The Village Show is combined with the Country Fair on Saturday 08 September 2018
– All Welcome!
The Village Show and Judgingwill start from 10:00 through to 14:00.
At 14:00, the Country Fair will open with viewing of the Village Show Awards for Classes 1 to 50 and 51 to 57 for Children:
Classes 1 to 50 – 1st, 2nd & 3rd places.
Classes 51 to 57 – each child entering will receive a small gift.
The Gardening Club Members’ King Edward Cup potato weighing is at 15:00.
Trophy Presentations at 16:00 followed by The Raffle.
MEMBERSHIP runs from 01 January until 31 December and is currently £7.50 per year.
This will increase to £10 for 2019. Membership closes 31 March each year with the exception of newcomers to the village.
Membership allows free admission to meetings, refreshments and bi-monthly newsletters.
There is a Cheese & Wine Evening, the club pays entry fees to a yearly Chosen Garden Visit in the Summer; this is usually instead of a meeting in the Hall.
We have a Christmas Social Evening with seasonal refreshments and entry into a free Members’ Christmas Raffle.
We currently have between 90-95 members from Stourpaine and the surrounding villages.
MEETS second Friday of thee month at 19.30 in the Village Hall, unless there is a planned visit, When the time and meeting points are pre-arranged and advised.
The Dorset Gardens Trust have hired Stourpaine Village Hall for a talk by Diana Guy, winner of the first BBC Gardener of the Year competition.
She is a specialist in hellebores and a highly sought after garden lecturer already known to DGT. Diana will give an illustrated talk looking at the range of species and cultivars of hellebores and how to use them to the best effect.
An added attraction is that there may be unusual hellebores for sale.
Stourpaine residents who are interested are welcome to come and pay on the door. Cost £8.
Stourpaine Gardening Club Summer Show Saturday 12 September 2015
The Stourpaine Gardening Club held a VERY SUCCESSFUL SHOW with some excellent entries. Well done Frank!!! Come on the rest of you, give him some competition! Pete would like to thank the committee for a job well done and a special thank you to Rachael, Chris, Di, and Jenny for helping our regular tea ladies. Also Barbara for her hard work on the raffle.
2015 AWARDS WINNERS WERE:
The White Horse Trophy for Fruit & Vegetables
Frank Tomes
The Leslie Coward Cup for Flowers
Frank Tomes
The Ursula Warren Rose Bowl for Flower Arranging
Fran Bromley
The Nan Preston Cup for Preserves, Cakes and Pastries
Gyda Warren
The Pritchard Cup for Photography
Caroline Charnley
The John Skelly Trophy for Photography by a Club Member
Caroline Charnley
The Grace Upward Cup for Handicrafts
Jenny Rhodes
The Captain Tremble Cup for Painting and Drawing, jointly won by
Mary Phipps & Linda Johnson
The Jubilee Cup for the Written Word
Margaret Norman
The Langdon Cup for highest overall points by a Club Member
Frank Tomes
The Iva Dimond Cup for the highest overall points
Frank Tomes
The King Edward Cup for the greatest weight grown by a Gardening Club Member from one potato
Frank Tomes
The Jean Chandler Cup for children up to 7 years
Oliver Wells
The Mrs Oliver Cup for children aged 8 to 13 years
Annual subscriptions are due and will be £7.50 per person. We have had to increase the membership fee because we are having to use Durweston Village Hall for most of our meetings whilst the new village hall is being built. Could you please give your membership fees and for existing members, your membership cards for updating, to Pete and Jan Palmer at 22 Shaston Road either directly or through another committee member?
Stourpaine Gardening Club – Calendar of Events for 2015
(updated July 2015)
As from September, unless otherwise stated, all events will be held at the new Stourpaine Village Hall starting at 7.30 p.m.
Details of the events are as follows:
Friday 14th August – Cheese and Wine with a quiz and fun with straw at Durweston Hall. Members free, non-members £10, tickets from Jan Palmer
Saturday, 12th September– Annual Show starting at 2 p.m. with the potato weigh in. Chris Lewis and Janwill be this year’s contacts (see posters when they are up for timing)
Friday 9th October– a demonstration of trug making given by Carl Sadler
Friday 23rd October – a twilight visit to Abbotsbury Gardens – see below for details
Friday 13th November– a demonstration of winter hanging baskets and primrose balls given by The Gold Club
Friday, 11th December– Christmas social evening, including music by David Andrews
The Annual Stourpaine Show will be held on Saturday 12th September. Entry schedules will be available Monday 10th August from White Horse stores, Jan Palmer or Chris Lewis at Wyoming, Havelins (left hand bungalow down the gravel track opposite Jean Chandler’s house).
There are lots more classes this year, so read the form carefully so as not to be disappointed. This year entries will be invited from members, residents of Stourpaine and their families. Bring your grandchildren to have some fun with Peter Jones, retired Clayesmore teacher. Between 1.30 – 2.30pm, Peterwill help them make “A Vegetable Sculpture” – all material will be supplied.
All adult entries will be 25pper exhibit and forms and fees must be submitted by 7 p.m., 9th September. External judges are brought in for all classes except the children’s sculpture which will be judged by two committee members.
Also, we are planning a twilight visit to Abbotsbury Illuminated Gardens in October. Tickets will cost £9.20 if paid for in advance. Anyone wanting further information on this event or to be added to the list please contact Jan(01258 453 470). Payment must be made before 1st October. We will be making our own way there as these tickets allow entry during the day as well. Some of us will be making a day of it. Anyone who would like to go and doesn’t have transport can speak to any committee member and we will do our utmost to get you a lift.
Stourpaine Gardening Club Summer Show Saturday 13 September 2014
The Stourpaine Gardening Club held a VERY SUCCESSFUL SHOW with some excellent entries. The flower and vegetable sections were plentiful. Thank you and well done to everyone who entered.
2014 AWARDS WINNERS WERE:
The WHITE HORSE TROPHY for Vegetables & FruitPeter Jones
The LESLIE COWARD CUP for FlowersFrank Tomes
The URSULA WARREN ROSE BOWL for Flower ArrangingCarol Cutting
The NAN PRESTON CUP for Preserves, Cakes and PastriesGyda Warren
The PRITCHARD CUP for PhotographyClaire Brown
The JOHN SKELLY TROPHY for PhotographyGodfrey Lewis as a Club Member
The GRACE UPWARD CUP for HandicraftsMargaret Norman
The CAPTAIN TREMBLE CUP for Painting and DrawingJointly by Linda Johnson & Barrie Waterman
The STAINER CUP for the Written WordMargaret Williams
The LANGDON CUP for highest overall pointsPeter Jones
The IVA DIMOND CUP for the highest overall pointsPeter Jones as a Club Member
The KING EDWARD CUP for the greatest weight grown from one potato Frank Tomes as a Club Member
The Secret Gardens of Stourpaine – 2014
Supported by the Stourpaine Gardening Club
In a few weeks time about 25 gardens in Stourpaine, Dorset will be opened to the general public. This is in order to help raise money for charitable causes such as the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance service. An entrance fee of £5 per day will be charged for each day but children will be welcome free of charge.
It is now eleven years since this event was last held and a number of “new” residents to Stourpaine will be joining in by opening their gardens.
The Secret Gardens of Stourpaine will be held over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd June 2014 when all the gardens will be open from 11am to 5pm. Visitors will be able to wander around this lovely village and have the chance to see a wide variety of gardens. Teas will be available on each day.
If you haven’t already made a note in your diary to come along with your family and friends to this wonderful event, then please do and then join us on either or both days!
A sample of what’s in store includes the following descriptions from three of those who will be opening their gardens.
“A garden of approximately 1¼ acres consisting of perennial beds, shrubbery, rose beds and a wild meadow in a woodland area. There are also hot beds with exotic plants which thrive in hot sunny positions as well as a wildlife pond. The vegetable garden consists of three greenhouses and raised beds. The garden faces south west and comprises very open wet soil, composed mainly of clay and chalk. On the south side there is a courtyard garden with a water feature and potted plants. A large wisteria covers the south wall. Beautiful views of the Stour valley can be had from many different levels but these may be difficult for some disabled persons to manage.”
“A Victorian walled garden with magnificent views of Hod Hill and the Stour valley. Set in a third of an acre with an additional third for vegetables and fruit, chickens and pigs. The large sloping lawn is bordered by mixed cottage garden plants, shrubs and trees, a delight at all times of the year – ‘“I retired last year…..to spend my life in the garden!’ ”
“A topiary garden surrounding the cottage opens into a wildlife meadow with stream, at the base of Hod Hill. The gardens have evolved over 40 years, planted and shaped by the present owners, (who happen to be biologists which may explain the several ponds and ‘dinosaur’ hedge). There is a silver/white underlying theme throughout counter pointed with purples/sharp blues at various seasons, and a progressively airy planting linking the formal garden to the meadow, with cow parsley and Crambe leading the eye towards a silver copse underplanted with ramsons, white bluebells, foxgloves, Sibirica iris and white willow herb. The white comfrey on the curved bank that divides the meadow supports a huge population of Scarlet tiger moths and the tall silver mint is also very insect friendly. On the north bank by the waterfall, giant yellow scabious (Cephalaria) are succeeded by shoulder high Devil’s bit scabious, all abuzz with insects. Wild life abounds from egrets, herons, kingfishers, owls, woodpeckers etc to hedgehogs, shrews, eels, frogs, damsel flies and slow worms”.
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