Date |
Event |
Competition |
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Wednesday 1st November |
AGM & Quiz Night |
1. Autumn Vase
2. Photograph "This year in my garden" |
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Wednesday 6th December |
Christmas Party Time |
Christmas table decoration
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Wednesday 3rd January |
No meeting |
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Wednesday 7th February |
"Showing Off"
Pat Brown - Home Produce
Wendy Akers - Spring flowers and plants |
1. A winter plant arrangement
2. Any other horticultural exhibit |
| Wednesday 7th March |
"Cacti. Succulents and their Cultivation"
David Slade, Membership Secretary of the National Cacti Society |
1. A pot or bowl of bulbs or corms
2. A primula, polyantuus or alpine
3. A photograph - Spring |
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Sunday 1st April |
WGC Spring Flower Show |
1. Plate of 4 tomatoes
2. One fuchsia |
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Wednesday 2nd May |
Members' plant auction and problem solving evening |
1. Vase of 3 tulips
2. A pot plant |
| Wednesday 6th June |
Visit to the Manor House and Garden, Heslington, York, home of George Smith, MBE, international flower arranger and horticulturist - 7.30 - 9.15pm |
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| Wednesday 4th July |
"Ten Plants that Changed my Life", Doug Stewart, Marketing and a Course Manager at Bishop Burton College |
1. One zonal geranium
2. Vase of sweet peas |
| Wednesday 1st August |
Visit to Sheffield Botanical Gardens - 6.30pm |
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| Wednesday 5th September |
"The National Trust in Yorkshire" Ralph Carr, N.T. volunteer |
1. Plate of 4 tomatoes
2. One fuchsia |
| Wednesday 3rd October |
"Weeds in your borders: ornamental grasses" John and Gillian Summerfield from Westshores Ornamental Grasses, Winterton |
1. One pot plant
2. Vase of 3 stems of flowers
3. A photograph - Autumn |
N.B. Any other horticultural exhibit means other than the specified classes of the night. Competitions will be judged by 2 members appointed on the night. First, second & third: points allocated to top three in reverse order i.e. 3 points, 2 points, 1 point. The points accumulate throughout the year and the winners are awarded gardening vouchers at the AGM