© 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.
© 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
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.

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.