WEARDALE FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB - AUGUST 2019 NEWSLETTER
www.weardaleflowerandgardenclub.org
Welcome to Chairman's night.

WOLSINGHAM SHOW LADIES LUNCH   We have 26 members and friends booked for the ladies lunch at the showfield on Friday 6 September.  Can everyone please pay JANICE tonight, £21.  It starts at 12.30 and lunch is served at 1pm.  If you wish to have the vegetarian option, this needs to be ordered up front - please let Janice know.  If you have not booked and would like to go we can still get additional tickets.
Bookings to date are:  Susan, Barbara, Kim, Pearl, Joyce, Anne M, Lynn, Janet, Liz, Tilly, Margaret R (wols), Margaret R (Crook), Ann C, Beryl, Julie, Ann C, Judith, Paula, Jean, Ann R, Carole, Ruby, Vivien, Ann J, Alma, Audrey.
555555555555555rrfr5ffr5fc  c c           If you're helping to do table flowers, please be at Susan's for 1pm onwards on Thursday 5th, and if you can bring some greenery that would be great;  thankyou.

SEPTEMBER MEETING Linells is a garden, craft, cookery and education centre at Hexham, and Karen Phillips from the centre is our speaker on 17th September.  As well as a shop and on line sales, Linnels Farm run day courses.   Future ones include: Masterclass in seed saving, 13th September; Annual Sale of Spring Bulbs 28th and 29th September; Make Felt Pumpkins 8th October; Basket Weaving 10th October; Spring Pots and Containers 10th October; Millinery 15th November; and A Stress Free Christmas 22nd November.  Their Christmas Wreath Making on 26th November is already sold out.  Further details from linnelsfarm.com.; Linnels Farm, Linnels Bank,  Hexham NE46 1TS (between Slayley and Hexham).

We will be also having our Autumn Produce Stall, so please bring along anything 'spare' you have from the garden - recently divided plants, veg, flowers, produce, jams etc.   Thankyou.

NOVEMBER OPEN NIGHT    Tickets will be on sale at our September meeting for the open night in November - Seasonal Anticipation.  This year we have had to move the open night to the 4th November, a Monday evening, as this was the only date our demonstrator was able to come.  Tickets will again be £10, which includes a glass of wine and nibbles.  Our demonstrator is Nick Grounds, from Peterborough, who was recommended by Jonathan Moseley as an entertaining and skilled florist.  

We will be making a donation to charity from proceeds, and it is suggested this year we donate to Dr Satinder Faulkner's project to engage adults with physical disabilities, and/or long term medical conditions, in therapeutic gardening activities at Woodside, Killerby.  However, we welcome other suggestions.

HOUGHALL COLLEGE, DURHAM   Floristry courses for enrolment in September include:
College Cert in Christmas Home Decorations (short course)
College Certificate in Party Flowers (short course)
College Certificate in Seasonal Gifts (short course)
Level 2 and Level 3 Certs in Floristry (full time)
Level 2 Cert in Floristry (part time day or evening)
Horticulture courses for enrolment in September include
RHS Levels 2 and 3 Cert in Plant Growth, Propagation and Maintenance (part time evening)
www.eastdurham.ac.uk

DURHAM ORCHID SHOW    At Josephine Butler College adjacent to The Botanic Garden on 8th September, 10 am to 4 pm.  Free entry.

HARROGATE AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW      13th to 15th September.      Weardale Travel are running a coach to the showground on Saturday 14th September, £14.50 (entry to show not included). Tickets £18 in advance, or £20.50 on the day.

CASTLE HOWARD CHRISTMAS     Castle Howard at Christmas, 16th November to 5th January 2020.  Weardale Travel are running a bus there on Monday 2nd December, £16.00 (entry to stately home not included).  Tickets ordered on line for entry to Castle Howard have a 10% discount - £18.90, and £18 concession.

ECT TRAVEL   India 2020, World Association of Flower Arranging Spectacular, including The Golden Triangle, Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthambhore, Agra.  20th February to 6th March 2020.   ecttravel.com

BRIGHTWATER HOLIDAYS    Dutch Bulbfields Cruise, 21 April, 5 days, from £1136. brightwaterholidays.com

LOCAL SHOWS     Flower and Floral Art classes (Victorian table arrangements) at Weardale Show on 31st August, details from joan.warriner@btinternet.com. 
   
Wolsingham Show - The Horticultural Section show is on Sunday 8th, and includes veg, fruit, and flowers.  Class 69 is a Flower Arrangement max width 40cm, to include gardening tools.   Entries close 24th August.  www.wolsinghamshow.co.uk
Susan and friends will be making buttonholes in the Ladies Marquee on both Saturday and Sunday, in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.  Please come and see us.  If you could offer a couple of hours to help, even better!   We will have Club programmes available to promote the Club and posters for our open night.

Barbara and Susan were asked to attend a car rally at Stanhope on Sunday 18th August to promote the Club.  There was not a big crowd, but people supported us by donating for flowers to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

DAY TRIP TO DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRE AT HEIGHLEY GATE, AND BOUNDARY MILL   Weardale Motor Services, 24th October, £14.   Heighley Gate is near Morpeth, and this is a large garden centre with concession stores, restaurant etc.

USHAW   Ushaw are proposing another Christmas Tree Festival this year, and an initial planning meeting has been arranged for 10 am on Thursday 19th September. Would anyone like to attend to represent our Club and be involved in setting up our display?

FINANCES   As at 5th August our finances were:  Income to date £5697.36; Expenses to date £3263.96; Current balance £2433.40.