Flower and Produce Show

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Bicker Garden Club held their first Flower and Produce Show on Thursday 17th September. Members entered produce in twelve different categories - ranging from best fruit and vegetables, through flower arrangements to cakes, jams and pickles. Everyone enjoyed sampling the jams, pickles and cakes and then voted for their favourites. Certificates were awarded to the winners and runners up. Most of the fruit and vegetables were auctioned at the end of the evening, which raised money for the club funds.

A Talk By Nick Hamilton

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Bicker Garden Club held a special event on the evening of Thursday 3rd September - a talk given by the present owner of Barnsdale Gardens, Nick Hamilton. He is the son of Geoff Hamilton. The talk, with the title "Essential summer flowering shrubs", was advertised quite widely. An audience of over 60 people were treated to a very entertaining and informative talk, which was illustrated with numerous slides of shrubs and flowers. Nick Hamilton answered questions from the audience afterwards and the evening was counted a great success.