News

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

Hi all

We had a very happy and enjoyable afternoon at Ashburnham Place today.

The sun shone and twelve of us had a very interesting talk and tour from Jay around the gardens, and heard about the history of this lovely place; once privately owned but now owned and run by the Christian Trust.

Afterwards we enjoyed tasty refreshments in the beautiful Orangery.

Thank you all for coming along and we are so pleased you enjoyed the trip.

Oliver will be shortly adding some photos that Alan took onto the website.

Thank you for your ongoing support and we look forward to our next beautiful garden visit to Icklesham in July and hope most of you will come along with us once more.

More details to follow. Diary the date as 29th July from 10am onwards. Will confirm more shortly.

Thank you all

Mary B x

I can only put a few of photos on this Newsletter tonight so in a couple of days please look onto the website.

Hello again - so soon!

Just a quick notification to advise you all that I made an error on the date re the trip to Wisley - with the Bexhill garden club ref. to on the previous newsletter - so sorry.

It should have said the trip is on Thursday 11/9 @ just £25 per person ( by coach ) Free entry to the gardens

NOTE -YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER

I hope a few of you may take up this opportunity - It is a great deal and saves the driving!

Please let me know asap if you wish to reserve a place

Thank you

The sun keep shining and I keep watering I am sure you are all doing likewise !!!

Mary B x

ps hope you like the Coot babies!!!

Hello everyone

Hoping you are all well and enjoying this lovely sunny weather and your gardens Everything is growing rapidly but watering is a bit hard just now

We look forward to seeing all of you who are coming to visit Ashburnham Place with us on the 20th. We are so pleased that we have a "full house" now and so hope we have a sunny day to enjoy this together.

Great news - we have been offered the chance of visiting Wisley RHS garden on Thursday 9/11/25 by the Bexhill garden society

They have just spaces for 5 people left to join them. The cost would be just £25 each - which covers the cost of the coach trip they are hiring. It is free to visit the garden as they(like ourselves) are affiliated with the RHS so entry costs are FREE.

Please let me know asap if you are interested so that I can let Yvonne know. This is a great chance to visit this super garden (coach will leave from Bexhill - probably Cooden)

Hoping some of you may be interested .It is a great chance to attend and not have to worry about driving!

Take Care and keep in touch

All Best Wishes

Mary B x

Hello to you all

Thanks to those of you who donated plants to us today for our plant sale at the village market The market was fairly quiet today overall, but we sold a lot of the plants thar we had to offer and Gerry did well in the kitchen with her grandchildren Thanks Gerry for all your help and hard work , and all who supported the morning which ever way that was.

Enjoy the Spring and soak up the sunrays as they occur! ,Seems it may get a bit chilly this week but at least perhaps the gardens and greenhouses may not require so much watering !

See you all soon we hope

We are visiting Ashburnham Place on the 20th and we are pleased to say we have been fully booked and have no spaces left

Look forward to seeing those of you who will be attending We will meet you at the main car park at approx. 1.20pm pls. for a prompt talk and viewing with Jay who will speak about the history of the house and visit of the gardens and walled vegetable garden.

Lets hope the sun shines on us - or at least it does not rain !

Refreshments will be available in the lovely Orangery cafe after the visit ( NB these costs are not included in the visit)

Thank you all

Kind Regards and enjoy the flowering trees and everything which is coming "alive" now in our gardens and parks.

Mary B x