‘Taste of Summer’ a talk with slideshow\u00a0by Tony Cleaver and Peter Mathers
\nMonday 18th January at 7.30pm with refreshments following the talk
\nHaworth Road Methodist Church<\/p>\n
MINUTES OF THE CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 18th JANUARY 2016 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH<\/p>\n
1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Attendance: there were 45 members and 4 guests in attendance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and wished everyone a happy new year.<\/p>\n
3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apologies \u2013 Helen Reynolds, Jean Mouls, Jean Winder, Anita Day, Marjorie Slinger, Sheila Clark, Pat Trueman.\u00a0 Chair announced the death of a former member Pat Frampton.<\/p>\n
4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Correspondence and Notices \u2013<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A letter has been received from our new area Chair, Mrs Joan O\u2019Brien along with forthcoming dates for 2016 and minutes for the AGM held on 21 November 2015.\u00a0 These are on the Information Desk.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The next NEA meeting will be on 30 January which the Chair will attend.\u00a0 Chair reminded members that any member can attend these meetings.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christmas Demonstration \u2013 Chair reported that this was a great success and gave thanks to Marie Harris and Muriel Spencer-Wilcock for their demonstration.\u00a0 Chair presented the ladies with a floral tribute as a token of our appreciation.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christmas Quiz \u2013 this closes tonight.\u00a0 Entries to be handed to Pauline Lowes and results announced in February.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Area News \u2013 Orders for the Area news have to be in by 28 February and members were asked to order their copies from Jean.\u00a0 The cost is 50p for two issues.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photographic Competition \u2013 Yvonne Coppin explained this year\u2019s competition.\u00a0 Entry forms to be collected from the Information desk.\u00a0 Chair encouraged members to \u2018have a go\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Table Top Sale \u2013 Haworth Road Methodist Church has asked us to take a table on behalf of the flower club on 30 January \u2013 10am \u2013 1pm.\u00a0 There will be a cafe for refreshments.\u00a0 Anyone who can offer help on the stall or if anyone has anything to donate, please see Pat Rhodes after the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Easter Craft Workshop \u2013 we are again holding a craft workshop on Saturday 19 March led by Helen Reynolds and Eulie Henriques.\u00a0 Members were asked to sign up on the list on the Information Desk.<\/p>\n
5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speakers \u2013 Chair welcomed Tony Cleaver and Peter Mathers with their talk \u2018A Taste of Summer\u2019.\u00a0 The two men gave a lively, humorous and informative slide show of their garden visits to Cordoba, the Loire Valley and Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
Cordoba \u2013 Tony explained how the town has an annual open gardens event which spreads throughout the town.\u00a0 Slides showed views of small alleyways, small patios and peaceful courtyards with abundant flowers and lemon trees growing there.\u00a0 They described some of the Roman architecture, the Mosque and Royal Palace with water gardens.<\/p>\n
Amsterdam \u2013 Here they described the open weekend in June and explained that because of the tallness of the buildings around the canals and lack of a lot of sunlight, the gardens are mostly greenery with splashes of colour in some.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Loire Valley \u00a0– Tony and Peter took us on a tour of Monet\u2019s Garden and explained the history of how Monet had designed his garden.\u00a0 Next we visited Amboise Chateau which was built by the King for Leonardo da Vinci and where some of Leonardo\u2019s inventions were on display such as the double tiered bridge.\u00a0 We next visited the Chateau de Villendry with an immaculate potager garden with borders of box trimmed to perfection.\u00a0 The meeting was left with a feeling of summer, light and wonderful plants and flowers, presented with humour and interest.<\/p>\n
Ann Drake gave the vote of thanks.<\/p>\n
6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Flower Dip<\/p>\n
1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Margaret Sanders<\/p>\n
2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kirsty Hinchcliffe<\/p>\n
3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Irene Relton<\/p>\n
4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jean Butterfield<\/p>\n
5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jean Lee<\/p>\n
Chair announced our next meeting will be on 15 February when the demonstrator will be Rachel Poole with her title \u2018Natural Elegance\u2019.The meeting closed at 9.05 and members were invited to refreshments and wished a safe journey home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
‘Taste of Summer’ a talk with slideshow\u00a0by Tony Cleaver and Peter Mathers Monday 18th January at 7.30pm with refreshments following the talk Haworth Road Methodist Church MINUTES OF THE CLUB MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 18th JANUARY 2016 AT HAWORTH ROAD METHODIST CHURCH 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Attendance: there were 45 members and 4 guests in attendance.\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and wished everyone a happy new year. 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apologies \u2013 Helen Reynolds, Jean Mouls, Jean Winder, Anita Day, Marjorie…<\/p>\n