Kemsing Gardeners’ Society

SAVE THE DATE!
Kemsing Gardeners’ Society are holding another Quiz! If you came to the last one you’ll know how much fun it was(and also that it’s not all about gardening)! It would be great to see you there again! All details on poster, thank you.

We have just come back from decorating our entry for the church Christmas Tree Festival! We have a theme of a garden winter wonderland graduating from red through yellow and green to white.

Look out for the gnome and his wheelbarrow and lots of wildlife as well as seasonal plants.

Please go along and vote for your favourite tree this week (times in poster at end of photos) and support the festival and all the entries!

📣Last call for decorations to put on our tree entry this weekend! 📣
Theme Wonderful Winter Wonderland
Please comment or message me to find out where to deliver, thank you 🤩

Don’t forget that in a couple weeks the (now annual) Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Kemsing will be taking place! KGS won last year so we have a reputation to uphold 😂

At our recent committee meeting we decided that our theme would be “Wonderful Winter Wonderland”
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If you would like to provide any decorations for us to use in line with this theme that would be fantastic! Please put them in a bag or box with your name on (we will obviously return them).

They can either be delivered to me,Christie Fogden([email protected]), or to
Glen Chambers ([email protected]) by November 28th please. Please email to arrange delivery.

Many thanks
Kemsing Gardeners’ Society

In a few weeks the (now annual) Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Kemsing will be taking place! KGS won last year so we have a reputation to uphold 😂

At our recent committee meeting we decided that our theme would be “Winter Garden”.
❄️ 🌲 ❄️🌲❄️🌲❄️🌲❄️🌲❄️🌲❄️🌲

If you would like to provide any decorations for us to use in line with this theme that would be fantastic! Please put them in a bag or box with your name on (we will obviously return them).

They can either be delivered to me,Christie Fogden([email protected]), or to
Glen Chambers ([email protected]) by November 28th please. Please email to arrange delivery.

Many thanks
Kemsing Gardeners’ Society

Hello gardeners!

This is just to remind you that Kemsing Gardeners’ Society have a guest speaker, Colin Moat from Pineview Plants, tomorrow Tuesday 10th October in the small St. Edith’s hall at 7:30.
Entry is £3 and refreshments will be available.

Colin will also be bringing plants to sell.

Non- members welcome so do come along if you’ve not been before.

Cash only please for KGS

Hope to see you there! 🍂

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the Autumn Show on Saturday. There were some amazing entries and hopefully everyone enjoyed looking at them all. Well done to the winners! 🏆
Thank you to those who took part in the raffle and we hope that you also got a chance to have a sit down with some tea and cake. Thank you also to all those who donated something.
Time to start planning for the Spring Show Next Year! 🌸

Good morning!

Don’t forget that it’s the Kemsing Gardeners’ Society Autumn show tomorrow, Saturday 16th September at 2:30 in St Edith’s Hall.

Plant Stall
There will be a plant stall if plants are donated (we didn’t have any donations at the Summer show so weren’t able to have one) and all plants and garden produce will be gratefully received, labelled if possible.

Refreshments
Refreshments and cakes will be served in the Small Hall by KGS's capable and brilliant catering team from 2.30 to 4pm. Cake donations are very much appreciated. Please message me if you would like more information re donating cakes or please drop off in the morning of the show (from 9:30)
Many thanks in advance to those who are donating.

Lee Milroy is running one of her wonderful raffle stalls again

Please come and support us and admire the wonderful exhibits and enjoy the tea and cakes

Entry is by donation
Please bring cash for payments

Many thanks

Kemsing Gardeners’ Society

Hello Kemsing Gardeners!
We hope that you enjoyed your Summer and are now getting ready for our forthcoming Autumn show on September 16th at 2:30 in St Edith’s Hall.
The Committee is looking forward to welcoming you all and we hope you are able to beat the number of entries and their quality this year at our Autumn show, as you did for the Summer one.

Autumn Show
All entries (please see categories below) for the Autumn Show on Saturday, 16th September must be in by 9.30 pm on Thursday 14th September. Please label all children's entries with the full name.
Entries to: Mike Davies, e-mail:
[email protected].

Plant Stall
There will be a plant stall if plants are donated and all plants and garden produce will be gratefull received, labelled if possible.

Refreshments
Refreshments and cakes will be served in the Small Hall by KGS's capable and brilliant catering team from 2.30 to 4pm. Cake donations are very much appreciated. Please message me if you would like more information re donating cakes or please drop off in the morning of the show.
Many thanks in advance to all who will contribute, but also to all those who donated cakes to the Summer Show which was a great success.

Lee Milroy is running one of her wonderful raffle stalls again and she would be very grateful for donations. Please contact her on 07526 759970 for details

Please come and support us and admire the wonderful exhibits and enjoy the tea and cakes

Thanks 🍂

Hi everyone

I can’t believe how quickly the year is rushing by! It will soon be time for our Autumn show (16th September) but first we’d like to remind you about our upcoming trip to Pashley Manor Gardens which we would love to be able to do this time around…

The cancellation of the Coach trip in July was down to the take up of places being insufficient thus making it impossible to run the outing on a break even basis. Coaches are getting more expensive every year and unless we get a good response from the members the coach trip idea has a bleak future.
The committee have decided as an alternative to organize a trip to Pashley Manor Gardens on the 10th September (which is in the middle of the annual
Dahlia Festival) using shared cars to travel and sharing petrol cost between the passengers. The gardens are extensive and there will be lots to see as well as the dahlias, those who have not been before would benefit by looking on the website; (https://www.pashleymanorgardens.com/)
also there are good eating facilities outdoor and indoor. The garden is located near Ticehurst and reached by turning right at the Flimwell crossroads(traffic lights) on the A21 just past Bough Beech and the admission cost will be £14.
Any members wishing to join this trip please contact Mike Davies via email [email protected].
On the day it would be helpful if we all met up in the car park opposite the Bell
PH at 10.15 so that we can make sure that everyone who needs a lift has one.

Pashley Manor Gardens - gardens to visit on the border of Sussex & Kent Discover 11 acres of beautiful vistas - the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening. Tulips, roses, lilies, dahlias & more. Cafe & Gift Shop.

What a lovely Summer Show we had today with lots of beautiful entries on display! Thank you to everyone who entered and well done to the winners! 🏆

Wonderful to see lots of visitors and friends, old and new. A big thank you to those who helped put the show together and who gave their time to support it.

Autumn show next! (September 16th)

Don’t forget that it’s the Kemsing Gardeners’ Society Summer Show this Saturday 8th July and there’s still time to enter!

There’s lots of different categories covering fruit,veg,flowers and cookery as well as the childrens’ Lego Garden competition.

Please see categories and recipes below

The Committee is looking forward to welcoming you all and we hope you can make it such splendid colourful event, just as you did at the Spring show.

All entries for the Summer Show on Saturday, 8th July must be in by 9.30 pm on Thursday
6th July. Please label all children's entries with the full name.
Entries to:
Hilary & Jim Curtis Tel. 0195952 5297 or e-mail:
[email protected]

Please note: the Summer Show will be held at St. EDITH HALL, KEMSING. Exhibits are to be staged between 9:30 am and 11:30 am and the general entrance is from 2:30 pm.

There will also be the following…

Raffle
Any prize donations gratefully received. Please bring to the hall before 2:30 pm or arrange to collect or deliver to me via messenger.

Plant Stall 🪴
There will be a plant stall if plants are donated. Any plants and garden produce will be gratefully received, labelled if possible.

Refreshments 🍰 🧁 🫖 ☕️
Refreshments and cakes will be served in the Small Hall from 2.30 to 4pm. Cake donations are very much appreciated. Please contact Sharon Causton on 07957 962051 for details or deliver to the small hall/kitchen before 2:30 pm.

We would really appreciate donations for entry, thank you 😊

Please bring CASH for payments for raffle, entry and teas as we do not have card facilities.

Any queries then do comment or message me

Thank you 😊

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How is your garden looking? Have you got some super fruit and veg or amazing flowers that are nearly ready to show?

It’s not long until the Kemsing Gardeners’ Society Summer Show on Saturday 8th July and there are lots of plant categories that you can enter.

Or maybe you fancy entering some of your baking, (for specific categories and recipes see photos below)

There’s also a children’s competition for the best Lego garden and gingerbread men (please see categories in photos below)

The Committee is looking forward to welcoming you all and we hope you can make it such splendid colourful event, just as you did at the Spring show.

All entries for the Summer Show on Saturday, 8th July must be in by 9.30 pm on Thursday
6th July. Please label all children's entries with the full name.
Entries to:
Hilary & Jim Curtis Tel. 0195952 5297 or e-mail:
[email protected]

Please note: the Summer Show will be held at St. EDITH HALL, KEMSING.

Plant Stall 🪴
There will be a plant stall if plants are donated and all plants and garden produce will be gratefully received, labelled if possible.

Refreshments 🍰 🧁 🫖 ☕️
Refreshments and cakes will be served in the Small Hall by KGS's capable and brilliant catering team from 2.30 to 4pm. Cake donations are very much appreciated. Please contact Sharon Causton on 07957 962051 for details.

Any queries then do comment or message me
Thank you 😊

Kemsing Gardeners’ Society has organised two trips over the next couple of months. Members should have received a letter with information but if not please see the photos below(please press on each photo to see the full photo). These trips are open to non-members too.

We had a great talk on Tuesday 9th
by the Head Gardener of Walmer Castle and it looks like an interesting trip.

If you would like to go to the Himalayan Gardens please contact Mike by email as soon as possible please on
[email protected]
Payment would be preferably in the form of a cheque made out to Kemsing Gardeners’ Society given to Mike beforehand.

If you would like to go on the Walmer Castle trip please could you email Mike by the latest Sunday May 28th so that he can see if there is enough interest to make the trip viable. The trip will be £32 a head (or £22 for English Heritage members) preferably by cheque made out to Kemsing Gardeners’ Society

Many thanks

Don’t forget the next event in the Kemsing Gardeners’ Society calendar which is on Tuesday, May 9th at 7.30pm in the small St Edith’s Hall.

This is open to all.

We will have a talk by Philip Oostenbrink on 'Walmer Castle gardens'

There will be refreshments available afterwards and admission is £2

Hope to see you there!

What a wonderful Spring Show it was today! Beautiful entries and lots of visitors, tea and cake! Well done to the winners!

The Kemsing Gardeners’ Society Spring Show is this Saturday at St Edith’s Hall from 2:30
Admission is by donation
There is still time to enter an exhibit, entries close tomorrow at 9pm.
If anyone is able to make a cake for the teas we would be ever so grateful! If you are able to offer one please could you let me know, thank you 😊
Hope to see you there!

Are your daffs delightful or your tulips tantalising?
The Kemsing Gardeners’ Society Spring Show is on Saturday April 1st at 2:30 at St Edith’s Hall

Entry to view is by donation after 2:30

We would welcome donations of plants for our plant stall and cakes for the tea room please.

If you would like to enter the show with an exhibit or two (please see classes in photos below) then the entry forms are at the back of your schedule. You should have one if you are a member (please let me know if you haven’t). If you haven’t got one then you can email your details and the class number that you are entering, please contact me for the email address.
All entries must be submitted by 9 pm on 30 th March

Please come along and support this. We have saved the society from closing down so would really appreciate your support!

The Kemsing Gardeners’ Society AGM will take place on March 14th at 7:30pm in the small St Edith’s Hall. Do come along and support it if you can. You can sign up to be a member (£5 annual fee), take part in our raffle and enjoy some refreshments. Afterwards we will have the Head Gardener of Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Misako Kasahara, as our guest speaker for which donations would be greatly appreciated

Thanks to our Chairman for these lovely photos which I have used to update our page headers 🙂

Thank you so much to Glen and his team for organising the Quiz Night last night, to Lee for sorting the raffle and for those who helped set up and clear away. What a fantastic evening 😊

Welcome to February! If you have a photo taken recently of an area of your garden or particular plant that you’d like to have considered as a photo for this Facebook group for February then do send it to me via messenger 🙂

Hopefully you’ve saved the date 🤞🏻
Here are the details of the quiz night.

Next Tuesday 13th December’s Social/talk by Colin Moat is cancelled

Well done to the KGS for getting the most overall votes for best tree at the Kemsing Church Christmas Tree festival! Thanks to Glen and team for all their hard work! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Dates for your diary! 🌸 🌺 🌳 📔

February 3rd 2023 KGS Quiz in the evening

1st April 2023 Spring Show

8th July 2023 Summer Show

16th September Autumn Show