A message from your President.......


 

There has been a lull in our activities in the summer months as gardeners have coped with baking heat, not much rain or conversely, flooding. A very mixed bag of weather indeed this year.

Looking back, the last meeting in July was a sunny hot day and an intrepid band took the Treasure Trail around the arboretum at Le Cledou. An excellent set of questions kept us busy and entertained and we then shared a welcome picnic. Many thanks to Sheila, Karin and Carol for organising this.

In June a much larger group took a trip to see a garden in the Charente, full of interest with a large collection of conifers as well as some themed areas, for example, a white garden and some pleasing courtyard gardens. Thank you Howard for planning this outing.

Also in June the Newish Members Group had a meeting and it is hoped they will be able to give a presentation in the future on New Gardens. This should prove useful and interesting!

The IGC had a curious mention in The Telegraph’s gardening column, which brought a flood of enquiries. No one thought to tell Carol Temple who was inundated but the interest has calmed down to a certain extent.