MEMBERS' PROGRAMME 2021.
Due to Covid-19, meetings are subject to change – members will be notified by email
All meetings are held at the Ropley Sports Pavilion (SO24 0DJ), behind the Ropley Parish Hall, unless stated otherwise.
Visitors are welcome at all evening meetings - Entrance fee £5 - Free parking.
25 February
Thursday 7:45pm
Zoom Talk: Spring into Action & Get Ready
for Summer
Adam Pascoe
29 March
Monday 7:45pm
Zoom Talk: Elizabeth Blackwell: Herbalist, Botanical Artist & Love Story
Nancy Stevens
10 April
Saturday 8am-4pm
26 April
Monday 7:45pm
Talk: Photography in your Garden
Gordon Brown
(Member)
22 May
Saturday 12-7pm
Plant Sale – at Bloomers Polytunnel, Colemore
Locally grown bedding, specimen plants, vegetables and perennials.
28 June
Monday 1pm
Summer Party
Visit to Uppark, South Harting, (GU31 5QR) National Trust property with Cream Tea
26 July
Monday 7:45pm
Gardeners’ Question Time
& Society Cup Sweet Pea Competition
(current holder: Maurice Shakespeare)
Ray Broughton.
21 August
Saturday 8am-4pm
Summer Show – Ropley Parish Hall
Open to public 2:30pm
7 September Tuesday 1:30pm
Visit to Longstock Water Garden, Stockbridge
27 September
Monday 7:45pm
Talk 'Dressing Your House for Christmas'
Susanna Jarrett
25 October
Monday 7:45
Talk '350 Years of Glasshouses at Oxford Botanical Gardens'
Timothy Walker
29 November
Monday 7:45pm
Christmas Meeting Mince Pies & Mulled Wine
& Talk: Death in the Garden
Michael Brown
31 January 2022
Monday 7:45pm
AGM
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Flower of the Month competition: bring in a flower of your choice that you have grown in your garden, in a vase, to the Competition Table. Entries are judged on the evening and points accumulated. Winner receives Bert Clanfield trophy at AGM (current holder Roy Gentry).
Gardening Sales Table: please donate unwanted gardening items for sale to other members, with proceeds going towards the Society. If unsold at end of evening, person who donated, please take back.
Raffle: donations always welcome.
