IDHS February 2021 newsletter

For once as I write this, it is not raining outside and there are signs aplenty that Spring is on its way – daffodils and other bulbs coming up through the ground, new growth and birds beginning to set up their nests.

In addition, we have finally good news re Covid 19 that the vaccine is beginning to take effect and we may see the loosening of lockdown soon. We await to see what Boris’s plan is tomorrow but it appears that caution is still the watch word.

 

Your committee met last week and have made the painful but sensible decision, given its usual popularity, that it would be pretty impossible to socially distance the plant sale, to cancel the plant sale this May.

However, for those of you starting to plant seeds, we are planning on having our new marquee up at the Frogham Fair on Saturday 26^th June and we will sell plants there.

 

We continue to have spirited discussions about the Show in September and have made the decision that our deadline  for decision making on this will be at our next committee meeting in March. We are exploring lots of ideas and if any members have helpful suggestions we would love to hear them.

 

Now for some good news!

Our next meeting is going to be on Zoom on Thursday 25^th February (this week) at 19.30 hours. Many of you will have experience of using Zoom during lockdown so hopefully lots of you will join.

You just need to click on the link below and if you have used Zoom before you will enter the meeting. If you haven’t used it before, your computer will ask if you wish to load Zoom and the answer is yes, after a short delay, you will join our meeting. Just don’t forget to make sure your volume is on and your video is on (buttons to click will be on your screen )

I will be on the meeting by 19.15 so if you are not familiar, come on early and I can talk you through things or even ring you on the phone to get you connected.

 

If you don’t want to use your computer, you can still join the meeting on your phone by ringing one of the numbers which I will include, and entering the same meeting ID and passcode on your phone keypad. Sadly you wont be able to see the slides but you can hear the talk.

 

I will attempt to record the meeting so for those that miss it, you may get an option to hear it later!

 

So the details are as follows

 

Ray Broughton on “What Show Judges Look For” – a 30 minute talk with Qs and As after.

 

Sally Bonynge is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: IDHS Meeting

Time: Feb 25, 2021 07:30 PM London

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2435005609?pwd=cnNtSjArVDRIZkk4VkdOVy9FSnBUUT09

 

Meeting ID: 243 500 5609

Passcode: 753184

 

Dial in using one of these numbers and then follow instructions, entering the meeting ID and passcode using your keypad

• 0208 080 6592
• 0203 901 7895
• 0131 460 1196

 

Meeting ID: 243 500 5609#

Passcode: 753184#

 

Looking forward to seeing many of you on Thursday evening

 

Your Committee

 

 

National Gardens Scheme in Hampshire February 2021

 

 

IN HAMPSHIRE

Its been a while !!!  But on this bitterly cold day in early February, I thought what better time to think about Gardens !!

I am very aware that many of you are no longe able to hold your various meetings in person, but that you may still be keeping in touch by email or even Zoom.

Here at the National Garden Scheme, we are confident that we will be able to welcome visitors to our gardens again, with no restrictions - albeit  later in the year.  In fact you can still visit gardens now, as part of your daily exercise, providing that you keep local and do not travel out of your area. 

We have two gardens opening in February for the Snowdrops:

Due to the current situation there will be no refreshments available at any of our gardens for February & March

LITTLE COURT    Crawley       Winchester     SO21 2PU

 https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/8167 

Opening: Sunday & Monday 14th  & 15th February  2pm to 4.30 pm:

Admission:  £5.00  children free.  Pre-Booked tickets only: 

BRAMDEAN HOUSE:    Alresford      SO24 0JU

https://ngs.org.uk/february-openings-2021/

Opening:  Sunday 21st February  2pm to 4pm:

Admission:  £7.50  children free:  Pre-booked tickets only.

If you can’t make it to one of our current open gardens, and really need a ‘garden’ fix, why not visit our website and visit one of our 'Virtual Gardens’ https://ngs.org.uk/virtual-garden-visits/  (click on the link)   These are made up of gardens Nationwide, but there are a couple of little gems from Hampshire amongst the gardens on offer.  The gardens are divided into Sections, and under the heading Designers' Gardens, you will find:-

Old Camps      Newbury Road,   Headley     Thatcham      RG19 8LG

https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/34001

OR  Maybe you would appreciate viewing a series of village gardens in the Group Gardens.  From Hampshire we offer Froyle Gardens (from 2020).  These are  virtual tours of eight gardens, delightfully narrated by the Vicar of Froyle, Revd. Yann Dubreuil - you might like to sit down with a cup of tea for this one.  Froyle plan to open their gardens  once again this year, currently there are seven gardens taking part, and they plan to open in June.

FROYLE GARDENS     Lower Froyle     GU34 4LG

https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/17570 

I am going to follow this email with another which will contain a pdf file of the Hampshire Yellow Book for 2021.  Including it here made the email file far too long.

If there is anyone who feels that their Groups will not be opening again and thus do not want these Newsletters, please just drop me an email and I will delete your details.

 Best Wishes 

Pat Beagley (Publicity)

National Garden Scheme - Hampshire

pat.beagley@ngs.org.uk