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Want to be part of the team?

Bring your unwanted seeds to share with other members and pick some freebies up from the board

Plant and Bake Sales throughout the Summer!

Keep an eye out for village posters for more information

SEPTEMBER: Village Garden and Produce Show

OCTOBER: AGM

NOVEMBER: Bees In The Garden by Richard Rickett

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DECEMBER: Quizmas Social

JANUARY: Foraging by Rob Gould (The Cotswold Forager)

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FEBRUARY: Interactive Seed Planting by Moira White

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MARCH: Spring is Coming by Peter Biggs

APRIL: Bordering on Insanity - all year-round interest by Timothy Walker

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MAY: Sweet peas by Gill Hazell

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MAY / JUNE: Village Plant and Bake Sales - watch out for posters displaying date, times and locations.

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JUNE - Liz Stuarts Member Garden Visit

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AUGUST: 20th Aug - 3rd September - Scarecrow Trail, in aid of Charity

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MEMBER BENEFITS

The current subscription is £5 per person per year and for that, members can access the following benefits:

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• Monthly meetings with fantastic speakers @ the Village Hall, Refreshments, and a Christmas Social 

• Bi-monthly raffle

• Group membership to RHS, and Gardeners World Magazine

• Closed group Facebook page with updates, details of forthcoming events, meetings, gardening tips and tricks

• The Great FREE Seed Share; members share unwanted seeds for others to use.

• An Annual Garden & Produce Show where members show off their hard work and compete for cash prizes and trophies, with a fantastic produce shop at the end of the show.

• Annual Garden Visits, plus Annual Garden Party held at a members garden.

• Plant Sales throughout the Spring/Summer

• Participation in the Kings Seed Club Scheme offering significant discounts to members placing orders in the autumn for delivery in early January.

• Participation in the Sutton Seeds Club Scheme offering 50% off seeds and 15% off other items.

• On presentation of your current Membership card, a discount of 5% on a wide range of seeds and garden products bought from Greatfield Nurseries & Garden Centre, Hook, Swindon SN4 8EQ. Visit their website at https://greatfieldgardencentre.co.uk/

• And of course connecting with other members to exchange tips, tricks and have some fun

Your Team

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Chair – Nina Warminger

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Treasurer – Ian Wallace

Secretary – Ruth Wilkins

Club Activity Lead – To be assigned

Programme Co-ordinator – Louise Kennington

Scarecrow Trail Leader – To be assigned

Village Hall Committee Representative – Dawn Saunders

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Committee Support - Liz Stuart, Carol Stewart

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Calendar Designer - Ian Wallace