,HOLDER,YARD, OR POT [5] STOCK
7.COOKING IMPLEMENTS AND WHY? [5] PANSY
8.ITS HOPE ON YOU[5] PEONY
9. A TYPE OF CHAIN OR CUTTER [5] DAISY
10. IT WILL BE FASTER IF YOU LOOK [5] ASTER
11. A MAKE OF GLOVE [8] MARIGOLD
12, TURN LID OFF [8]DAFFODIL
13. IN JAMES [7] JASMINE
14. ITS NOTA RABIT RINGER[8] HAREBELL
15. SLY ANIMAL AND A TYPE OF COMPARTMENT[8] FOXGLOVE
16.A TYPE OF BALL AND TO LET FALL[8] SNOWDROP
17. ACTIVE GIRL[ 4 6] BUSY LIZZIE
18.SEE WITH YOUR SWEETHEART[6] CLOVER
19.A MALE IN THE FAMILY & A KIND OFGIRL OR BED [9] SUNFLOWER
20.A KINDOF PAPER,UNIT OR NUT WITH A KIND OF SHOW OR POT[10] WALLFLOWER
21. YOUNG HORSES AND A MEASURE [9] COLTSFOOT
22. A COUPLE OF THESE FACIAL FEATURES,MINUS S [5] TULIP
23. A TYPE OF BEAN FINGER OR FLIES WITH A TYPE OF SIZE OR BOARD [9] BUTTERCUP
24. D AND E, WITH AKINGOF A WILD PLACE [9] DANDELION
25.TO BREAK SUDDENLY AND A TYPE OF FLY [10] SNAPDRAGON
26. A MONTH AND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR [9] MAYFLOWER
27.A TYPE OF BOTTLE, BED OR FALLWITH A TYPE OF PAD [9] WATERLILLY
28. A TYPE OF GRAIN AND AN INGREDIENT FOR A CAKE [ 10] CORNFLOWER
29, A KIND OF GUN, MUSIC OR SINGER, WITH THE END OF COPY [5]POPPY
30. A VERY WARM PRODDER 3 3 5 ] RED HOT POKER
31,NOT A SOUR MR SHAKESPEARE [ 5 7] SWEET WILLIAM
32 SLANG FOR TOILET AND LAST POSITION WITH HESITATION [8] LAVENDER
33. A WOMANS WORN BY ARTISTS [5 5] LADYS SMOCK
34. ANIMAL DOC WITH MOST OF THE LORDS HOUSE [5] VETCH
35. ROUGH EDGED RED BREASTED BIRD [6 5] RAGGED ROBIN
36.A WOMANS FOOT WEAR [5 7] LADYS SLIPPER
37.TYPE OF PRAYER AND A GROUP OF WOMEN [5 3 6] LORDS AND LADIES
38.ALWAYS REMEMBER ME [6 2 3] FORGET ME NOT
With the news of an impending vaccine, it is all beginning to look a little more hopeful that we might get back to a “new normal” at some point in 2021.
Sadly yet again, I have to report the death of a previous member – Pat Downer who was a founder member of the club with her late husband Ken, and was very actively involved with the club for many years. Pat was very knowledgeable in all aspects of showing and growing, specialising in Dahlias. We have on your behalf sent condolences to her sons.
Thank you to all those who turned up on Zoom for the AGM which proved a useful forum to discuss the way forward. We took your comments and had a very useful discussion at the last committee meeting about the merits and pitfalls of trying to run meetings across Zoom until we can get into the Hall again. It is a fine balance to please those that can Zoom and those that are unable or don’t wish to use this programme, whilst recognising that for many club meetings are an important aspect of their social calendars.
We have therefore come up with a pragmatic solution and have made agreement with our February speaker, Ray Broughton to deliver a shortened talk on the 25th at 19.30 ( What Show Judges Look For) via Zoom and we will take notes to send out to our members who are not able to join this meeting. I would however like to encourage as many of you as possible to try out Zoom, you just click on the link supplied in the email and enter the waiting room and your host allows you into the meeting. You can still join even without a computer, by ringing in to a supplied number and entering codes on your phone. Should the rules allow, you may want to join up in small groups and join the meeting through one computer.
Give it some thought and hopefully we will see lots of you at this meeting.
Normally we would be giving you new programmes in December, however as things are subject to change I have included a summary of dates, speakers and talks below planned for the year. As you can see, we are hoping to get back into the hall in April but this will be subject to the latest rules.
IDHS Speakers List for 2020
Jan 28th Cancelled
Feb 25th Ray Broughton What show judges look for – plan to move onto Zoom
March 25th Cancelled
April 29th Gerald Ponting. A Hampshire Calendar
May 8th Plant Sale
May 27th Dave Ewers. The Woodman part two
June 24th Alan Edmondson Q&A evening
July 29th Marcus Dancer New & Existing plants
August 19th Ben Turner The gardens of Tresco
September 11th The Annual Show
Sept 30th John Combs Hilliers gardens paradise through the seasons part one
Oct 28th Bryan Pinchen It’s a plant, it eats meat!
Nov 25th Andrew Harris Tree surgery.
Dec 9th Sandy Dingle The story of Christmas part two
We are beginning to plan for both the Plant Sale in May and the Annual Show next year so please don’t forget to split and save excess plants, sow extra seeds in the Spring or keep nurturing any plants you had planned for this years sale.
It was mentioned at the AGM but we have a lot of changes planned within the committee this year, so please do consider joining the committee, we need new blood and new ideas to keep your club thriving. Just drop me a line if you would like to explore this.
I know some of you have been eagerly awaiting the answers to Pats summer quiz, so wait no longer, the answers are attached. We also have a new quiz from Pat Mouland and an anagram quiz from Ray Wells to test those grey cells over Christmas.
Lastly, don’t forget to look at our Blog IDHS blogspot as we still have some garden equipment for sale and lots of other interesting items and pictures.
Have a wonderful safe Christmas and a happy and healthy 2021
Your Committee