Timsbury Horticultural

Society

We meet at 7.30pm on the 2nd Tuesday in the month at the Congregational Church, North Road, Timsbury.

 

New members are very welcome, just come along and introduce yourself or contact one of the committee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

      
 Programme
      
 
      
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Plant of the Month
      
 
      
Newsletter
      
 
      
2009 Show Schedule
      
 
      
Society
      History
      
 
      
Officers &
      
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Photo
      Gallery 1
      
 
      
 
      
 
      
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Web master
    

    

      

        
 Hi everyone and welcome to our new web site. Like anything new
        it needs input to make it work and whilst I have set it up with
        a few elementary details I do need a lot more information and
        suggestions. You can see by the menu on the left that we have
        quite a few things working for us at present. Our 2008/2009 programme
        is there so are the committee members names. The newsletter has
        been uploaded and can be seen as a pdf document. So too has the
        2009 show schedule so you can all have a sneak preview. There
        is a facility to upload the history of the society and Richard
        has sent me a copy of the
        
schedule for the 1st Flower Show that
        was held in 1962 and that has been uploaded into the history
        section. No doubt photographs will appear there as well in the
        near future.
        
If you have any suggestions or information
        that you think should go onto this site please contact me by
        email by clicking on the webmaster link below left.
        
Of course you could sign in our guest
        book on the left at the bottom of this page with your coments
        as well.
        
Thanks.
        
 
        
Due to the large number
        of photos on the site I have introduced another page named 'Photo
        gallery 1'
        
When I consider that the
        number of photos on our front page are too many I will transfer
        the earliest photos to this gallery. You can click the link on
        the left hand side to go to the gallery. More galleries will
        be set up in the future as the number of photos increase.
      
    

Question. What can happen during a snowstorm?

 

Answer. Your greenhouse can collapse. See below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trip to Malvern Spring Show

 

The society has arranged a trip to the Malvern Spring Show on Saturday 8th May.

The coach will leave Conygre Hall at 8.30 am and first drop off people who wish to spend a whole day at the show. It will then go on to Malvern for those who would like to look around this picturesque town and

do a bit of shopping. Lunch will be taken in Malvern and then the coach will take the shoppers back to

the show for them to look around in the afternoon. The cost for members is £22.00.

Please contact Eric Potter if you wish to go.

 

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Christmas Party Night 2009

 

What a wonderful display of food you all brought along for the American supper part of our party night. It was so much that some of it was even taken back home! Eric quizzed us once again with some of the most obscure questions supposedly related to gardening, resulting in the Nicholls family winning both the first prize

for Graham and the booby prize for Iris. Many thanks to Eric for running the quiz and thanks to all of you who, in bringing along a good array of food, made the evening go with a swing. Below are a few photos taken by Richard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Autumn Lunch at Conygre Hall, Sunday 22nd November 2009

 

Once again Jill organised a lunch for us all and once again the caterers came up with the goods.

Thanks to everyone concerned. The new layout of the tables were less formal and gave everyone a

sense of 'belonging'. Below are some photos taken by Richard that show how we enjoy these lunches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing like clapping yourself after singing a hymn but Mary seemed to have enjoyed it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Craft Fair, Sunday November 1st at Conygre Hall.

 

Despite attrocious weather welcoming stall holders the Craft Fair started on time thanks to all the

fleet footed helper running backwards and forwards between cars and the hall helping stall holders to unload. Once inside we were greeted by the opulent surroundings of the previous day's wedding, drapes and chandeliers and in spite of Annette's misgivings it did add some extra ambience to the day.

The catering ladies and washing up staff worked overtime to keep things running smoothly whilst Colin

imlpored visitors not to spend all their money at the stalls but to save at least a pound to buy raffle tickets. You may recognise a few people below but to get a complete picture of the day click on this small poster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve waiting for the morning rush of customers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy waits for customers on the left and Colin takes up his usual 'lean on' position on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annette & Brian take a rest

 

 

 

 

Chris mixes the gravy whilst Terry grabs a cup of tea and then he hides in the cupboard with his dessert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kitchen is a hive of industry with Dawn cooking the full English and Janet making up the bacon butties.

 

 

 

 

2009 Flower Show

 

 

The 2009 flower show is now done and dusted and our thanks must go to Keith for his sterling work throughout the year so that the show would be a success. Thanks also to all those who helped in many ways, setting up and taking down the tables and staging, catering, produce stall, recording, paying out prize money, raffle, judges and their stewards, signing up members, manning the door and many other small things that help things to run smoothly. If I have forgotten anyone please forgive me and accept the thanks of THS. Of course there would have been no show without the support of the exhibitors and our thanks must go to them for putting on a marvelous display in the hall and in the marquee. Many photos were taken of the show, too many to put on this page so a seperate page has been set up. Click the dahlia to see the pictures.

 

 

Click here for a list of trophy winners

 

 

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Our hostess Lesley Irving once again laid on good plants and good food on second visit of the year

to Tor Hole on 23rd July.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The last garden visit of the year was a trip to beautiful Stoberry Park near Wells on Tuesday 14th July.

 

 

 

 

 

A nice house with some equally nice bronzes in the garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it the New Age people from Glastonbury I see frolicking amongst the flowers?

 

 

 

The garden has wonderful views

 

 

 

 

 

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On Saturday 4th July the Horticultural Society, Wine Circle and friends took a coach trip to Wisley gardens. Beautiful, but very hot weather, gave many of us moderate sunburn but we all had a wonderful day. Here are a few photos taken in the gardens.

 

 

The garden entrance

 

 

 

 

 

The rock garden with a sarracenia bed at the bottom

 

 

 

 

 

some nice balloon flowers (Platycodon)

 

We were drawn towards the new glasshouse which held a variety of plants from sub tropical to tropical and featured a splendid waterfall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However someone found the rain even in the glasshouse

 

 

 

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Click here to go to Photo gallery1 for more photos.

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