We look forward to welcoming you to our monthly meetings on the first Thursday of the month, except January and August. We meet at Frinton Methodist Church, Ashlyns Road, Frinton-on-Sea CO13 9ET.
Entry to the Church Hall is from 1.15pm, to allow time to enter the monthly Competition, buy raffle tickets and items from the Bring & Buy table, enjoy refreshments etc., before the meeting starts in the Church at 2.00pm. Entrance, includes refreshments, is £2 for members and £3 for visitors.
Raffle or tombola prizes are always gratefully received at meetings, as are spare plants and gardening-related items for the Bring & Buy table.
Thursday 5th February
Hawk Honey: “The Forgotten Bees”
Competition: Vase of five early Spring Flowers
Thursday 5th March
AGM followed by Neville Stein: “Sustainable Gardening with reference to water use”
Competition: Hellebores – three blooms floating in a dish of water
Thursday 2nd April
Simon White: “Who Dares Prune”
Competition: A Specimen Daffodil
Saturday 11th April
SPRING SHOW at McGrigor Hall
Thursday 7th May
David Piper: “Regeneration and Management at Flatford”
Competition: A White Flower
Thursday 28th May
Coach Trip to Tiptree Jams and Perrywood Garden Centre
Thursday 4th June
Roger Hance: “Wildflowers, Orchids and Poisonous Plants: Part 2”
Competition: A Summer Flower
Saturday 13th June
SUMMER SHOW at McGrigor Hall
Thursday 25th June
Frinton and District Horticultural Society Open Gardens
Sunday 28th June
Minibus Trip to Chelsworth Open Gardens
Thursday 2nd July
Dr Steve Dowbiggin OPE: “Capel Manor College and Gardens ”
Competition: Three stems of Sweet Peas
Thursday 23rd July
Coach Trip to Easton Lodge
Thursday 3rd September
Mark Mason: “Hot and Dry – no problem. The World of Sedum ”
Competition: A Single Rose
Saturday 12th September
AUTUMN SHOW at McGrigor Hall
Thursday 17th September
Coach Trip – details to be confirmed
Thursday 1st October
Paul Baines: “Design Projects”
Competition: An Autumn Flower
Thursday 5th November
Mark Mason: “All things Tulip”
Competition: A Seed Head
Thursday 4th December
Christmas Social with The Tendring Male Voice Choir
Venue to be confirmed