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I have returned from France and want to thank Janet Tweedy for her
package which she kindly sent to me on the garden group local to her.


Ah well as editor, website and tea and coffee monitor I can send these
things out
Hope you enjoyed the read.



There was a huge programme of events and outings to gardens,
competitions etc. If only we had such a group in Norwich as she does
in Bucks. Janet, I notice one of the outings is halfway between us!!

There's quite a few interesting places over your neck of the woods
Judith so we often find places to visit. Many of our members are lucky
enough to have both the time and the money to enjoy these trips.

I guess some areas have members who can't take time off on a Saturday
or middle of the week to go on excursions.
Why not advertise and start a club? Even a small group can be viable
and you might attract quite a few like minded souls out your way for
trips and the occasional speaker. I belong to a fair few clubs and some
have very few members but nevertheless they get to gardens and so on.
Many NGS and other special gardens are owned by people who are happy to
arrange a private visit for a small group.


Does anyone else have a thriving gardening group in their area?


I did find it strange that when I wrote to the RHS both this year and
last year to see if they had a list of Gardening clubs and societies
(even limited to only those affiliated to the RHS) they claimed that
because of privacy laws they couldn't divulge the whereabouts of any of
them!! They could only give me the secretary of the local club to my
area which is just plain daft. I travel to Reading for the HPS and also
to Hertford, so areas can be quite far apart but still be wroth
attending if a special speaker or subject is available.

Why on earth wouldn't the societies want people to know who or where
they were? Surely there must be a definitive list.
When/if we ever move this will colour my decision and thoughts about
several areas (well that and a good dentist, vets and place to walk the
dogs!)


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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk