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Friday 13th January 2012 The Annual General Meeting will be held in the Gardeners Hall starting at 7.45 pm. The bar will be open fom 7.00pm.

September 2011. Harriet Riley is organising a seasonal supper in the Gardeners Hall on Saturday 24th September at 7.30. Click here for full details in Acrobat Reader format

April 2011 talk Show Judge, Graham Talbot will be giving a reprise of his presentation "Ready to Show" at 7.30pm on Friday 8th April in Gardeners Hall. Graham will be covering topics such as varieties of vegetables, fruit and flowers to sow and grow, and will pass on some winning tips. Having spent the early part of his career working in horticulture, Graham is now a lecturer in horticulture at Berkshire College of Agriculture. He grows vegetables, fruit, dahlias, chrysanthemums and sweet peas, which he exhibits at regional and national levels. He is a member of an RHS Trials Committee and has been judging shows to RHS rules in Berkshire, Hampshire and Kent for over 25 years.

February 2011. A new committee was elected at the AGM on 14th January. At the committee meeting on 14th February Frank Tarrant was unanimously elected to chair the committee. The latest list of committee members can be found on the contacts page.

January 2010. The changes to the rules which were accepted by the Special General Meeting of October 23rd 2009 have been accepted by the FSA and are now in force. The modified set of rules is available here. Download "The 2010 Rules" in Acrobat Reader format

January 2010. We are introducing a Neighbourhood Watch scheme for the allotments. Site stewards in particular will liaise with the scheme. PCSO Olly Woodriffe will be the local police contact.

July 2009. During 2008 there were many reports of crop damage caused by manure contaminated by hormone weedkillers, particularly Aminopyralid. Sale of this weedkiller has been suspended although farmers may still be using existing stocks and some of our allotment holders have reported suspected problems this year. The weedkiller is used on grassland and the resultant silage may be fed to animals which excrete it into their bedding.

It is difficult to ascertain whether a particular batch of manure is contaminated. For further advice see the RHS page titled Weedkiller in Manure updated November 2009. A practical test is suggested in an allotment diary on a page entitled Testing for Aminopyralid in manure

Googling for weed killer in manure will bring up lots of hits for further information.

July 2009

Ted Bailey, the WAHGA President is going to demonstrate how to present vegetables and flowers in the Show – including all those quirky things like how to show onions at their best and tie their tops with raffia, how to display tomatoes etc.

Alison Mount, a specialist in Floral Art, who is a regular entrant in national competitions, will be explaining how to interpret the themes for the Floral Art classes in this year’s Show. She will then demonstrate how to create an arrangement.

It’ll be a great evening and it will give you the information you need to enter this year’s Show. We look forward to seeing you there.

7pm, Friday 7th August at Gardeners Hall.
Pamela Bailey Show Secretary

March 2009. The report delivered by the Secretary to the AGM in January is available here. Click the link here for the "2008 Annual report " in Acrobat Reader format.

The management of WAHGAmama (excellent traditional English cooking) is pleased to announce the continuation of the ever-popular Sunday Lunch Club in the Gardeners Hall during 2009. Dates are on the events page. Menus and booking lists will be posted on the notice board in the bar one month in advance of each lunch. Lunches are very popular so book and pay early to ensure attendance.

The 2006 Show and Fete was held on the 19th August. Although the morning helpers suffered a cloudburst, the sun came out for the afternoon and we had a good attendance including a visit by local MP Adam Afriyie with his family. The list of winners is available here in Acrobat Reader format.

The 2005 Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday December 8th in the Gardeners Hall at 7.30pm. If you missed it, click here to open the Minutes in Acrobat Reader format.

The 2005 Annual Show and Fete was held on August 20th. Trish Weller has a DVD with video of the competitions and events, and photographs of produce, copies available at cost.

The 2004 AGM was held on January 13th 2005 at Gardeners Hall. If you missed it, you can read the Minutes here in Acrobat Reader format.

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