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membership £5 per annum, and 50p per session
ALL WELCOME

Management Committee ; Chris Morris (Chair) Lizzie Hargreaves (Vice Chair) Ciara Hardiman (sec)
Sam Buckle, Jade Douglas,Ashley Nicholls, Ollie Perks, Peter Siviter, Ross Tudge, Richard Clive

For further Info contact 310440

Welcome to everyone who is interested in our new Club.

As a result of our first meeting we have decided the following:

The club will meet once a month for 10 months of the year. In May, June, July, and September we will meet in a member's garden. The other months we will meet in the Second hall at Hanley Swan Village Hall at 7.30 pm.

Membership Annual fee £5.00 per person

Visitors £1.00 per meeting

Refreshments Members to pay for what they consume and bring their own glasses or mugs.

Equipment needed – when the club meets in a member's garden, please bring your own chair.

Selling or Swopping Garden related items – Members to do this at all meetings free of charge. Non-members to pay 20% to the club.

Co-ordinator Joanna Bowles 01684 311931

Secretary Penny Tennant -Thomas 01684 310691

Treasurer Jenny McGowran 01684 311802

Hanley's Garden Club Programme 2009/10

22 nd April Tips on successful seed germination.Vegetable growing

12 th May Garden meeting at 6.45pm, Hillhampton, Roberts End, Hanley Swan WR8 0DU. Topic – Creating a walled garden

10 th June Garden meeting at 6.45pm. Pyndar Lodge, Hanley Swan , WR8 0DU. Topic – Roses and place in a planting scheme

11 th July Garden meeting at 2pm. Drakes Place, The Rhydd, Hanley Castle , WR8 0AD.Visit a Riverside garden and help with the design

August Visit to a garden to be arranged

5 th September Garden meeting at 2pm. Bonner's Cottage, Quay Lane, Hanley Castle WR8 0BS. The garden in September, companion planting

14 th October Making the most of your harvest. Cookery demonstration by Pam Buckle

11 th November My experiences in gardening around the world by Howard Hutchings

13 th January The perfumed garden in Winter by Helen Lamb

16 th January Garden meeting at 1pm Blackmore Gardens, Blackmore Park, Hanley Swan, WR8 0EF. Garden designed for winter interest and fragrance.

10 th February Design and building a terrace and gazebo by Bob Lenin

10 th March Plants in Garden History by Christine Peer

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