Raffle

Refresh-ments

2013 Hyde Hall

Club Meetings

Organised Trips

Talks & Demonstrations

Plant Swop & Quiz Night

Christmas Theme Member Benefits

Annual Show

By Coach

Local Gardens

RHS Gardens

7th Annual Show

13th Sept 2015

Last Tuesday of the month Rachel Fowler

Centre

Public Talks

2015 National Botanic

Gardens of Wales

2015 Mells

Walled Garden

Christine Walkden 11th June

2015

Discounts

Aim: To Further Gardening

Knowledge & Techniques through…

Melksham Gardeners’ Society

2015 Programme

24th February:

National Garden Scheme

24th March: (AGM)

Keeping hens in the garden

28th April:

Hanging Baskets

26th May:

Plant Swop & Quiz

30th June:

Visit to The Walled Garden

at Mells

28th July:

Member Garden Visit

29th September:

Cactus Growing

27th October:

TBA

24th November:

Christmas theme

12th July:

Coach to National Botanic

Garden of Wales

13th September:

7th Annual Show

11th June:

Christine Walkden Talk

27th January:

Pruning Trees & Shrubs

Society Meetings

70+ Members for 2015-16 season

Last Tuesday of the month

Rachel Fowler Centre

Consistently 40+ members & visitors attending

Refreshments

Raffle

Member Benefits

Discounted Seeds 50% off Thompson & Morgan seeds

22 members took advantage

purchasing 320 packets of seeds valued at £854

Cost to members: £427

Countrywide Stores 10% off all garden related purchases

Sponsorship of “Best in Show” cup

Melksham Gardeners’ Society Public Talks At Melksham Assembly Hall

May 2013: Adam Pascoe

May 2014: Bob Flowerdew June 2015: Christine Walkden

Annual Flower & Produce Show

9 Classes: Flowers

Vegetables Fruit

Young Exhibitors Floral Art Cookery

Handicrafts Photography Closed Class

7th Annual Show 13th Sept 2015 Demonstrations & Displays

RHS Banksian Medal

Melksham Gardeners’ Society and the Community

• Plant Swop – Excess plants (lots!) donated by members used for:

• Scouts Summer Fayre • Aloeric School Summer Fayre • Aloeric School Gardening Club planted some and used some for a

plant swop & sale raising funds for bedding plants • Table with plants for sale outside the Guide HQ • Garden sale raising funds for Dorothy House Hospice • Melksham Open Gardens – sold in aid of the Children’s Society

• Christmas Theme ‒ Wreaths or Table decorations made with plant and

decorative material donated by members ‒ Left over material (lots!) and workshop tuition, donated to

local groups • Aloeric School Gardening Club made table decorations and

wreaths • Parents and guests did similar and raised £75 for the PTA • Bowerhill Ladies Group did similar donating £25 raised to

Dorothy House Hospice