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Hello Everyone

Our pretty Spring Flower show is getting nearer! To be held just 2 weeks away now on March 21st at the village hall.

Please send entries for the many classes that are available to all online or via Rita Gower in 22 Forewood Rise TN33 9AH or us here in Battle TN33 0BS by 7pm on 18th March Thank you.

As we look forward to seeing you all at this lovely event; that will celebrate the start of this wonderful season of spring please remember we have been offered the kind opportunity by Westfield Horticultural society to attend their talk by speaker Sophie Leathart. Sophie will be speaking about setting up a cutting garden, when she will also offer a floral demonstration at this event. Sounds great. This will be held at Westfield Bowls Club ( opp. Church) in the village on 18th March at 2pm We are all welcome and will need to pay just the small fee of £3.50 as a visitor.

If you would like to attend please e-mail Dave Mills direct on daveatwhs@gmail.com to confirm your attendance. I hope to attend myself and some others from our group are going so please join us.

Also we have had a very kind offer from Bexhill Horti. society who have arranged a trip to Wisley RHS garden in Surrey on 21st April and have offered for us to join them is anyone would like to go.

It will mean driving there by car (car sharing please where poss.) and meeting at there at 11am where Yvonne their Chair will let you in on their horti. ticket as a society that is affiliated with the RHS so FREE to join them.

Please let Yvonne Stradwick on yvonnestradwick@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to join them.

Thank you

I am so pleased that our fellow societies so kindly think of us when they set up events, as we do them also and please remember we have a super talk ourselves set up for April 10th at the village hall for 7.15 by Jay Ashworth -

Please refer to attached Poster for all details where we hope to see you after our flower show, Other societies will be invited also and please book soon with me if you would like to attend yourselves FREE to paid up members. £4 for visitors.

Thank you

Lets hope the sun shines again soon like it did last week so we can at last begin to feel like gardening!

Kind Regards

Mary B

Hello to you all

Hoping that you are all keeping well amongst the inclement weather we seem to be suffering for many weeks now! Although we here in Sussex luckily have had less rain than many areas around the country; although it has been bad enough I feel!. We have had however very little sunshine to get us out and about - that we all need to help us feel brighter ourselves and inspire us to be out in the garden. We also need sunshine to warm up the soil to encourage our spring bulbs and other early plants to flourish and raise their pretty heads to cheer our days.

I wanted to remind you all that the Spring Flower Show Schedule is now online but if anyone would like a hard copy pleased let us know and we will get one to you. Please peruse this and see what you could possibly enter as we so look forward to seeing your entries.

Also just to remind you all that should you wish to attend Sedlescombe Garden Society talk on 18th Feb.by Sophie Leathart about Constance Spry, who was initially a teacher but went onto run a vast fashionable and successful number of flower shops in the West End of London !

Please just turn up at 2pm to the Sedlescombe village hall- where a small charge will be requested; as a visitor, but you will be welcomed - I hope to attend myself.

Also if you would like to attend the talk the Westfield Horticultural society have also set up for 18th March at 2pm at the Westfield Bowls Club ( opp. church) by the same speaker Sophie Leathhart.

This talk is offered by the same speaker but this time is based on setting up a cutting garden with slides and a floral demo. on flower arranging.

Both should be great and so hope some of you may pop along

Again a small charge will be made as we are visitors

Please let Dave Mills on westfieldhorticulturalsociety@gmail.com should you like to attend theirs at Westfield please

Thanks

I hope to attend this one also.

Take Care and hope to catch up with you all soon at these talks maybe before our own flower show

Kind Regards

Mary B

Hello to you all once more

Just welcoming all our recent new members for joining our society.

It is great to have you all on board.

We sincerely hope you enjoy all the events we have planned ahead for this year and beyond

Thank you to :-

Mandy and Mike, Gill, Jill. Chris and Steve

All Very Welcome

Whilst I am here also please do not forget that this coming weekend is the RSPB's Spring Bird Watch

Spend just an hour over the weekend 23-25 January watching for Birds.( feathered ones I mean!)

Lets hope the weather allows!

Record them easily direct on line; as below onto their website

So many native Birds are declining in Nature so please support this event as it is so important for the RSPB to record species - that are seen twice a year in our local surroundings

Website :- rspb.org.uk/birdwatch.

Thank you all

Kind Regards

Mary B x

Our other event details as below pending All Welcome!

Hello to you all once more

We managed to obtain £274.30 (before expenses taken out for hiring the hall) from running the Jumble Sale on Saturday

This was a nice surprise as we had less donations this time and it was overall quieter of customers etc, for this twice a year event.

Again a Huge Thank you to you all who assisted us in what ever way that was at the Jumble sale which will fund our many events I am planning for this year - I will keep you updated here

I confirm that the first I have booked is a lovely talk at the village hall on 10th April (7.15 for 7.30 ) by Jay Ashworth called "Nature under your Nose". Jay is a Gardener and Naturalist who takes beautiful photos of nature locally and further afield wherever she goes

This will be FREE to all Members and £4 to visitors All WELCOME

Jay lead us last year around Ashburnham Place for those of you who came along. ( Poster below)

Please inform me if you would like to attend. Light Refreshments

This will be a super talk and evening Do not miss out !

I have also been offered the chance for us all to join in events from both Sedlescombe and Westfield Horti, societies which is so kind of those societies

Sedlescombe's one is by Sophie Leathart about Constance Spry, who initially was teacher but later went onto run a vast fashionable number of flower shops in the West End of London ! To be held on 18th February at 2pm at Sedlescombe village hall - with Light RefreshmentsThe cost for us, as visitors is just £3 each. Looks good and I hope to attend myself.

The Westfield one is being held on 18th March at 2pm at Westfield at the Bowls Club ( opp. the church) This is to be by the same speaker Sophie Leathart but re "setting up a cutting garden" with slides and a flower display demonstration Cost for visitors £3.50

All Welcome but Dave ( chair) would like to know numbers so please e-mail -westfieldhorticulturalsociety@gmail.com - to let him know direct if you are wishing to attend. I am going to this one also ( Look up Sophie's profile on line )

Something good to look ahead to !

Finally please do not forget that this coming weekend is the RSPB's Spring Bird Watch Spend just an hour over the weekend 23-25 January watching for Birds. Record it easily direct on line as below

So many native Birds are declining in Nature so please support this event as it is so important for the RSPB to record species - that are seen twice a year in our local surroundings Website repb.org.uk/birdwatch.

Hoping you can all look forward to some of these events of interest to start off the growing season for us all and enjoy the Spring flowers appearing from the ground already!

All Best Wishes

Mary B x

I love the photos below!

Thank you all of you who donated to our Jumble sale this morning, those who helped to sort and sell all morning and of course all the customers that come along to purchase from us

It was a busy morning, although not as busy as other times sadly but without you all we could not do as much as we do for the society.

You were all amazing and always work so hard and we so value your kind support THANK YOU SO MUCH INDEED! We hope you also enjoyed the morning! (We do have a bit of fun too!)

We will be doing a total- up soon - after we have had a bit of a

break this afternoon!



Meanwhile we look forward to seeing this year at our future events .

Our next event being our pretty Spring flower show which will be held in the village hall once more on 21st March Entries due in Wednesday before please by 7pm.( Poster below)

Details to follow nearer to the date, but please note the schedule is online already - please peruse it and see if you can enter anything. We would love you to "have a go" and enjoy.

Lets just hope 2026 will be a more productive gardening year than 2025 however!

Daffodils are already showing in the local area in sheltered spots and I have heard Snowdrops have "popped" up out of the ground too in some spots; both a bit too early but lets hope everything we have will flourish this coming year. I adore seeing all the bulbs that appear that we have sown in the Autumn and the tree's bud's erupting into bloom alongside the beautiful cherry trees etc. I cannot wait!

I am hoping the beautiful cherry tree will bloom that we planted awhile back in the Rec. this year - watch this space!

Hoping this New Year also will be kind to everyone and you are kept well and happy

My Best Wishes to you all from us all at the CDHS!

Mary B x