There will be a further email in the week of the meeting confirming what arrangements will be in place.
In the meantime there is some other news:
It is with sadness that the Club has recently heard of the death of former member Joan Lumley. Joan, who was well into her nineties, died in the middle of June and had been unwell for some time, living in a care home near one of her sons in London. She was a longstanding member of IDHS and was on the Committee for many years . At one time she was the Secretary. Joan contributed many plants for the plant sale and was a keen gardener. When she found heavy gardening too difficult she put her artistic talents into photography and won the Dapson Cup for Photography the very first time it was introduced into the IDHS Show. Thank you Joan for your input into the Club and for happy memories.
Each year we have held Open Gardens in June but this year we delayed to the weekend of 14th & 15th August. It now seems that life will have returned to near normal by then.
Preparations are well underway and we have more than 20 gardens that plan to be open including a number of new ones and, as we have never before opened in August, even the remainder will look very different.
The cost of a Day ticket for all the gardens is £7 and a Two Day ticket £10 with accompanied children free.
There will be a plant stall and a free car park (DT2 7GD) from 11am and Teas in St Marys Church from 1.30pm.
Please see www.cerneabbasopengardens.org.uk for more information
Willow Workshops on Saturday 11th September
There will be three different workshops and these will be on a first come first served basis and you can book a space now. Price includes tuition, all the materials and tea or coffee
To see more from our willow craft teacher, check out her website on Jacqui Rolls
Workshop One: 10-11.30 Make a willow dragonfly Cost: £25
Workshop Two: 12-13.30 Make a bird feeder cone Cost: £25
Workshop Three: 14.00-17.00 Make a willow obelisk Cost: £35
These are being offered to members first and if places are available after the end of July, we will offer to non members at an increased price of £5 per workshop. Places are only booked when we receive your payment and form.
If you would like to book a place, complete the attached application form which has the payment details and send back to Sally Bonynge (sally.bonynge@sky.com) and arrange online payment. Don’t forget to add your name into the reference part for online banking so we can link the payment with your form. If you are unable to do this, complete the form and send with a cheque to IDHS to our Treasurer (Alan Milburn) at 65 Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PT or bring to the July meeting.
In the meantime, stay safe and fingers crossed we will be able to have our July meeting
Your Committee
