Gardening Club
We have 7 talks a year from experts covering all aspects of gardening and flower arranging and widen our horizons by inviting people from the farming community to talk to us.
Other months are taken up with our Social Evening in July Christmas Dinner and, of course, we have our Summer Show in August...a proper village event!
MORE INFORMATION
Email: drimptonshow@btinternet.com
Club Blog: http://cwdhortsoc.blogspot.com/
Robin Moses, our chairman..... 01308 868820
Diana Leake, secretary...... 01308 867172
Join Us
Every third Wednesday of the month
Doors open at 7pm for teas, coffees with the meetings starting at 7:30pm
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We welcome all gardeners and would-be gardeners, young and old and among our members there are some well informed gardeners who are always very happy to give advice.
Wednesday 18th June
Our monthly meeting on Wednesday 18th June is a little different from our usual talks. We have a visit from Stewart Kilby who will tell us all about the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This organisation quietly gets on with caring for graves and places of commemoration in 153 countries, in all 1.7 million graves. In our area of West Dorset there are eight locations ranging from Bridport Cemetery to St Saviour’s Church, known as the Tin Tabernacle, at Dottery. With 23,000 separate burial sites to care for and 200 memorials to maintain this is indeed an enormous task.
If you know anyone who would be interested do pass on the word.
2025 Events
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Wed 18 th June Talk by the Commonwealth War Graves - Gardening the World
Wed 16 th July Social Evening - Fuchsia competition, membership renewal, just for fun quiz
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Sat 9 th August Annual Summer Show
TALK INFORMATION
All talks start at 7.30pm at the Drimpton Village Hall,
Chard Road, Drimpton DT8 3RF.
Doors open at 7pm for teas & coffees
Entrance fees: Free to members, £1 for non-members.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership for 2024/25 is £7 single and £12 for a joint
membership.
The membership year runs from September to August & all
subscriptions should be in by 31 October.
Benefits include:
1 Free entry to all talks
2 Discounts and vouchers from The Gardens Group & Groves Garden Centres
3 Club affiliations to the RHS, Dorset & Somerset Federations of Horticultural Societies
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MORE INFORMATION Email: drimptonshow@btinternet.com
21st May - Trekking in the Himalayas Through a Nurseryman's Eyes
An illustrated talk by Clive Groves from our very local garden centre. When he retired from frontline work he decided to look at plants growing in their native lands including flora and fauna as far as Everest Base Camp.
Doors open at 7pm for refreshments.
Meeting starts at 7.30pm
Members free, guests £1