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THE BERYL MACKAY INAUGURAL
LECTURE
FRIDAY, 23RD OCTOBER
7.30 FOR 8.00
The Barley Room, Farnham Maltings.
PIPPA GREENWOOD
'My life in Gardening'
Tickets will cost £12.50 each and will include a
glass of wine and nibbles. There will be a
Q & A session after the talk, followed by book
signing and raffle. The evening will conclude
around 10.30pm
We hope The Beryl Mackay Lecture will
become an annual event and we are very lucky
to have secured Pippa Greenwood to give us
this first talk. There are 100 tickets available
and we anticipate their being sold very quickly.
Please complete the form below as for the other
events. All necessary details will be on the
tickets which will be sent out during April.
Please send _______ tickets for The Beryl
Mackay Lecture.
Tickets are £12.50 per
person. Enclosed is a s.a.e. and a cheque for
£_____. Cheques should be made payable to
'Farnham Swimming Baths Trust' and sent to
Alison Gordon, Lochinvar, Lovers Lane,
Frensham GU10 3DY (Tel: 01252 793026)
Name:
_____________________________
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
___________________________
Telephone: __________________________
Please note there will not be a Quiz Night
this year.
FLAG DAY - Central Farnham
FRIDAY 26 JUNE 11.00am - 1.00pm
Alison Gordon (Tel 01252 793026) will be coordinating the roster and would be very grateful
to hear from anyone who could spare an hour –
or even half an hour – to help. If you cannot
help, then please come out and support us.
FRIENDS
OF THE
VICTORIA GARDEN
HERITAGE WEEKEND
10th - 13th SEPTEMBER
Victoria Garden is included in the Heritage
Weekend Trail and will be open to Friends and
visitors as usual. It will be manned by
Volunteers on Saturday 12th September, who
will be demonstrating the making of winter
containers and giving gardening advice.
INAUGURAL BERYL MACKAY
LECTURE OCTOBER 23rd 2015
Beryl Mackay left the Victoria Garden a very
generous donation last year and we are
inaugurating a lecture series in her memory.
Pippa Greenwood will be giving the first
lecture, talking about her life in gardening. If
you would like to come please fill in the
adjacent form and send it in - quickly!
NEWSLETTER BY EMAIL
Anyone not yet signed up for an emailed
newsletter might like to fill in the enclosed form
- please - this will save a great deal in postage
costs. We now have 63 members signed up.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
All subscriptions of £10, which were due on lst
January and have not as yet been paid, should be
sent to Brian Daniels, 76 Firgrove Hill, Farnham
GU9 8LW (Tel: 01252 711852). Would you also
please include your email address with all payments
in future.
www.farnhamvictoriagarden.org
NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2015
BRIDGE TEA
WEDNESDAY 22nd APRIL 2015
This is the fourteenth annual fund-raising
Bridge Tea to be held in the Memorial Hall.
Flyers have been sent out to previous year's
participants but anyone who has not booked a
table should contact Alison Gordon on 01252
793026. Please note, parking may be a
problem this year and it is suggested that you
car share where possible.
PLANT SALE
SATURDAY, 9th MAY, 10 a.m. – Noon
Hazelbank Plant Nursery will be supplying us
again this year with a range of bedding and
vegetable plants. If anyone has any interesting
plants, preferably in 1 litre pots, they would like
to donate, we would be very grateful.
John Negus will be on hand to answer
gardening questions, there will be a gardening
themed raffle and tickets for the Beryl Mackay
Lecture will be on sale to the public - if there
are any left!
Please contact Penny Drew (Tel: 01252
792909) if you have plants to donate and/or can
help on the day.
COFFEE MORNING
SATURDAY 6th JUNE
10:30 a.m. – 12.00 noon
The venue for this year's Coffee Morning is the
garden of Mrs Anne Tweed, 9 Upper Old Park
Lane. This is a charming, south facing garden
with lots of interesting evergreens and lovely
views. Tickets are £5 per person, which
includes coffee and biscuits, friends of members
are more than welcome. Parking limited, car
share if possible. Please complete the attached
form and return it to Alison Gordon.
GARDEN VISIT
WEDNESDAY, 22nd JULY
2.30pm - 4.30pm
MONKSFIELD
Charles Hill, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey
GU10 2AL
Monksfield, owned by Mr and Mrs Mark
Reynolds, is situated on the B3001 Farnham to
Elstead road, approximately half a mile south
of the junction with Crooksbury Road. The
garden is ten and a half acres with an
orchard/walled garden, 300ft long border and
formal garden to the south of the house, cottage
garden, wildlife pond and a large selection of
specimen trees There is an internal road
allowing for wheelchair access to many parts of
the grounds.
Tickets this year will be £10.00 per person to
cover the cost of admission and tea. If you have
friends who would like to join us, please do
invite them. Please complete the form opposite
and return it to Alison Gordon. Further
directions will be sent with your ticket.
POSSIBLE VISIT TO DUNSBOROUGH
PARK, RIPLEY, SPRING NEXT YEAR
Dunsborough Park is a privately owned house,
just 6 miles north-east of Guildford, with
gardens extending to 62 acres. The garden is
open for only a few of days during the year for
the NGS and their Tulip Festival.
Some10,000 tulip bulbs which are planted each
year in the formal areas are removed at the end
of the season and replanted in a naturalistic way
in the estate's meadows. There are several
websites describing the gardens giving further
information.
This could be a possibility for next year's
Garden Visit. If you would be interested please
tick the box opposite - below this year's Garden
visit form.
COFFEE MORNING
SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 2015
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Please send _______ tickets for the Coffee
Morning on Saturday 6th June. Tickets are £5
per person. I enclose a s.a.e and a cheque for
£____. Cheques should be made payable to
'Farnham Swimming Baths Trust' and sent to
Alison Gordon, Lochinvar, Lovers Lane,
Frensham GU10 3DY (Tel: 01252 793026)
Name:
_____________________________
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
___________________________
Telephone: _____________________________
GARDEN VISIT
WEDNESDAY 22nd JULY 2015
10.30am to 12.00 noon
Please send _______ tickets for the Garden
Visit. Tickets are £10.00 per person. Enclosed
is a s.a.e. and a cheque for £_____. Cheques
should be made payable to 'Farnham
Swimming Baths Trust' and sent to Alison
Gordon, Lochinvar, Lovers Lane, Frensham
GU10 3DY (Tel: 01252 793026)
Name:
_____________________________
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
___________________________
Telephone: _____________________________
I/we would be interested in visiting
Dunsborough Park . (See opposite)