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Winter Programme
The
meetings
commence
at
19:30,
at
Brighton
Road
Baptist
Church,
Brighton
Road
ad,
Horsham,RH13
5BD.
The
venue
has
disabled
access.
All
meetings
have
a
raffle
and
refreshments.
JUBILEE
CUP
This
is
an
opportunity
for
members,
including
novices
and
newcomers,
to
bring
along
an
exhibit
of
flowers,
fruit,
pot
plants,
vegetables,
floral
arrangements,
preserves,
cakes,
craft
items,
etc.
to
our
Winter
Meetings.
Points
will
be
awarded
individually.
The
person
with
the
highest
aggregate
from
four
entries
at
the
end
of
the
Winter
Meetings
will
be
awarded
the
Jubilee
Cup.
No
person
may
hold
this
cup
for
consecutive
.
2011-
12
WINTER PROGRAMME
|
Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
| October 4th |
Malcolm Dickie |
Subscriptions followed by a general group discussion of how the society functions and fulfils
the members needs.
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| October 18th |
Mike Morris |
Mike is Production Director of New Place Nurseries, he will explain how new commercial plants
are grown and introduced to the market place
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| November 1st |
Andrew Gaunt |
Andrew works for the government department FERA. He will speak about how they overcome
threat and disease to our native plants and trees.
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| November 15th |
Peter Barwick |
Peter will speak to us about all aspects of fruit tree growing.
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| November 29th |
Sue Taunton |
Sue will give us a practical demonstration of how to make festive floral decorations for
Christmas.
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| December 13th |
Committee |
Christmas social evening
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| January 10th |
Committee |
AGM followed by a photographic review of places visited during the year.
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| January 24th |
Derek Santer |
The Two Presidents - an enlightening talk from our Chairman.
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| February 7th |
Sue Brundish |
Horsham in Bloom - an informative talk about the plans and teamwork needed to enable
Horsham achieve a consistently high standard.
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| February 21st |
Sue Parmenter |
The Chief Executive together with a nursery worker will tell us about all aspects of the work
and activities of the Camelia Botnar Foundation.
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| March 6th |
Sue Taunton |
Herbs - Sue will tell us all about herbs, from their history, cultivation, and how to prepare them
for cooking
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| March 20th |
Pam Hunter |
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Pam is an enthusiastic gardener and will give a very informative talk about all apects of
beekeeping and how we can make our gardens ’bee friendly’ |
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