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Sonning Common, Peppard, Kidmore End and the surrounding area.
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Tuesday 11th November at 14.30. “How To Grow In Peat Free Compost” by Nicola Barker
As the traditional peat based composts we grew up with have been banned we are all having to adapt to using peat free “alternatives”. Results are often mixed! Are the successes luck or accident? Can future success be guaranteed and how? Were the failures our fault? What can we learn from our problems?
As the RHS Peat Free Compost Transition Coordinator Nikki Barker, no one is better placed to encourage us and put us right! This promises to be a rare opportunity to learn about this essential topic from a true expert! Nikki also promises that there will be a chance to get hands on – disposable gloves may be in order!
Please remember too that other gardener friends from the area are welcome to join us for this afternoon of “compost & cakes”. They just need to pay £5 at the door!
Tuesday 13th January at 14.30. “A Short History of the English Garden” by Kevin Tooher
Something different for your diaries!
Since January weather can be very uncertain and “challenging” for travel we will continue to use modern technology to “beam in” our mid-winter expert speaker from a distant location (well Kent”!). On this occasion however we plan that his audience will gather together in our usual location (“PWMH”) to listen (and hopefully “see”) someone who we would normally be unavailable to us. All the other usual CEHS afternoon talk attractions will however be available to members: teas/coffees, cakes, biscuits, society news & raffles.
Please join us to listen to this fascinating speaker, see if we can pull the necessary technology together and, perhaps, help us do so!
AGM and Christmas Social: 9th December (Tues) 7.15pm in Peppard Memorial Hall
This is your opportunity to have your say on what you want from your Society. Please put your thinking caps on and come along with your suggestions as to what the Committee should provide.
Any items for inclusion on the agenda should be submitted to Mrs P Noble email cehs561@gmail.com
Your committee greatly look forward to seeing a good number of members at the AGM and to hearing your comments., the meeting will be followed by the Christmas Social with a cheese and wine buffet and home-made mince pies and a raffle.
If you are willing to make mince pies please contact a committee member or email cehs561@gmail.com. Raffle prize donations are very welcome please bring them along on the evening.
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Feel free to attend our events before becoming a member, most events are only £2 for non-members. Once you would like to sign up membership is only £10. Please download the form below.
Honorary Members
Mr and Mrs R. Bisgrove
Mrs J. Brewer
Mrs S. Batting
Dr. V.Morris
Mr Michael Wheeler
Mrs Janet Evans