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Gardening club - activity ideas needed!!!
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from Jane Ransom contains these words: In article , Sacha writes Without being rude, please, does anyone have any brilliant brain waves that might help us out? I would guess/suggest that a lot of people don't 'take' to gardening until their middle age, so don't despair! I was only 22 when I got hooked. I think the average age of our group is about 80 . . . . and most of the female gender ((((((((((( Our Gardening Club started much the same way a year ago, against much head-shaking and teeth-sucking by the more fogeyish Horticultural Society members (who are now completely won over and enthusiastic attenders; in fact to hear some of them talk you'd think it was their very own idea in the first place). Membership immediately expanded beyond all expectations, (equal males and females) 40 or 50 turn up to a monthly meeting including a slowly growing number of younger people (30-ish). . It has also started a lending library of donated garden books, which might draw in more newbie gardeners as word gets around. Last week's meeting was a showing of an official 90 minute video somebody had bought at the Eden Project, covering Tim Smit's inspiration and the construction/preparation phase.. fascinating and very well received by all ages. We're having a second one about the planting of Eden, at a later meeting. The initial meeting included a raffle of garden-related spare stuff donated by founding members, anything from produce, to plants, seeds, pots etc. It was so popular we now do it every month; very easy fundraiser :-) HTH Janet |
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