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Hello Everyone

Many grateful thanks to all of you who entered ; visited and/or donated raffle prizes and cakes for the flower show yesterday.

We hope you all enjoyed the afternoon and the pretty, bright displays

We were very pleased with the exhibits and supports that meant we had a very pretty springtime show.

Congratulations to all those who won a prize and the trophy winners and also to those who did not win per se, but that are still true winners in our eyes as we could not run a show without you all!.

Every entry is so welcome.

Thank you also to dear Shirley and Penny in the "tea hut" where so many people enjoyed the delicious slices of cake and a "cuppa" thanks so much to both of you.

Thank you so very much indeed to you all We so appreciate your kind support.

Enjoy spring and the growing season and the produce you obtain,

wherever that maybe.

Meanwhile, we hope to catch up with you all at our garden visits, as offered on the website - from May. Further details will follow on these in future newsletters. Watch this space!

Thank you

Kind Regards

Mary Alan and Oliver and all CDHS

ps There are photos online already from the show please take a look x

Hello to you all and hope all is good with you

I also hope you have been enjoying this wonderful sunny weather of late and the pretty flowers that have appeared as Spring has arrived!

It is our spring flower show this Saturday 15th March as you all know and we so look forward to seeing you all there and your entries

Entries are due in please by Wednesday 12th by 7pm - these can be done direct on line on the website or by forms dropped off to Rita Gower 22 Forewood Rise or us here on Battle Hill. Thanks so much (07870525441)

We would so welcome homemade cakes for our refreshments and please deliver to the hall on the day by 2pm - THANK YOU

I have attached a picture of the Daffodil again here, that we are so keen to get children to complete, using any medium, so please share and encourage children to complete and take to the hall by 10.15 on Saturday so they are ready for the judges to view (max size A4 - children to add their ages to their exhibit and name please - thanks )

Have a good week, although the weather is reportedly getting cooler but lets ensure together we can celebrate the welcome of Spring on Saturday by having a pretty show, with all the bright and sunny colours that celebrate this lovely season

Thank you all for your kind support.

Lets hold a very happy, pretty show day together See you there !

Mary B and all x

Hello all you lovely helpers who did a magic job this morning sorting and selling all the generous items the villagers and others donated to us for our Jumble Sale this am and thank you to Shirley for doing the refreshments - great!

It was a great success, despite many other events taking place about the area apparently so the footfall was a bit lower than usual

Thank you to all of you also who came and purchased from us

It was a very happy, fun morning that flowed so well and went swiftly

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

Alan will be adding up the dosh later and we hope we have done well

Our next event will be our pretty bright Spring flower show to be held at the village hall 15th March and it will soon be spring then officially everyone !!!

As advised before, the schedule is on the website to view/download or you can request a hard copy if that suits you best Please take a look and see what you could enter - as always we would so love to see a busy happy bright show

I have attached a Poster here - please share to anyone you feel may like to know about it

I have also added the print of a Daffodil that we would love children to colour in paint, or however they would like to complete it and bring them to the hall on the morning of the show by 1015 and the judges will choose the best and a gift will be awarded Please share to any children you may have or know ( max size of print A4 and add name and age if poss. pls.)I so want to pin them all around the hall.

Thanks everyone you mean a lot to us and so appreciate your support always

Mary B x

ps I have also added the wonderful Daffodil poem by W, Wordsworh. I love it so much - enjoy !

Hello to you all

Hoping you are all well and coping with this drab weather we have had to put up with of late ! Has not been nice but we so hope the future weeks ahead will bring some lovely sunshine and drier days as spring is just around the corner ! Can't wait !!!

This is a brief newsletter just to remind you all that on 22nd we have our Jumble Sale and we hope to receive many donations to sort and sell on the day

We require several helpers to sort and sell on the morning please from 8am and thank you to the few who have kindly been in touch already to offer their kind help -but we do need more helpers, as we require at least 12 to have a viable sale

Please confirm if you can help out Thank you so much

We would be so grateful to you -thanks - so we await to hear from you

Meanwhile a reminder that the March flower show is to be held on March 15th at the village hall and the schedules are online If you require a hard copy pls. let us know. We so hope to have many entries to ensure we have a pretty, bright show with all the examples of the spring season with wonderful fresh scents for all to enjoy. Thank you

There are already pretty crocus and snowdrops and daffodils rearing their bright heads. Enjoy!

We are encouraging children to enter also and have attached a pretty picture of a daffodil on the website - and here today, which can be printed off and coloured in as the child desires. It would be so nice to have many pictures to display at the show Thank you for sharing this detail and the picture as attached here.

Thank you all and very best wishes to you all and look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our events

Finally please note the wonderful garden visits and talks we have planned for the year ahead which are listed on the "events" part of the website also

Looking forward to a happy busy year ahead for the society with your kind supports

Mary B x

PS have a very happy Valentine's day and spoil those you love x

Hello Everyone

Just a brief message to say we welcome having lighter evenings and slowly we are beginning to get onto the right tract to greet Spring ! Hoping you have all kept warm and well over the last few weeks of very cold weather

We now look forward to our first Jumble Sale of the year to be held on 22nd February Doors open at 09.30 Entry 50p Saleable Donations wanted please to be delivered to the hall on the morning from 8am and we do need helpers to sort and sell on the day please from 8am also- thank you Contact Alan to collect donations if it is not possible to drop them off please as ( Alan can only collect the week of the Jumble (as we have no storage facilities).

Oliver has now completed the new schedule for our Spring flower show to be held on 15th March at the village hall so please take a look at the many classes available and see what you could enter. It would be so lovely to obtain many entries across the board in this beautiful time of year We require all entries easily to be sent online or by dropping them off to Rita Gower in the village or us here on Battle Hill Battle on or before the 12th March at 7pm

We have also arranged several lovely talks and events over this new year - which are all listed on the rear of the schedule and further details will be sent on each Newsletter here that I post to you.

The first one to be held is on May 20th - a talk and tour of the beautiful Ashburnham Place and Gardens which were initially planted/designed by Capability-Brown; at Ashburnham As always this is a FREE event for paid -up members and £3 for non-members We will meet you all at the site at 1.30 and you can have refreshments independently at the lovely Orangery either before or after the event

Looking forward to hearing from you all on all as above

We WELCOME new members who have access to most of our events FOC so is very economical and keeps the society alive.

Lets hope the weather warm up and we can see lots more sunshine as

we so need it !

Keep well and warm meanwhile !

All Best Wishes

Mary B x