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38th Stourpaine Village Show – Saturday 08 September 2018

Sponsored by the Stourpaine Gardening Club

The Village Show is combined with the Country Fair on Saturday 08 September 2018
– All Welcome!

The Village Show and Judging will 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.

Local people are encouraged to participate; see all the available entries: 38th Stourpaine Village Show Pamphlet – PDF Reader required.

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Stourpaine Gardening Club – Membership – Updated

Gardening Club

STOURPAINE GARDENING CLUB

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.

Stourpaine Village Fete 2018 – Meeting

Peter Jones has asked me to let you know that there will be a gathering in the White Horse on Monday 23 April at 7.30 pm for an update on the progress of the Stourpaine Village Fete. The Fete is on Sunday 24th June from 12 noon to 5 pm.

Please come along if you’re interested in helping in any way or if you have any ideas you’d like to put forward. If you’re not able to come to the meeting but would like to help or put forward an idea, please contact Peter: peterjones1254@gmail.com.

Can you help ?

The Parish Council has been contacted by a Mr John Pidgeon who is researching for a future book on the Dorset Home Guard.

If your are able to provide any information or scans of photographs of local platoons please contact John via e-mail.

jcpidgeon@btinternet.com

I am sure any information that you can provide would be gratefully received

Paul Clark – Stourpaine Parish Clerk

Gardening Tips for March

Now is the time to get to grips with some serious pruning, but don’t get too carried away! Lots of plants need their annual prune now, including roses, dogwoods and many clematis.

If pruning is a bit of a mystery to you, look it up or alternatively phone Pete, Barry or Godfrey.

Pruning not only helps control the size and shape of plants, but also encourages better flower production.

  1. Lift and divide congested perennials, such as hostas.
  2. Divide clumps of snowdrops.
  3. Protect emerging perennial shoots from slugs.
  4. Sow sweet peas and hardy annuals in pots to plant outside later on.
  5. Plant lily bulbs.