Sir Joseph Banks

Bicker and District Garden Club held their first meeting of 2015 on 15th January. We had a very good attendance for an interesting and entertaining talk given by one of our members - Michael Teasdale. The subject of the talk was Sir Joseph Banks, who was born in London but whose family home was in Lincolnshire, at Revesby Abbey. Banks had a great influence on the study and classification of plants. He went on Captain Cook's first voyage of exploration. Banks was a founder member of the Royal Horticultural Society and was instrumental in the founding of Kew Gardens. Banks is much better known in Australia, where Michael was born, than in this country.
We were pleased to welcome three new members - Rebecca, Kate and Pat. The Flower of the Month competition was won by Carl with two snowdrops.

2015 Programme

All meetings are at 7:30pm at Bicker Village Hall

January 15th
"Sir Joseph Banks"   Michael Teasdale

February 19th
"Organic Fruit and Vegetables : Myth or Reality?"    Trevor Rogers

March 19th
"Victorian Violas"   Rob Chapman

April 16th
"The Gravel Garden"   Ken Rawson

May 21st
"Colour in the Garden"   Andrew Sankey

June 18th
"Begonias"   John Taylor

July 16th
Members' Evening

August 20th
Flower and Produce Show

September 17th
"Peonies : Origins and Cultivation"   Jo Bennison

October 15th
AGM  plus  "National Gardens Scheme"   Sally Grant

November 19th
"Springfield Gardens"   Andy Boynton, Head Gardener

December17th
Christmas Party

Additional outings and events - to be arranged

Christmas and New Year Greetings!

We held our Christmas Party on Thursday 18th December. Over thirty members attended and it was a very enjoyable evening. Tony had compiled a Christmas quiz for us and the raffle raised well over £40 for our funds.