A friendly group of people with a shared interest in gardens, gardening and the countryside. Focussed on Ibsley in the New Forest UK and open to all. Email address is idhsinfo19@gmail.com
Sunday, 11 December 2022
Friday, 25 November 2022
IDHS Newsletter Nov/Dec 2022
Dear Members,
This newsletter will cover both November and December as we see a new committee forming and only a short time between meetings.
Finally as I write we have a cold crisp day, a lovely respite from all the rain we have endured for weeks and hopefully it has encouraged you out into the garden to enjoy any remaining blooms!
Our December meeting is on Thursday 8th December at 7.30pm where we will have our Christmas Social. We will have a table garden related quiz (with a prize) and raffle but no usual members competition. Instead we are asking you to decorate a cracker with natural materials which will be judged and a prize awarded.
We are asking everyone to bring a small plate of finger food, either sweet or savoury which we will all share. This worked well in June and reduced waste, increased variety and was enjoyed by many. We will be serving refreshments to go with this!
Your new membership cards for 2023 are ready and you can pay and collect your card at the meeting or should you prefer, we are offering alternatives. The cost this year is £10 per person and can be paid by cash or cheque (payable to IDHS) either at a meeting or sent to Mr Alan Milburn at 65, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PT
or by online banking using the following details:
Account Name: Ibsley and District Horticultural Society
Sort Code: 30-96-26
Account number: 42436068
Please put your surname in the reference box
Monday, 7 November 2022
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
IDHS Newsletter October 2022
Hopefully you are enjoying this mild weather and welcome rain although more is needed to restore streams
back to previous levels.
It was lovely to see so many of you at our last meeting with Andy McIndoe and we welcomed a number of new members.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 27th October when we have Wilf Simcox coming to give us a talk on Conservatory Plants.
Please remember to enter the members competition – details on your membership cards
There will be the usual raffle and refreshments at 50p for a tea or coffee.
Julie Cole and Debbie King are doing refreshments this month.
The show committee for 2023 is meeting shortly and they are keen to get children entering the show as they are our gardeners of the future. If any of you have ideas of how to attract children please send us an email.
Just a reminder that next month is our AGM but it only lasts for about 10 minutes and papers will be sent out to you a week earlier.
In December (8th December) we will be having a members competition to decorate a Christmas cracker with things from your garden, so you may need to start collecting now. We will also have a quiz and the social. We will once again ask you all to bring a small plate of food either savoury or sweet which can be shared. This way definitely reduces waste, keeps club costs down and provides lots of variety.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday
Your Committee
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Monday, 26 September 2022
IDHS Newsletter September 2022
Thank you to everyone that supported the Show and a very big Thank you to Di Barnaby and her team of helpers who made it such a great success. Planning has already started for 2023! If anyone would like to volunteer to join the show sub committee to start work on the schedule, Di would love to hear from you.
Our next meeting is this Thursday -29th September at 7.30pm when we will be welcoming Andrew McIndoe to talk to us on the Creative Shrub Garden. There will be plants for sale and a raffle to include a signed copy of one of his many books.
Refreshments will be done by Minnie McKay and Jenny Curry, two new members, and we will have the usual members competition.
There is an entry charge of £5 for any non members for this meeting to help cover speaker costs. Tickets will be available on the door.
Our secretary John Humphry, who has done a sterling job for good number of years, has decided to step down at our AGM in November so we are looking for a new secretary. Please consider joining the committee to help out. The job primarily involves sending out this newsletter, keeping minutes of committee meetings and the AGM, and being the link for Hampshire and Dorset Federations & the RHS for all external communications.
We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday
Your Committee
Sunday, 14 August 2022
IDHS newsletter August 2022
Mention in the email was also made of the financial challenges ahead and we are delighted to also report that we have successfully bid for a County Councillor grant of £500 which is to support an advertising campaign and provide limited funding towards speaker costs for 2023. Both of these are very positive for the club and more details will follow later.
Our next meeting is this Thursday – 18th August (earlier than normal due to the Art Studio weeks) At 7.30pm we welcome Ray Broughton on Sustainable Gardening which will hopefully complement the speaker last month.
We will have the usual members competition (remember points mean cups at the end of the year) and raffle.
Refreshments are being provided by Sandy Dingle and Julie Cole.
Sadly, as a result of insufficient numbers, we have had to cancel our garden trip to the Chelsea Physic Garden but are busy planning some new ideas for 2023.
Don't forget to pick up your free members tickets for Andrew McIndoe's talk on the 29th September and why not pick up tickets for friends, neighbours and family at £5 each.
Now fast approaching is our Show – Saturday 10th September. Hopefully all your Antirrhinums are flourishing and you are planning to enter the members competition. Don't forget it is not just fruit, vegetables and flower classes, we have home produce, photography, classes for children and some novice classes for those new to entering exhibits. Have a look at the schedule and pick what you are going to enter by Wednesday 7th September.
Please pick up posters to put on fences or in cars to advertise the show far and wide.
Di is waiting to hear from you if you have plants or bric-a-brac at the Show that you wish to sell – dianabarnaby59@hotmail.com / 07799 327747
Finally if there are any members that would be willing to pick up Dee Grierson who has moved to Parsonage Barn Lane, please reply to this email and we will put you in touch with each other.
Looking forward to seeing you all THIS Thursday.
Your Committee
Saturday, 23 July 2022
IDHS newsletter - July 2022
We shall have our usual raffle, refreshments and members competition, so please come and enjoy the evening. Roshan Humphry and Chris Withey have kindly offered to do refreshments.
Friday, 24 June 2022
IDHS newsletter June 2022
Amanda Palmer and Wendy Ash will be sorting refreshments but more volunteers would be helpful please.
Changes to our programme:
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Monday, 23 May 2022
IDHS newsletter May 2022
Firstly thank you to all of you who supported our plant sale either by
selling produce, helping out on the day and coming to buy the wonderful
plants and bric-a-brac. We raised just over £400, perhaps not as much as
some years but a really good effort after two years of lockdown.
Our
next meeting is this Thursday when we welcome back Dave Ewers for part 2
of his Woodcraft Demonstrations and Talk. Part 1 back in 2019 was very
well recieved so we should be in for a great evening.
We will have the usual raffle, members competition and seed swap.
Refreshments are being done by Chris Withey and Vicky Coral.
Don’t
forget to sign up for our next garden visit to Durmast House in Burley
on Thursday 16th June at 2pm. The cost is £10 which includes a guided
tour and cream tea.
It is time to pick up your free ticket for
our evening with our Celebrity Speaker, Andrew McIndoe, on Thursday 28th
July when he will talk about The Creative Shrub Garden. Entry will be
by ticket only - free to members and £5 for guests so please get tickets
for friends, neighbours and family and don’t forget your member ticket!
You
will also be able to sign up for our coach trip to the Chelsea Physic
Garden on Thursday September 15th. The cost is £30 which includes the
return coach to London, entry to the Gardens and a guided tour. We have
53 places so please bring friends and family.
We have been asked
if we have any members interested in being part of a team judging three
allotment sites in Ringwood. This will be end of June, early July. If
anyone is interested please contact Sally on sally.bonynge@sky.com or 01425 473082 for more information.
Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday
Your Committee
Friday, 6 May 2022
Sunday, 27 March 2022
IDHS Newsletter - March 2022
I hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather and as you are splitting plants, spare a thought for any excess stock that we can have for the plant sale! We will have a table for plant donations should you not want your own table.
We are gradually seeing our membership creeping up and our last meeting saw the most attendees since we restarted.
We have a change of speaker for our next meeting as Janelle has had to pull out for personal reasons. Our new speaker on Thursday 31st March at 7.30pm is Marion Catt, speaking on “A Mixed Bunch” - stories surrounding everyday flowers we use.
We also have the Seed Swap - a great opportunity to try growing something new. Bring unwanted seeds to swap or leave a donation to the club for anything you take.
Refreshments are being delivered by Roshan Humphry and Diane Cecil this month
It will be your last chance to sign up for our first garden visit on April 21st at 2pm to Spinners in Lymington. The entrance is £7 and includes refreshments.
A local neighbour has donated a quantity of bearded Irises which will be available at the meeting, please bring a bag if you would like some.
Show schedules and seeds for the members competition will be available, so please start planning your entries
Membership fees are now due and you can pay and collect your card at the meeting or should you prefer, we are offering alternatives. The cost this year is £10 per person and can be paid by cheque (payable to IDHS) and sent to Mr Alan Milburn at
65, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PT or by online banking using the following details:
Account Name: Ibsley and District Horticultural Society
Sort Code: 30-96-26
Account number: 42436068
Please put your surname in the reference box
Requests:
Donations of garden related bric a brac for the plant sale - please bring to this meeting or the next, or to the hall at 10am on Saturday 7th May.
We still require volunteers for the show on the 10th September - please speak to Di Barnaby if you can help.
Dates for your diary:
Thursday 21st April 2pm Spinners Garden visit.
Saturday 6th May 2-4pm Plant Sale ( not to be missed)
Wednesday 16th June 2pm Garden visit to Durrant House in Burley.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
Your Committee
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Booking Form
IBSLEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
SPINNERS GARDEN, PILLLEY. SO41 5QE
2.00 pm. on THURSDAY APRIL 21ST 2022
Spinners is a stunning woodland garden with a collection of rare and unusual plants built up over the last sixty years and still evolving.
Spinners Garden has :
Woodland Walks - Bog Garden - Pond - Small Arboretum - Herbaceous Borders - Visitor's Cabin
For more information on the Garden please visit https://www.spinnersgarden.co.uk/index.php
Our visit includes:
Introductory talk.
Guided tour of the garden.
Tea/Coffee and biscuits.
The Garden Club has organised this Group Visit to Spinners Garden at Pilley near Lymington, for 2pm.
Entrance cost £7 per person.
Travel is by sharing member’s cars departing and returning to the Village Hall– payment and return time by individual negotiation.
Meet at Ibsley Village Hall at 12.45pm, or if you are going direct at 2pm at Spinners Garden entrance (SO41 5QE). We must meet and then get our tickets as a group to get the discounted price. Maps will be provided for those driving from Ibsley Village Hall.
Parking by the entrance in School Lane.
Please inform the Trip Secretary (Vicky Coral) on the form below if you intend to go there direct and meet at the entrance to the gardens.(post code above)
Cancellation - whilst cancellation is not expected, if you have any doubts please ring or email the Trips Sec ( Vicky Coral) , Chair ( Sally Bonynge), or Secretary ( John Humphry). All tel numbers and email addresses are on your 2022 membership card. This will be YOUR responsibility and members of the committee will NOT be able ring you. Refunds are only payable at the discretion of the committee and by application in writing to them.
Please keep this section for your information and note that you are NOT BOOKED as going until you have given this form to the trip secretary and paid. Please complete the form below, tick appropriate sections and give to the Trips Secretary (Vicky Coral) with your payment.
IDHS TRIP THURSDAY APRIL 21ST 2022 to SPINNERS GARDEN
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FW: IDHS Newsletter - February 2022
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020/1 members competition who were awarded cups at the meeting
3rd Place: Wendy Ash
2nd place: Val Thurston
1st place: Di Barnaby
Our next meeting is on Thursday 24th February at 7.30pm
Mike Read who is an acclaimed local photographer will be coming to provide an insight into the Wildlife of a Working Forest.
We will again try doing refreshments part way through the talk which gives members a chance to chat, pay their annual membership, get raffle tickets and look at the wonderful exhibits in the members competition. Don’t forget your entries as we have started again for 2022.
In line with the new Covid guidance which came into effect on January 27th, masks no longer have to be worn although please feel free to do so, should you wish.
A big thanks to Kate Saxton and Sue Hopkins for volunteering to do the refreshments this month
Membership fees are now due and you can pay and collect your card at the meeting or should you prefer, we are offering alternatives. The cost this year is £10 per person and can be paid by cheque (payable to IDHS) and sent to Mr Alan Milburn at
65, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PT or by online banking using the following details:
Account Name: Ibsley and District Horticultural Society
Sort Code: 30-96-26
Account number: 42436068
Please put your surname in the reference box
Our First Garden Visit for 2022
On Thursday 21st April we will be meeting at Spinners in Lymington at 2pm. The visit will cost £7pp and includes refreshments.
Attached top this newsletter is the booking form, which you need to complete and return, as we need to know numbers and sort out lifts if required.
Our 33rd Annual Show
Schedules are now available and can be picked up at the meeting – you can start planning your entries!
Things to Plan For:
- If you have spare unopened or partly used seed packets which you don’t plan to use, save them and bring them along to the Seed Swap at the meeting on 31st March
- Dont forget to save any plants for splitting or think about sowing additional seeds ready for the Plant Sale on the 7th May
Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday
Your Committee
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
FW: IDHS January 2022 newletter
Although a little belated, Happy New Year to you all and hopefully 2022 will see the club blossoming again.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 27th January,7.30pm in Ibsley Village Hall. Our speaker this month is a popular return speaker delayed by Covid – Andrew Harris from Tree-menders who will be keeping us entertained with various facts to do with trees and some “knott” problems.
As usual we will be holding a raffle, the members competition and the usual refreshments.
We will also be handing out the cups to the top three winners of our 2020/21 members competition.
Membership fees are now due and you can pay and collect your card at the meeting or should you prefer, we are offering alternatives. The cost this year is £10 per person and can be paid by cheque (payable to IDHS) and sent to Mr Alan Milburn at
65, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PT or by online banking using the following details:
Account Name: Ibsley and District Horticultural Society
Sort Code: 30-96-26
Account number: 42436068
Please put your surname in the reference box
In line with the new Covid guidance which come into effect on the 27th, masks no longer have to be worn although please feel free to do so, should you wish.
Please reply to this if you are willing to help with the refreshments for this meeting
Things to Plan For:
- If you have spare unopened or partly used seed packets which you don’t plan to use, save them and bring them along to the Seed Swap at the meeting on 31st March
- Dont forget to save any plants for splitting or think about sowing additional seeds ready for the Plant Sale on the 7th May
Our First Garden Visit for 2022
On Thursday 21st April we will be meeting at Spinners in Lymington at 2pm. The visit will cost £7pp and includes refreshments.
In the next newsletter, we will attach the booking form as we need to know numbers and sort out lifts if required.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday
Your Committee
Monday, 13 December 2021
IDHS Newsletter - December2021
It was lovely to see some different members at our November AGM and meeting where we were entertained by Dr Francis Burroughs talking about his father and his life in gardening at the beginning of the 1900s.
For those of you not at the AGM there are a few decisions you need to be aware of
- It was unanimously agreed that Terry and Bren Ings should be asked to become Life Members of the club given their years of dedication and hard work supporting the club.
- The decision to increase membership fees to £10 was accepted (in light of increased speakers fees and travel costs and hall costs)
- Following a presentation by your Treasurer, Alan Milburn it was agreed to alter the constitution to cease annual audit of the accounts
Our next meeting is fast approaching and we are delighted that Sandy Dingle can finally give us Part 2 of a Story of Christmas and hopefully you will join us to hear her exciting talk and partake of some food and Christmas punch. We will be meeting on Thursday 9th December at 7.30pm and will be seating you at tables of six with the food on the table to reduce infection risks.
There will be a raffle as usual and our last competition this year for members will be a table decoration. (There will be no usual members competition). We are hoping for a quiz for the night from our ever popular quiz master – Pat Mouland
You can pick up your new membership cards at the meeting.
We are following the Covid rules of Ibsley Village Hall which are:
- Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell
- We would like everyone to wear masks (except the speaker)
- We would request that you use the sanitiser at the door entry before you sign in
- We will have a window at the front and back open along with the outside entrance doors open to allow a through draft so please dress accordingly
- The chairs will be well distanced
As things are changing quite rapidly in regards to the new variant, please check your emails on Thursday before you come to make sure we have not had to cancel at the last minute.
Other news:
We still need members to join the committee, with vacancies for a membership secretary and a communication/media person. If you feel you could help please reply to this email or speak to one of the committee.
Di Barnaby is looking for volunteers to help with the Show in September 2022 so please speak to Di if you can help or email her on dianabarnaby59@gmail.com
As you are looking through the seed catalogues taking inspiration for 2022, don’t forget to save your old open packets of seeds for the Seed Swap. We can take them at any meeting to add to the box or bring them to our meeting in March for our annual Seed Swap.
Finally, on behalf of the Committee, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and happy 2022.
Your Committee
Data Protection regulations mean that we have to inform you that the club holds your name, address, email address and telephone number. These will not be shared with any third party and are held securely. If you no longer wish to continue to receive emails from IDHS or for IDHS to continue holding this information about you, please inform us on idhsinfo19@gmail.com or speak to a committee member. The information about you is available for you to see at any time.
Sunday, 21 November 2021
IDHS November newsletter
It is that time of year again which sees IDHS undertaking its AGM. As usual the plan is to make it brief and therefore it would be very helpful if members could read all the reports (attached) and come with any questions.
It has been lovely to welcome members back but numbers remain small – we had 20 people at last months talk all well spaced and in a well ventilated hall.
It would be great to hear back from you if you have any questions on your safety or suggestions about how we can make you feel safe to return.
As well as the AGM on Thursday 25th November at 7.30pm we are delighted to welcome back Andrew Harris who gave us a very entertaining talk on Tree Surgery last time and we have more tales and tips from him this time.
We will also have your new membership cards ready for collection at £10 per member with details of all our talks in 2022 and three exciting garden trips.
Don’t forget the usual members competition – we will be awarding the cups in January
The raffle continues but we are going to try some changes this month, drawing tickets during the talk and allocating to the prizes for the winners to pick up
We are following the Covid rules of Ibsley Village Hall which are:
- Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell
- We would like everyone to wear masks (except the speaker)
- We would request that you use the sanitiser at the door entry before you sign in
- We will have a window at the front and back open along with the outside entrance doors open to allow a through draft so please dress accordingly
- The chairs will be well distanced
We still need members to join the committee, with vacancies for a membership secretary and a communication/media person. If you feel you could help please reply to this email or speak to one of the committee.
Di Barnaby is looking for volunteers to help with the Show in September 2022 so please speak to Di if you can help or email her on dianabarnaby59@gmail.com
Plans for Our December Meeting (9th December)
Your committee have been thinking through ideas on how to continue with the social as safely as possible. To this end there will be food put onto each table set up for 6 people which will avoid you queueing up as usual. The members competition in December will be a table decoration, so get planning now! Should anyone want a small dish and oasis, Sue Hooper will have some for sale at the November meeting for 50p (proceeds to the club)
Our Christmas speaker will be Sandy Dingle who will be continuing “The Story of Christmas”
Looking forward to seeing you all on November 25th
Your Committee
Sunday, 7 November 2021
A message for all drivers in our area!
Thursday, 21 October 2021
October 2021 Newsletter
Thank you to those brave souls that came to our last meeting in September despite the dark and stormy conditions, We are hoping for more settled weather next week!
We look forward to seeing even more members next Thursday 28th October at 7.30pm to hear Bryan Pinchen, this time telling us all about “Its a plant, it eats meat”
Following last meeting we are continuing to provide refreshments and will be holding the usual raffle.
Don’t forget the usual members competitions, do enter to start collecting points for our annual awards.
If you have not already collected your membership card, please see Alan, our Treasurer.
We are following the Covid rules of Ibsley Village Hall which are:
- Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell
- We would like everyone to wear masks (except the speaker)
- We would request that you use the sanitiser at the door entry before you sign in
- We will have windows and doors open to allow a through draft so please dress accordingly
- The chairs will be well distanced
- Please DO NOT help put the chairs away at the end as we have to re-sanitise them before folding
A quick reminder that our AGM will be next month followed by popular demand, the return of Andrew Harris for another evening on Tree Surgery.
Data Protection regulations mean that we have to inform you that the club holds your name, address, email address and telephone number. These will not be shared with any third party and are held securely. If you no longer wish to continue to receive emails from IDHS or for IDHS to continue holding this information about you, please inform us on idhsinfo19@gmail.com or speak to a committee member. The information about you is available for you to see at any time.
Looking forward to seeing you all on the 28Th October
Your Committee
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