Set up day at Mid Devon Show - the team arrives with car loads of flowers, mechanics, foliage and plant pots. Through the course of the day the exhibit unfolds:
The Marquee at the beginning of the day
Sammy The Scarerow arrived - named by Rachel & James the creators
Mary & John put up the notice boards
Tim creates at Buddlia pedestal arrangement
Janet arranges her milk churn arrangement
Everyone's busy
Mary creates her herb wheel
Things are shaping up
Tim starts the flower wheel
By lunch time things are looking good
The cider flagens and the lettuce are put in place
The wheel was finished off by Ros & Emma
The completed herb wheel The completed churn along with milk bottles
Sammy The Scarecrow looks on
Jennie's chickens are placed on the bales
John's old gate is placed with Peter's Dahlia plant and Janet's sweet pea arrangements
The July garden visit was to Abbotsbury Sub Tropical Gardens in Dorset. Set in a sheltered valley along side the Jurassic Coast, the garden was full of colour.
The most vivid blue Hydrangenas
Kookaburras
The top pond was full of Koi carp and a duck with her ducklings.
The coach included several new members which was nice for the committee to see.
Based in Mid Devon, England, the Club was established in 1953 to encourage members and all interested in the cultivation of flowers, shrubs, pot plants and decorative floral arrangements.
The annual Subscription is currently £5 per person
10% Discount is available: On purchases of plants at The Old Well Garden Centre, Uffculme;
On gardening items excluding sale items and special deals at Cove Garden Nursery, Cove;
On directly related gardening items at Heard & Sendell only on week-days
FORTHCOMING EVENTS - TALKS & SOCIAL GATHERINGS
Saturday 22nd July - Mid Devon Show
In the Flower & Garden Marquee - we hope to be
there with your support
Tuesday 29th August
͞Plants That Excite͟ An illustrated
by Peter Cantrill from Dayspring Plants, Exeter
Saturday 2nd September
Autumn Flower Show at Tiverton Community Arts
Theatre, Tiverton High School, Bolham Road.
Open 2pm to 4.30pm. Ample Free Parking
Tuesday 10thOctober
͞The Alexander Technique relative to gardening͟ An
illustrated talk by Lizzie Feltham from Pennymoor
Tuesday 14th November – CHARITY evening
In aid of Meningitis UK – ͞ A Garden Adventure͟ in
sound and vision by Ros Nichols
Tuesday 28th November
Coffee Morning & Christmas Bring & Buy Sale
From 10am to 12 Noon
Tuesday 12th December
Christmas Social Evening at The New Hall At 7pm
Buffet Supper, Prize Giving & Entertainment.
Competition for the Best Decorated Parcel. Parcels to
be given to Charity. Tickets will only be available up to
7 days before the event.
All Meetings will commence at 7.30pm at The
Memorial Hall, Angel Hill, Tiverton unless otherwise
stated. Any changes to the Programme will be notified
in the Tiverton Gazette Club News.
The Committee
Chairman - Tim Nichols Vice Chairman - John Bennett
Point of Contact - Chad Stone Honorary Treasurer - Carol Beer Show Secretary - Monica Seatherton Committee - Maureen Coldham; Ros Nichols; Maureen Rendell; Sue & Malcolm Jenkins