Sidmouth Garden Club

Sidmouth Garden Club is now celebrating it's 60th year.

Members enjoy 2 Outings per year. This year to Athelhampton in May and to the Eden Project in September. There are also 10 talks and 3 shows per year.

The Spring Flower Show on Thursday 19th March was as usual a heady mix of spring flowers. The perfume on entering the hall was amazing.

I enjoyed an hour examing all the exhibits during the quiet time midday when most people are at lunch. I was then able to take some snapshots of my favourite exhibits.

Spring Flower Show

Sidmouth Garden Club put on a splendid Show on Maunday Thursday- 5th April 2007.

The perfume from the flowers was very distinctive. It was a fine display all round. The exhibits for single Camellia bloom shows the weather has been perfect for them. Many of the visitors enjoyed tea, coffee and cakes made by the club members.

To Metre or Not to Metre

We are wondering whether to move house. We'll get estate agents in to give us a valuation and then look around the area.

Thinking of estate agents and house details - I wondered whether they put the measurements now in metric or whether rooms are measured in good old fashioned feet and inches. If it is the new EU system then it will take me ages to sift through details working out whether the place will be big enough or too large. I'll have to convert everything! In feet/inches I'm able to visual exactly what I'd be getting but metric!! GGrh. Peter Hitchen (from the Mail on Sunday) on his blog sums it up perfectly. I think it is shame that the Metric Martyr wasn't given more support. And that he died at such a young age. We should vote UKIP - if only they were not a bunch of fools.

Flower Show

The Sidmouth Garden Club will soon be accepting entries for it Spring Flower Show. It is the largest show in East Devon. A report in the local paper highlights the success of the Autumn show in 2005. Many people travel far and wide in order to present their exhibits.

Further details for those wishing to show can be obtained from: John Wright 01395 515716
Applications for entries need to be submitted by the Tuesday prior to the show.

SPRING FLOWER SHOW Thursday
5th April 2007 - 11.30 a.m. – 5.00p.m.

SUMMER FLOWER SHOW
Thursday - 21st June 2007 - 11.30 a.m. – 5.00p.m.

AUTUMN FLOWER FRUIT & VEGETABLE SHOW
Thursday - 6th September 2007 - 11.30 a.m. – 5.00p.m.

Held in All Saints' Church Hall, All Saints' Road, Sidmouth
Refreshments, Raffle & Plant Stall. - Visitors Welcome: £1


2007 PROGRAMME OF TALKS on Tuesdays - Doors open 2.00 pm
9th January 2.30p.m.“Journey Through a Rainbow Sea” Brian Radford
13th February 2.30 p.m“Into the Turkish Mountains” Terry Underhill
13th March 2.30 p.m“Peru, Land of the Incas” Tom Coleman
8th May 2.30 p.m“Roses and Their Care” R G Allwood
9th October 2.30 p.m“Colour in the Garden” Phil Gamble
13th November 2.30 AGM – followed by “Q & A Session Sidmouth Garden Centre ”
11th December 2.30pm“Abbotsbury Garden – Past, Present & Future” Steve Griffiths

All the events are held in All Saints’ Church Hall, All Saints’ Road, Sidmouth.

Chairman: John Wright 01395 515716

The Club has a membership of approx 200.

The Club motto is “Through the Love of Gardening We Shall Be Friends”


Visitors are Welcome to all events: £1

New Blog on the Block

This is the first posting for a resident's view of Sidmouth. It may be of interest to anyone new to town; people wishing to relocate and to holiday makers visiting Sidmouth in East Devon.

They say that Sidmouth is "God's Waiting Room". A beautiful waiting room it is too. In fact it's so lovely people come here, settle down and forget why they came. You don't hear any complaints of the long wait. Most people are too busy enjoying the sea, shops and social activities. The beauty of Sidmouth is that the town and shops are very close to the Esplanade. One minute you can be enjoying a stormy walk by the sea then nip across the road to seek shelter in one of the many tea/coffee shops or a leisurely browse around the many individual shops.