Autumn Flower Show

A collection of photos taken on the day at Tiverton Community Arts Theatre - our new venue for the shows this year.

 Yummy cakes

 Flying the flags

 In the lobby

A few of the pot plants on show

Chairman Tim making announcements

Summer Holiday

Members went on a summer holiday this year to South East England visiting National Trust houses and gardens and a special Sunday visit to Wisley.

Nymans Garden in West Sussex; Waddesden Manor in Buckinghamshire; Polesden Lacey in Surrey; Clivedon in Buckinghamshire and The Vyne in Hampshire were all enjoyed in the glorious sunshine.

Photos courtesy of Val Payne

Mid Devon Show

Our humble presence in the Garden & Flower Marquee at the newly located Mid Devon Show.

With thanks to Alby, John and Jean for manning the tables on the day and putting it together in the pouring rain and mud on the Friday.

 

Alby trying to look the other way

Spring Flower Show

Wow!  What a wonderful day.  Today's Spring Flower Show at its new venue at Tiverton Community Arts Theatre was a huge success.  The exhibits were outstanding and the judges commented on the wonderful plants on display.

Here are a selection of winners together a panoramic view of the show.  Photos by Ros Nichols.

Setting up this morning

 Exhibitors setting the stage

 In the foyer arranging exhibits

This afternoon 

Ros Nichols with her winning decorative arrangement

Sue Gollop with her winning Amaryllis

Jubilee Class winner - Tim Nichols

The Town's Mayor made an impromptu visit

to promote the Tiverton In Bloom competition

Chad Stone with his winning narcissi

Monica Seatheron accepting her award for shrubs from Chairman Tim Nichols

The Show at TCAT

North Devon Hedgehog Rescue

Anni Nicholls from Braunton was March's guest speaker.  She runs the North Devon Hedgehog Rescue.  She was very imformative and said that because of the way we garden nowadays there is a danger that the little animals could be extinct by 2025.

Fruit Trees by Paul Fonnereau

Our friend Paul Fonnereau from Cove Garden Nursery came and gave us a talk about growing Fruit Trees for our first meeting of the year.  Imformative and interesting Paul brought a number of species with him.

We held a competition for the best hellebore flower and Margaret Grose won from the 10 entries.

New Point of Contact

The AGM was a success with a few changes in the officers on the committee.  Ros Nichols is stepping down as Secretary after 15 years in the role.  She will remain on the committee but the Club now has a new Point of Contact in the name of Chris Redhead.  Chris will replace Maggie Roberts on the committee who is reseigning after several years.

Members have been given Chris's contact details and can be emailed via tivertongardenclub@hotmail.co.uk