All our talks take place in the pleasant surroundings of Trinity Church Community Hall, Church Street, Newcastle Emlyn.
If you wish to contact the HPS West Wales Group please email us at hpswestwales@zoomshare.com
 
SITE LAST UPDATED ON: 21 January 2012

Visitors are very welcome at all of our talks. Entrance is £1.00 for members and £2.00 for visitors and includes refreshments at the end of the talk.

Next meeting...

TUESDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2012 at 7.30pm
“The Versatile World of Ornamental Legumes” by Leila Jackson
Leila holds a horticultural degree from Pershore. She will travel from Wall End nursery at Stoke Prior, near Leominster which she has run for nine years. The nursery specialises in Abutilon and Salvia.

TUESDAY 6th MARCH 2012 at 7pm
AGM [at 7 pm] followed by our social evening. MEMBERS ONLY.
Theme: Pictures from a garden.  (Members are invited to submit up to 20 digital images of gardens they have visited. These should be given or sent to Richard Cain by 7 Feb) 

TUESDAY 3rd APRIL 2012 at 7.30pm
“The Hidden World of Pollen Grains” by Dr I K Ferguson
Dr Ferguson is well qualified to speak about this interesting topic, after 29 years at Kew! He is making a welcome return to speak to us again, travelling from Longhope, Gloucestershire.

SUNDAY 29th April. West Wales Plant Fair at Rhosygilwen Mansion
See the Events page for further details of nurseries attending.

TUESDAY 1st MAY 2012
“Woodland Gardens” by Roddy Milne
Roddy is well known to us as Head Gardener at Picton Castle, Rhos, near Haverfordwest and will enliven our meeting with a presentation on Woodland Gardens.

PLANT SALES
Madeleine & Ivor Sadler continue to organise the plant table we have at each meeting. Plants are sold at every meeting in aid of our funds, so please support Madeleine & Ivor by bringing along your spare plants and seeds, correctly labelled please. Books and other surplus gardening sundries can also be sold.

MEMBERS  PHOTOS
The theme for 2012 is 'Pictures from A Garden'. A maximum of 20 digital shots of any gardens you have visited, for our next AGM in March 2012

MEETING ROTA
The meeting rota was reasonably successful last year but we need more of our members to take on several of the tasks essential for meetings to run smoothly. We would like members to:-

1.    Volunteer as greeters who will chat to visiting or new members, joining us for the first time.
2.    To sell raffle tickets, we will still provide the prizes.
3.    To help sell the plants on the plant stall, we will still provide plants.
4.    Help make coffee and tea, guidance and provisions will be provided.
5.    Offer accommodation. Once or twice a year the committee need to accommodate visiting speakers. If you can help this would spread the load. Please speak to our Programme Secretary, Peter Forrest if you can help.

At each meeting the rota is placed on the table next to the signing in book Please do not ignore it, but fill in your names where you can help.  Many thanks

BAD WEATHER
In the event of very bad weather please check the website or telephone 01239 842260 between 5-6pm on the evening of a talk to check whether the talk is still on. 

NATIONAL HPS SUBSCRIPTIONS
These are now due and are £17 for an individual and £19 for a couple from 1st January 2012. Please remember you need to be a member of the national group to be a local member. Local membership is free

YOUR COMMITTEE
Chairman ~ Tony Barnes
Honorary Secretary & Newsletter Editor ~ Peter Forrest
Honorary Treasurer ~ Frank Dalton
Programme & Events ~ Peter Forrest
Publicity ~ Linda Soper      
Plant Sales ~ Madeleine & Ivor Sadler
Plant Fair & Web Manager ~ Richard Cain
Committee Members ~ Irene Dansie, Chris Pearl, Sue Papworth and Liz Thomas.