Jane's News

On WED. 14th MAY 20 members visited BLOOMS OF BRESSINGHAM, we had a wonderful guided tour of The Dell Gardens by Andrew Bailey, they looked lush and beautiful with azaleas and hostas in their prime and lots of other exotic plants in Blooms typical island beds in undulating surroundings. They were magnificent and well worth the visit. Andrew even made us all refreshments afterwards in the café. We welcomed a new member, Gillian Bell. We had several apologies, from Mike our Chairman, who is still poorly and from Carol Halford who has been in hospital, we all wish her a speedy recovery, and from Chris Halford.  Also John Unsworth and Brian and Annie Brooker.
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HORN FAIR : SATURDAY 17TH MAY As a gardening club we had our usual PLANT STALL and also our very popular TEA STALL. Both stalls did very well especially considering the inclement weather and we managed to raise a good amount to support our forthcoming Programme. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who gave of their time on the day and for all that our members provided, it was a great team effort. Our special thanks to Cees and Jill for the use of their kitchen facilities, we really could not do it without them! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HARD WORK. We also had a good time at the after horn Fair Social at Jane & Chris’ on the Saturday night. Thanks to all who came along.
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Our next outside visit is to ‘THE GARDEN IN AN ORCHARD', on Wednesday, 11th JUNE. Mill rd. Bergh Apton. We leave the village green at 6pm and hope to arrive at 7pm. Our hosts are Mr and Mrs R.W. Boardman. This is a new garden to the Norfolk Garden Scheme and should be very interesting to see. Do join us. Visitors £2.50, members £1. Remember fuel is very expensive and so if you are lucky enough to get a lift please give a donation towards the cost. As a rough guideline we reckon about £1 per 10 miles if there’s 4 people to a car. Thank you. We hope for a fine evening and a good turnout.
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TRIP TO: RHS WISLEY: SUNDAY 29th JUNE
Members £10, visitors £15 to include entry and coach. Please phone Sue on 498796 if you would like to come along. We leave from outside the village hall at 8.30am. and arrive back approx. 7.30pm. Just a few seats left!!
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Our first outside meeting was on Wednesday 9th April, with a visit to the Tudor Museum and Ancient House Gardens,White Hart Street, Thetford.

Although the garden is very tiny it was interesting to see the authentic planting and reconstruction and the Museum has improved beyond belief since I last saw it, well worth a visit. It tells the remarkable history of Thetford, with Thomas Paine and the Maharajah Duleep Singh and of the Brecks, with rabbit warreners to railway workers. It has lots of fascinating collections and audio stories of families arriving in Thetford after the war, even a replica of the Thetford Treasure. It was such a shame that only 12 members managed to come along.

Please do try to come to the outside visits as they take a lot of organising and they are often very expensive as staff have to be paid extra to man the events in the evenings.  This especially applies to our visit in May.  It is to BLOOMS OF BRESSINGHAM on WED. 14th MAY. We leave the village green at 6pm. to arrive at 6.45pm. This is incredible value at just £1 to members as they are charging £6 per head for visitors and even this is fantastic as we are getting a talk and guided walk round the Dell Gardens and Foggy Bottom as well as refreshments in the café. This tour is charged at £12.50 in the RHS magazine so we are very lucky. Do make the most of the opportunity. Visitors very welcome.
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HORN FAIR : SATURDAY 17TH MAY ON THE GREEN. TIME 1-4pm.
As a gardening club we are having our usual PLANT STALL and also our very popular TEA STALL.

Members are reminded to bring plants, flowers, vegetables etc for our stall and provide sandwiches, cakes, biscuits, scones etc for the tea stall. This is our biggest fund raising opportunity of the year. We need help from 8am on the Saturday to set up and help to man the stalls on a rota basis. We also need help to clear away at the end of the day. Please ring me with your offers of help and availability. Thank you!
We also need a venue for our evening garden party. Any offers?

TRIP TO: RHS WISLEY: SUNDAY 29th JUNE
Members £10, visitors £15 to include entry and coach. Please phone Sue on 498796 if you would like to come along. We leave from outside the village hall at 8.30am. and arrive back approx. 7.30pm.

NB..SUBSRIPTIONS ARE NOT DUE UNTIL SEPT! They are excellent value at just £6 per year. Membership Cards will be issued, September 2008 to end August 2009.
For more information you can ring me on the number below. We are a very active, friendly club, always keen to increase our membership.
If anyone would like a lift to meetings please give me a call.
Our very best wishes from all Club members to our new Chairman, Mike Hall for a speedy recovery after his stay in hospital.
Jane Dalton (Secretary) 01953 498 694