© Somerset Federation of Gardening Clubs 2018
Somerset Federation of Gardening Clubs
Newsletters
The Autumn 2018 & previous Federation Newsletters can now be accessed by going to the Publications page - Newsletters
Getting your information onto the Somerset
Federation of Gardening Clubs Website
The website has recently been overhauled and
updated and we hope that you like what you see. To
make it YOUR website we welcome your feedback
and ideas on how to make the website work for you.
The website is here for you to use - advertise your
events - have a link to your website - have details of
your Club programme - there are many ways to help
your Club promote itself and help in getting new
members.
To get information onto the website, just drop an
email to webmaster@sfgc.org.uk giving details of
what you want published. The Noticeboard is there
for major events such as a Flower Show, Plant Sale
or other such event. The adverts will be displayed in
date order with the earliest one first. If we have a
lot submitted then those a long time ahead will need
to be held over until nearer the time. Posters that
you are using to publicise the event would be
appreciated. The Noticeboard is for member clubs
only.
All items for the website can be sent in using:
●
Microsoft Word
●
Open Office Text
●
Word Pad
●
Notepad
●
Apple Pages or almost any other word
processor programme
Please save it as a normal page and do not send it
in a web page or HTML page even if your word
processor allows that.
Photographs of member’s gardens can be displayed
and we have a page for these - please submit the
photos separate from text and preferably as an
attachment to your email. Brief details of where the
garden is situated and when it was taken will help -
please indicate what wording you would like to go
with the photo. The photos will be changed on a
regular basis.
Somerset Plant Heritage
South Wales Garden Trip 27-29 June
2019
Three day visit to some outstanding gardens of S.
Wales, Dewstow nr. Caldicot, Aberglasney and the
National Botanic Gardens of Wales, plus some
private gardens in Pembrokeshire. Two nights
staying at the Ivy Bush Royal Hotel in Carmarthen,
70 rooms + lift. Cost approx. £240, single
supplement £30. Gardens entry approx.£50.
Deposit £35 plus insurance if req'd, £27.50. If
interested please phone Pauline Clapp on
01278 451631 by end of 1st week February.
2019 SFGC Calendar of Events
The 2019 Calendar of Events can now be dowloaded from
the Publications Page or by clicking
HERE
John Dunster
Quiz Questions
If you are holding a Quiz Night for your Club
but are stuck for questions and answers then
we may be able to help. Just send in a request
and we can send you a booklet of Gardening
related questions and answers to help you.
Available to all member Clubs.
Federation AGM Route Instructions
From Crewkerne take the B3165, signed Lyme
Regis, up Hermitage Street, (narrow and with
parked cars on the left). Stay on this road to
Clapton. Turn left immediately after the bridge
onto Axe Road. Continue on this road, do not turn
off! Two sharp bends then at the junction by the
Royal Oak pub, turn right onto B3162, down a
hill, over a bridge and the Village Hall can be
found shortly afterwards on your left.
Gardeners World - Friday 5th Apri - 8.30pm
On Friday the 5th April at 8.30pm on BBC 2 you will have
the opportunity to see Susannah Applegate talk about her
passion for Peonies. Susannah is our guest speaker at the
Federation AGM being held at Drimpton Village Hall on
Thursday 23rd May. Susannah does give talks to Garden
Clubs and Horticultural Societies and is happy for people
to contact her on Susannah.applegate@btinternet.com if
they are interested in her giving a talk to their group.
Click on Photos to increase size
Shiver TV - Giants of Living Sculptures
Over the summer of 2019, we are inviting ten
pairs/couples from the UK to compete and create
amazing topiary like sculptures and frameworks that will
be carpeted in thousands of plants and flowers. These
amazing and unusual outdoor pieces are often referred
to as “mosaiculture” in the art and horticultural worlds
and and the phenomenon is gaining popularity around
the world.
We are looking for couples / pairs who have an interest
in sculpting, construction and designing, as well as a
love of plants and flowers. This may be anyone from
landscape gardeners to amateur artists, florists to
welders, allotment owners to set designers. The
required skills can be shared between each couple - one
person’s strength may be creating the frame, whilst the
other team-member may have an eye for design - so
long as each coupling has the capacity and creativity to
build a sculpture, we’d love to hear from them .
© Somerset Federation of Gardening Clubs
Getting your information onto the Somerset Federation of
Gardening Clubs Website
The website has recently been overhauled and updated and we hope that you like what you see. To make it YOUR website we welcome your feedback and ideas on how to make the website work for you. The website is here for you to use - advertise your events - have a link to your website - have details of your Club programme - there are many ways to help your Club promote itself and help in getting new members. To get information onto the website, just drop an email to webmaster@sfgc.org.uk giving details of what you want published. The Noticeboard is there for major events such as a Flower Show, Plant Sale or other such event. The adverts will be displayed in date order with the earliest one first. If we have a lot submitted then those a long time ahead will need to be held over until nearer the time. Posters that you are using to publicise the event would be appreciated. The Noticeboard is for member clubs only. All items for the website can be sent in using: ● Microsoft Word ● Open Office Text ● Word Pad ● Notepad ● Apple Pages or almost any other word processor programme Please save it as a normal page and do not send it in a web page or HTML page even if your word processor allows that. Photographs of member’s gardens can be displayed and we have a page for these - please submit the photos separate from text and preferably as an attachment to your email. Brief details of where the garden is situated and when it was taken will help - please indicate what wording you would like to go with the photo. The photos will be changed on a regular basis.
Somerset Federation of Gardening Clubs
2019 SFGC Calendar of
Events
The 2019 Calendar of Events
can now be dowloaded from
the Publications Page or by
clicking
HERE
Newsletters
The Autumn 2018 & previous Federation Newsletters can now be accessed by going to the Publications page - Newsletters
Quiz Questions
If
you
are
holding
a
Quiz
Night
for
your
Club
but
are
stuck
for
questions
and
answers
then
we
may
be
able
to
help.
Just
send
in
a
request
and
we
can
send
you
a
booklet
of
Gardening
related
questions
and
answers
to
help
you.
Available
to
all
member Clubs.
Federation AGM Route
Instructions
From Crewkerne take the B3165,
signed Lyme Regis, up Hermitage
Street, (narrow and with parked
cars on the left). Stay on this
road to Clapton. Turn left
immediately after the bridge onto
Axe Road. Continue on this road,
do not turn off! Two sharp bends
then at the junction by the Royal
Oak pub, turn right onto B3162,
down a hill, over a bridge and the
Village Hall can be found shortly
afterwards on your left.
Gardeners World - Friday 5th Apri - 8.30pm
On Friday the 5th April at 8.30pm on BBC 2 you will have the opportunity to see
Susannah Applegate talk about her passion for Peonies. Susannah is our guest speaker
at the Federation AGM being held at Drimpton Village Hall on Thursday 23rd May.
Susannah does give talks to Garden Clubs and Horticultural Societies and is happy for
people to contact her on Susannah.applegate@btinternet.com if they are interested in
her giving a talk to their group.
Click on photos to
enlarge
Over the summer of 2019, we are inviting ten pairs/couples from the UK to compete
and create amazing topiary like sculptures and frameworks that will be carpeted in
thousands of plants and flowers. These amazing and unusual outdoor pieces are often
referred to as “mosaiculture” in the art and horticultural worlds and and the
phenomenon is gaining popularity around the world.
We are looking for couples / pairs who have an interest in sculpting, construction and
designing, as well as a love of plants and flowers. This may be anyone from landscape
gardeners to amateur artists, florists to welders, allotment owners to set designers.
The required skills can be shared between each couple - one person’s strength may be
creating the frame, whilst the other team-member may have an eye for design - so
long as each coupling has the capacity and creativity to build a sculpture, we’d love to
hear from them .
Shiver TV - Giants of Living Sculptures
