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Hello to you all

Thank you so much to those of you who attended Doug's talk on Fungi today at the village hall

It was a super talk enjoyed by all I think from the feedback!. We had a lot of visitors also which was so good to see also. People also enjoyed buying our Cooking Apples that Alan and I grew in our garden this year We did not have loads but what we had were so nice and fully organic - Enjoy them!

I have already asked Doug if he would offer us another talk same time (approx) next Autumn and he has agreed. I will shortly be booking this up for all to attend and enjoy again next year! It will probably be about "Ancient Trees." Watch out for details. His talks are so interesting and informative.He is an overall great and "fun guy.!" Thanks Doug.

Next Saturday we have our fundraising Jumble Sale 24th October @ the village hall Donations accepted from 8am and Doors open for the sale from 09.30 50p entry Kids FREE.

There will be some plants and more "cookers" for sale there also.

( no used underwear or large furniture please)

So look forward to seeing many of you there

Thank you all so much

Mary B

Ps Meanwhile Enjoy the beautiful Autumn Colours and Fungi as they may appear - although due to the drought this year according to Doug. they maybe sparce sadly- so please treat them kindly and leave them to spread x

Hello to you all

Just asking if there is anyone else that would like to come to our next event the lovely talk by Doug.Edworthy on Fungi on 17th October @ the village hall 2 for 2.30pm ? ( Poster attached)

Please share this info. and let Alan know if anybody else would like to attend pls. Members FREE and visitors just £4 *

Thank you

Also a reminder that we have our fundraising

Jumble Sale is on 24th October @ the village hall Doors open for donations from 8am and to sell from 09.30 50p entry Children FREE Plants, seeds and any produce we may have donated will be for sale also

(Poster attached )

We do need a few extra helpers please to sort and sell at the Jumble as some that had booked have now had to cancel. "Can you help ?" please.*

Thank you

*Let Alan know on 07870525441

Best Wishes and enjoy the super bright weather we are experiencing just now with a warm sunshine and pretty coloured leaves and trees!

Mary B x

ps Out on my walks I have seen many fungi - mushrooms/toad stalls etc and so look forward to linking what I have seen to what Doug tells us in his talk (Pics attached)

Hello to you all

It was so lovely to see our pretty Autumn Flower Show come together so well last Saturday, despite prior concerns that we held; due to the heatwaves and poor growing conditions this summer.

We are so grateful to all of you who contributed into making this show such a success. It looked so lovely and we had so many positive comments from entrants and visitors alike that I felt so very pleased

Thank you all !!!.We had a lot of visitors that stayed on to have refreshments and the hall was full of good vibes.

The Plant stall and Raffle were very busy all afternoon and thank you very much to Chris, Mandy and Steve who kept this flowing well all afternoon. Thank you also to Shirley and Penny for running the lovely "Tea Hut"

We had some delicious looking cakes to temp everyone's taste buds this show - all kindly donated so again thank you for your kind donations. They were so appreciated and very "tasty"

Thanks also go to Mike for kindly approaching all visitors and entrants asking each to place a "pink dot" on the entry they felt was the best one as a "visitor's choice ". I was so glad to have someone take this role from me which allowed me to chat to all as requested and approach our visitors and share interest. Thank you Mike- so helpful. Fern our Honey rep. had a nice display of her local honey and that of our entrants with articles made from Wax. Well done Fern .

As you all know at this show we did not charge for entries - encouraging - we hoped for maybe more people to enter that otherwise may hold back.

It seemed to work but we are unsure just how much it helped overall .No monies were given out for prize winners but those who had overall "pink dots " on each section of classes won the awards this time by visitor's choice instead of a Trophy.

Thank you all so much again for your very kind support and assistance.

Oliver has placed some of the pictures from the show on the website already so please check them out

Looking forward to seeing those of you who would like to attend our next event the "Fungi" talk at the hall on 17th October 2 for 2.30 start please. I have a list of people wishing to attend, thank you but we have space for several more people, so please let Alan know if you would like to join us please

Also be aware that we have our Autumn Jumble Sale on 24th October Doors open 9.30 to sell and we will be sorting from 8am.

If Donations could be brought to the hall that morning from 8am that would be great. If not Alan can collect just the week before the event if you contact him direct pls 07870525441

I also would be grateful for more helpers to sort and sell on the morning ,alongside the few who have already kindly offered. Please confirm if it is something you think you could help us with also. Thanks so much

Kind Regards

Mary B Alan and Oliver

Ps enjoy the rest of the week with promises of a sunshine all week Wow! Soak up all the rays before the weather changes. Lovely time of year when the sun shines and the leaves start to colour up. Look out for the Fungi appearing in the area and prepare for Dougla's lovely talk ! x

Hello to you all,

We are so looking forward to accepting your entries by Wednesday this week by 7pm please. Thank you to those of you who have already entered online.

Hoping we have all together managed to collect enough entries to make a pretty Autumn Show - alongside the Honey ones: to put on this event after such a bad growing summer

If you have any enquiries please contact Alan direct on 07870525441

We please require also donations of Cakes, Cookies etc for the "tea hut" and any Plants and produce that you may have to sell on our plant stall

Thank you so much

See you soon!

Mary B x

ps Reminder that the talk from Fergus Garrett from Great Dixter is on on Wednesday afternoon this week also, if you wish to attend pls contact Alan Gavin as listed on the Poster without delay, as below Thanks x

Thank you to all of you who attended our AGM on Friday evening

It was great to see so many of you and we so appreciate your supports

It was great to go through the usual Agenda items, with specific time set aside for a very full discussion of the viability of running our Autumn Flower show (due to such hard and unique growing conditions this season with the intense heat and a drought)

Thank you for assisting us in deciding to go ahead with the show - despite all the concerns of the quality and quantity of what has been in grown this year. With your kind and generous offers to enter from the many classes on offer as best you can.

We have agreed to continue to take entries in the usual way ; as before on the Wednesday before the show.16th September @7pm - either making entries direct on line or on paper and dropping them into Rita Gower 22 Forewood Rise or us at Battle Thank you

BUT this show there will be NO FEES for any entries made and No prize monies given out for winners. The judging will take place by all our visitors in the afternoon to the show ; using stickers on the entry cards. There will be no official judging this time, as we do not expect a large amount of entries. The committee will then add up the numbers of stickers on all the cards towards the end of the show and award certificates to the overall winners for FIRST, SECOND and THIRD places.

We WELCOME entries across the board for everyone so please spread the word of what we plan.

We hope many may take up this opportunity to join us in entering what they can too - being a member or not - with NO costs incurred, and to having a lovely fun and relaxing afternoon, whilst enjoying a lovely tea or coffee and delicious piece of cake from the "tea hut" We will have a Plant stall a Honey one and a Raffle.

Please remember that we have many other classes; including Honey in our shows, alongside Crafts, Photographs, Cookery ,Preserves and Children's entries so please take a good look at what you may enter this time to enhance the amounts of entries we have.

Several other bits were discussed which are listed in detail on the Newsletter reports on the website with my Chairman's Report alongside all others - please see.

We look forward to seeing your entries and to having a unique show this time.

Whilst I am on here I would also like to remind you all of the talk on "Fungi" by Doug. Edworthy that will take place at the hall also on 17th October 2-for 2.30 start please. FREE to paid up members and £4 for all visitors and ALL ARE VERY WELCOME!

I have a list of people who would like to attend already (from the AGM list) thank you. I would like to know if any others of you will be joining us soon, as we like to ensure that we have a nice lot of people for our speakers to have an interested audience. Before I post it out to the other societies to fill the numbers. Thanks and I await to hear from you.

Finally remember to book direct if you would like to attend the super talk by Fergus Garrett re Great Dixter etc at Battle Memorial Hall on the 16th September soon ( details on Poster) Hope to see a few of you there!

Also we require Plants and Cakes for our show. Please bring to the hall on show day.

We so look forward to seeing you all once more at the show and I have added a pretty photo. (which highlights the beauty of Autumn) so lets hope our forthcoming show is as pretty and to look forward to this colourful season !!!

Best Wishes and Thanks

Mary B x