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Annual Plant Sale May 2017

Annual AGM
Boston Spa Gardening Society held their Annual AGM, Social and Chairmans Challenge on Wed 31st August.  Everyone had a very enjoyable evening of laughter, conversation, fun and wine.
The election of officers took place resulting in:
 Chairman - Hazel Wicks
Secretary - Sylvia Foster    
Speaker finder - Jenny  Douglas  
other members of the committee also remain unchanged.

The Chairmans Challenge this year was to grow a "Spud in a bucket”. Everyone had been given a seed potato to plant and grow in their own bucket. The results were:
Winner:  Sandra Greenall who grew an impressive 4lbs 12oz
2nd was Mary Robbins with 3lbs 8oz
The booby prize went to Liz Harrowsmith with only 6oz

The next meeting is Wed 28th September when Paul Turner will give a Hot and Spicey talk on Culinary Herbs, Garlic and Chillies.

Visit to Scampston Hall July 2016
30 members of Boston Spa Gardening Society enjoyed a coach trip to Scampston Hall in July. They enjoyed a  guided tour of the house and explored the Walled Garden and Parkland at their leisure, as well as enjoying a well deserved break in the restaurant.

The walled garden was designed by Piet Oudolf in 1999, one of the leading figures of the “New European Garden Style” and is his largest private commission in the UK.

It is 300 years this year since the Parkland Trail and Cascade circuit were designed laid out by Lancelot “Capability” Brown leaving an incredible mark on the English Landscape.

A very successful day out and the British weather stayed dry.
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Annual Luncheon at Wetherby Golf Club
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 January 2016
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Our 2015 Chairman's Challenge was to grow the best fuchsia or pelargonium from a supplied cutting.  Pictured here is Beryl Shackleton who won with this very impressive fuchsia.

Photos from our 2015 Garden Visit to Sheffield Botanical Gardens
38 members were able to attend the recently refurbished Sheffield Botanical Gardens for a guided tour by Friends of the Botanical Society. The gardens are really impressive and the rebuilding of the once forlorn and falling down Victorian Hot Houses does Sheffield proud.
The visit coincided with a plant sale and BSGS members enjoyed a morning coffee then lunch later on-site. 

Photos from Sheffield Botanical Gardens 2015


Photos from 2014 AGM & Social
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Our Annual Plant Sale takes place in May each year, it is always a popular event and t  There was an abundance of beautiful plants.
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Hazel Wicks introduces our 200th speaker Joe Maiden