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Bacton & Wyverstone Horticultural Society
The weather kept dry but windy for the visit to the Old Vicarage, East
Ruston. The recent plant sale realised £280 but expenses have still to be
paid.
There will be an evening visit to Valley Farm Barn at Combs Ford on July,
10 th meeting at the Village Hall at 6.45pm. There will be a collection for
Cancer Research. Chairman, Diane Gladders, will try to book a 33 seater
coach for Pensthorpe and Norfolk Lavender on 15 th , September, cost
approx. £22-£25. Daffodil bulbs dug up at the village hall were free to
members.
A team made up from Sheila Brown, Richard Brown, Peter Churchyard
and Diane Gladders will attend the Village Hall Quiz. Village Hall
Chairman, Keith Parsons, said the musical groups at the Jubilee Garden
Party had been a success and he had been asked to organise some for
Bacton Fayre. Suggestions are welcome. June Spreckley and Bryan
Symonds agreed to act as stewards at Bacton Fayre. Brian Symonds has
Antirrhinums for the Members Class at Bacton Fayre and he will also
supply the pots. Bryan said that the four big planted pots used for the
Jubilee Garden Party will be used for the Flower Show and some
members agreed to look after them.
Isobel Last said she had positive feedback from her advertising at the
Garden Party and had brought along a new member. Sheila Brown said
that £18 had been made on her stall at the Plant Sale for the William
Brown Trust.
Diane introduced the speaker, Peter Fisk, who spoke on how to show
vegetables and dahlias and ran through the Bacton Show Schedule
generously giving away lots of tips he had learned over 51 years of
showing. A damp cloth and a bucket of water featured strongly. Diane
thanked the speaker for encouraging us to enter if only for one class.
Rose Show results –
Hybrid Tea: 1. A. Kemp 2. B. Symonds 3. J. Spreckley.
English Rose (named): 1. D. Gladders 2. B. Symonds.
Three stems of Floribunda: 1. B. Symonds 2. A. Kemp.
A Rose for Fragrance: 1. B. Symonds 2. A. Kemp 3. D. Gladders.
A Miniature Rose: 1. D. Gladders 2. M. Chambers 3. A.Kemp.
An Arrangement with Roses: 1. D. Gladders 2. S. Welham 3. N.Curwen.
My Favourite Rose: 1. D.Gladders 2.A. Kemp 3. P.Churchyard
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