Monthly meetings take place at Immanuel Church Hall, Upham Road, Swindon SN3 1DH, usually on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
We have access to the hall and kitchen from 7.30pm, and the speaker will begin at around 7.45pm. We serve teas and coffees before the speaker’s presentation. We will also be holding a raffle at many of our monthly meetings – tickets are sold before the presentation, and the draw takes place immediately after it.
Planned meetings over the next few months are as follows:
March 21st: Nicola Hope – Tales from the potting shed. Nicola has worked as Head Gardener on many large estates, and promises to share entertaining tales; she is back among us following her popular talk in which she shared tips on tomato growing. Tonight’s talk is one she particularly enjoys giving……
April 18th: R Biggs – Hardy plants. Start the Spring with new garden plants! There will be an opportunity to buy them, brought this evening from the Biggs family’s Wanborough Herb Nursery.
Following the wide range in temperatures, summer drought, heavy and seemingly endless winter rainfall and frequent raging tempests we’ve suffered in recent months, our plants certainly need to be hardy!
May 16th: Annual General Meeting and Plant sale. As usual, an important aspect of AGM business is the election of officers and other members to your committee. The process is carried forward by voting at the AGM on nominations received beforehand. Your committee works throughout the year to co-ordinate the organisation of our events programme and newsletters, shop stock and staffing, keeping membership informed and much else. Committee work is not arduous – there are 11 meetings/year of about 75 minutes each, occasionally requiring some additional homework – and we would welcome new members!
If you, or another SALGA member whom you know, is content to serve on the committee, please nominate them using the attached form (see below). Completed nomination forms may be posted to our Hon Secretary, Maurice Moylett at 74 Kent Road, Swindon SN1 3NW, to reach him no later than 12th May 2024, or handed to the Chairman at the AGM.
June 20th : Dr Keith Ferguson – Growing, harvesting and storing vegetables. This subject has been chosen especially for our vegetable growers and allotmenteers. Keith trained and then worked as a botanist, notably at Kew Gardens. After he retired, he and his wife set up a new garden in Gloucestershire.