Unlike previous years, we decided to make the 101st AGM a social occasion, so kept formalities and speeches to a minimum. Setting a less formal tone, I enjoyed describing my Committee colleagues with the joke: “You couldn’t find a more different group of people – and believe me, I’ve tried!” More seriously, I then paid […]
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I wouldn’t normally bother but there is a story behind these pictures – old boyfriend took a leaf from a camellia at my parents’ house and managed to root it/gave it to me and I have been looking after it for what seems years when suddenly this year FLOWERS. Hope it will now continue to grow apace!
The 2017 CHAS Centenary Plate for local schools is on Chiswick buzz TV. The CHAS recently presented the awards to the two best schools in our 2nd year of the Chiswick-wide CHAS Centenary Plate School Competition. Follow this link to see the wonderful coverage of the event on Chiswick buzz. Commenting on the challenges of
The RHS offered an evening opening of the Vincent Square Spring Plant and Orchid Show (in addition to the two normal days) and, as this suited me and as the price was the same – £5.00 for everyone again, I went along. As well as normal plant displays and plants for sale, they had set up long tables
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Padua has many claims to fame – not least the Scrovegni Chapel and the Basilica of St. Antony the patron saint of lost causes, useful when trying to locate keys, glasses, wallet etc. More importantly it also has the oldest existing University Botanic Garden in Europe, created in 1545 and the origin of all botanical
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