Garden Group

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The February meeting was a trip to Easton Walled Gardens on a grey, rainy day. Fortunately, the rain stopped as we arrived so we were able to enjoy the lovely grounds in the relative dry.

There was so much colour in the gardens, cerise cyclamen, blue iris, yellow aconites, daffodils, pink and white daphne as well as the multitudes of snowdrops. It was a very fragrant tour as we enjoyed the spring scented blooms. It is a garden well worth a second visit and has extensive grounds to accommodate all visitors as well as two tea rooms! In true u3a fashion.

The March meeting is a talk at the JGC on Pots of Perennials, and we will be taking monies for April’s trip to Lamport Hall at that meeting.

Anne

Litter Picking

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January has been rather a soggy month so credit must go to those members of the group who have braved the wet weather and collected a total of 14 bags of rubbish within our area. Not only do the litter pickers get wet but so does the litter which makes it even heavier to carry. Last year 190 bags of rubbish were collected in total by the group.

If anyone has any concerns about litter in a particular area please let us know and we will make every endeavour to deal with it.

Val (Gant)

Interest Group Leaders and Helpers Meeting

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On the 30th January, we held a get together and meeting for our Interest Group Leaders, Helpers and Committee Members.

With 42 people in attendance, we had some very profitable discussions.

We started with a few updates from the Committee on Guidelines for: Affiliated and Temporary Members; Data Security; Group Finances and we had the opportunity to ask Committee Members any burning questions.  

The main focus of the meeting was then to think about possible new Interest Groups.

As a Committee we would like to try and introduce a few more to our list of 47.

Those who attended the meeting were very helpful and I now have a list of possible new groups. Of course, a new Interest Group needs a Leader, so we also discussed how best to achieve this and what sort of help is needed by a new Group Leader.

I will give you more details in a future Newsletter, which will give me time to consider these possibilities.

We finished the meeting with six fictional Scenarios. These created a lively end to our meeting.

Our Group Leaders and their Helpers are doing a great job and I would like to thank them all for their hard work.

Sue Tedstone (Group’s Coordinator)