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Hello Everyone

How pleasant the weather has been today, since the early rain this am after the intense heat of the last few days ! I found it so hard to cope with the intensity of the rays this year, as anytime we tried to do anything around the garden; in the shade where possible. the heat was just too over powering . I do so hope you all coped better than me!

Anyway onto why I am in touch so soon.

Are there any more of you who would like to come with us on the garden visit as booked for July 29th to Broad Street House Broad Street Ickelsham at 10.30am?

Only 7 people have so far booked and I am unsure at this time whether the owner will accept such a small number. Please let me know if you would like to come along please without delay as we need numbers by the end of this week to confirm all to the owner.

NB Owner Sally is keen that we arrive around 10.30 ( was adv.as 11am) and we will meet you all there.

All Welcome to join us and refreshments included in this visit which is FREE to members and £5 for any visitors please

Thank you for letting me know without delay

Also please note Oliver has now completed the Autumn Flower Show Schedule which; from tonight will be downloaded to the website

Thanks so much

Please keep in touch

Mary B x

Hope you like the chubby (?pregnant) Squirrel!

Hi Everyone

Please find the Poster below re events being held in Church in the Woods and Marline Woods Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings next weekend

It looks very interesting and informative and I thought some of you may like to attend ?

Sonia has passed this onto me and I am sharing it with you all

Alan and I will try to attend some of the events ourselves.

Looks great

Kind Regards

Mary B x

Hello all

Please note that the theme/title of one of the Photos for the flower show in September should have said :-

An Historic Building NOT an Architectural as I typed !!!

So sorry

Happy snapping !!!

Cooler today

Mary B x

Hello to you all

Hoping all is good with you all and you are coping well after the heatwave!!!

Just a very brief e-mail to ask if anyone else would like to come to the private garden visit on July 29th. to Broad Street House, Broad Street Icklesham at 11 am. Light refreshments will be included in our tickets.??? We have spare spaces and would very much like to make this trip viable.

( I have sent details also into the Crowhurst News but it will be getting near to this actual date when that gets printed so would be grateful if you could let me know without delay). As always FREE to members and just £5 for visitors Thank you to those of you who have already booked. Should be a nice visit and lets hope the sun shines on us but not too hot!

Whilst I am on here we have another really amazing visit planned :- August the 19th at 1.30pm - A Native Butterfly talk/presentation and short field trip in a local meadow in Battle. It should be great. I have seen this naturalist speak before He is very good.

Bookings being taken also for this trip with the same conditions - FREE to members and just £5 for visitors as before. Light Refreshments will be offered there also included in the prices. Please confirm if you wish to attend.

So much to look forward to now (and later the Autumn Flower Show to be held September 20th at the village hall. Schedules will shortly be online for you to all peruse.) Please take a look to see what you may like to enter

The themes for the photos this show will be "Our Summer Holiday" "An Architectural building" and "Colours of Autumn "Please get snapping !

Hope your gardens are growing well; despite the almost constant watering ! See you soon we hope, out and about, and please keep in touch and enjoy the rest of summer!

All Best Wishes

Mary B x

Hello to you all.

Hoping you are all well and happy and able to be out in your gardens; even though the weather has so far this month been very unsettled for summer!

For our gardens and farmer's fields of crops the rain was welcome, but the horrid winds that also came along were in my opinion not at all welcome! Many shrubs, trees and even smaller plants, including annuals took quite a bashing in our gardens and about the area, meaning leaves and sticks from tree branches and blooms were thrown about leaving many bruised and damaged.

Many gardens, including our own looked like it was snowing on lawns etc with all the rose blossom streaming down at times from our lovely white rose "Rambling Rector" Luckily there still seems to be enough blossoms to make a good display so we hope the wind does not return.

The forecast looks a little better for this coming week and when the sun has shone it is quite strong so we hopefully with have more of a chance to enjoy our gardens and the sunshine. Fingers crossed!

We have got several vegetables finally growing quite strongly in our raised beds and flowers at home; including sweet peas and sunflowers but we had problems getting some seeds to even germinate. I hope you have managed to grow whatever you wanted and they are flourishing now.

After the very successful visit to Ashburnham Place back in May I am very pleased to invite you all to our next garden visit event ,as planned in July. This visit will be to a private, lovely garden in Icklesham, owned by Sally and Tony Thorne. The address is Broad Street House, Broad Street in Icklesham PC TN36 4AS The date is 29th July @ 11 am Light Refreshments will be available during this visit.

Please make your own way there and car share would be great please where possible, but there is plenty of parking on site, I do not want to give much away but only to say that I have been informed that there are many interesting features at this garden, including many tree varieties ,a lovely pond full of wildlife and even waterfalls!!! Added to this there are super views across the Brede valley which you can also savour.

This visit is FREE to paid up members and £5 for visitors. I need numbers asap please as I require to offer numbers for the visit so the family can prepare the refreshments Thanks

Looking forward to hearing from those of you who desire to attend with us. We so hope you will be able to come along .First refusal will be offered as always direct to our members but I will also make a list of visitors who may wish to attend with us on whom we will welcome also if space permits.

Keep in touch and come and enjoy !

Many Thanks

Mary B Chair x

Look at these sweeties in Alexandra Park Hastings She had 8!!! xxx