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Hello to you all

Thank you to those of you who kindly attended our AGM last evening in the village hall and for those who sent their apologies It was good to have Jane present with us and I welcome her to our friendly group.

We were so pleased to see you all and we were very happy to enjoy a productive and enjoyable evening's meeting with you all Thank you

The minutes from the AGM will shortly be downloaded onto our website by Oliver and will also include my speech and Oliver's show managers talk with details of the full AGM details as they were formed

We so look forward to now planning the forthcoming year ahead and all our next events - the next of which will of course be the Autumn Flower show to beheld on 20th September at the village hall. Please try to enter what you can and come along to view the entries in the afternoon also. Homemade refreshments will be served and as before we would so welcome any kind donations of homemade cakes for the teas that Shirley and Penny will be kindly running once more. We will be having a Raffle ,a Honey stall and also have some plants for sale.

As discussed we would love to see more entries across the board ;where possible following such a hot spell of weather ;as listed on the schedule. I am also very keen to see many photographs, crafts, cookery and preserves, honey and by it's by-products and many children's entries

We hope children will also enter into the additional item of the A4 picture of the plant /flower with a Butterfly, on it which we would love all children in the village to have a go at entering by just colouring- painting - in using any medium ( shown below here) - "sweetie prizes" will be awarded after these are judged They will be proudly hung around the hall for the afternoon for all to enjoy (Please children add your names to the back of the picture and age ) Thank you all so much

Mary B

ps I will write after the show re our next event which will be our Jumble Sale to be held on October 25th from 09.30 at the village hall Please have a good sort out ready. No large furniture please. !!!

Hello to you all

I hope you have been able to enjoy the last few days of this incredible hot summer that we have had; which soon will be turning into Autumn

Our gardens has lots of leaves that already have fallen from the trees and dried- up plants that are looking quite sad just now; but we so hope there will be enough to enter in our Autumn Flower show on 20th September

Please try to enter some of our classes which are listed in our schedules that are available online They will be available as hard copies at our AGM which is being held at the Crowhurst village hall this Friday 29th August @7.30; with Oliver present whilst he is home. Light Refreshments will be served

We hope to see many of you there to discuss the society with you all and plan ahead

Thank you so much

See you there !

Mary B x

ps. homemade cake donations will be very welcomed for our Flower show refreshments please on the 20th September to be dropped off in the morning of the show please. Thank you all !

pps. just had to post to you this super picture taken by Alan at Sissinghurst garden in the early summer He looks chubby and we think was pregnant? Cheek little fella!!!

Hello to you all

We had a wonderful visit to view together the Butterfly presentation by Wildlife expert Michael Blencowe at Battle Cemetery hall yesterday, followed by the "field" visit to the wild meadow's there also Several species Michael had earlier spoke of appeared as if by magic in the lovely sunny afternoon's warmth and a fun time was had by all.

There was a total of 25 persons attended and enjoyed it very much indeed. Sadly; again only a few of our members attended this lovely event and the others were kindly made up by other members of many local differing horticultural societies and friends that wanted to join us.

Oliver will be adding photos from the event onto our website shortly so please take a look and enjoy the beauty from the day.

Our next event which we have brought forward to August this year so that Oliver can attend also is our AGM which is to be held at the Crowhurst village hall from 7.30pm on 29th August. Please come along and join us where possible as we would like to discuss where we go from here and look into future plans.

Refreshments will be served. We will not be having a speaker this time in order to allow us all time to chat and discuss things together this year fully after the formalities are completed for this year as always.

Finally on September 20th it will be our Annual Autumn Flower show which will be held, as usual in the village hall

Doors open on the day at 2pm for viewing and from 8.00am to bring in your entries for showing and judging please which will take place at 10.15am prompt so you must then vacate the hall.

The entries you wish to show must be booked in by use of the booking form by the previous Wednesday by 8pm please

These can be downloaded direct onto the website and pay any fees due on the morning, or drop paper copies into Rita Gower 22 Forewood Rise TN33 9AH by 8pm 17th September please or with us at Grays Cottages Battle Hill Battle TN33 0BS Thanks so much

Please all have a go at entering There are many classes to choose from and for those of you who do not grow produce or flowers etc, there are the 3 photo. classes ,3 Craft classes and 4 children's classes - so there is much to decide on in the schedule which has all the details required for all the classes and is on line to download now. If you would like a hard copy please let us know and we will deliver you one - Free to members and 50p to non-members.

We would love to see a bumper number of entries so please peruse the schedule and enter. Thank you all so much

I am thinking of sending out another blank picture on A4 for the children to colour in and will sort that out soon Watch this space The ones we had last year were so pretty and well presented and visitors loved seeing them These are above the classes for children and are to make a lovely splash of colour around the hall and there will be prize winners of these also!

Thank you all and see you at the AGM we hope Call Alan if any advice/details needed further than explained here

Kind Regards

Mary B x

Hi Everyone

What a beautiful morning- Enjoy your gardens ! (great for Butterflies)

Just sharing that today the lovely Bexhill garden club have their large summer flower show in Bexhill at St Augustine's Church hall Bexhill - ref www.https://bexhill-gardening-club.lovable.app -which I thought some of you may like to know about

(I have tried to download their poster but it would not download in the format sent to me to copy to you earlier sadly, so sorry for this very late sharing)

Many of their members attend most of our events and they are such a pleasant, welcoming and lovely friendly club.

Also today is the last day to send in the Butterfly sightings for the Butterfly conservation societies' Big Butterfly Count so please try to help them obtain fuller details of the country's numbers and species of these beauties to record all of current Native Butterflies that we have in this country.

All they ask is to try to spot them and record them for just 15mins on a sunny day - which we have in abundance today!

Read the website for full, details and to record sightings direct. Great fun - if you get a chance. I so love them!

www.https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org

This links into our lovely talk so well that we have organised for members - and all, that wish to attend re our "Native Butterflies" to be held on 19th August at Battle Cemetery at 1.30pm( see poster) from Michael Blencowe wildlife expert

We still have spaces

If you know of anyone else who would like to come along please share.

I have also re- sent here a copy of the list of Butterflies, so far seen at this site /meadow ; (but I have seen many others there too- many times myself which is so great to observe and I will confirm that to them also)

I do so hope we get a sunny day and can identify more Butterflies on this pretty meadow site for us all to enjoy (and to add the Cemetery's list!)

We still have spaces for attendance and this is open to all

FREE to members and just £5 for guests

Please share to your friends and family soon - thanks so much indeed

( NOTE Should it rain this will still take part as the talk is held indoors in the hall - so please do not be put off)

All Best Wishes

Many thanks and enjoy this lovely sunny weather that we have today whatever you are doing

Mary B x

Please ring Alan for further details and to book a place, as we require to know numbers for the refreshments very shortly - thanks 07870525441

Hello all of you

Hoping this e-mail finds you well and happy and you are having a good summer

I am in touch further today, as we have to call a LAST time here for people to come to our event - The Native Butterfly talk and small field trip at Battle Cemetery Marley Lane Battle. ( Poster below)

This site was chosen as it is a site of Nature Conservation (SNCI) and has some very pretty meadows and is well kempt and loved.

The talk is set for for 19th August

Meet there at 1.30pm Light refreshments and will be offered after.

We have sadly had such a very poor response from Members to come along to this /book that I am left feeling we may have no choice but to cancel this event which is very disappointing.

It will be so informative, interesting and enjoyable ;as Alan and I have attended a previous talk with the speaker Michael Blencowe. He is an excellent and well accredited

I would be so grateful if some of you can come along and please let me know by Tuesday 12th Thank you at the latest.

Everyone is welcome to come along so please let me know if you or non-members would like to attend

I would so love to keep this talk going ahead but if we do not get adequate numbers we will have no choice but to cancel which is a great shame as it will be so good

This and all our event are set up for members FREE of charge and if any non- members wish to attend the donation charge will be just £5 each ( payable on the day.

Thank you all and so hope to hear from you

Ring Alan to confirm or e-mail me from this webpage without further delay

Please support us as I work hard to arrange all these events for you to enjoy