My gardening has been reduced to chopping bits off the odd rose or shrub on a day when the temperature is above freezing, so not much in the compost bin then! I have purposely left all the old foliage etc in the borders for the little creatures to hide in, the birds have had almost all the berries off the Holly tree, despite me trying to allure them away with lovely seedy things in a bird feeder, so not much left for a Christmas flower arrangement!

We will have had our Christmas social evening, I was sorry to have missed it, although I was meant to be in sunny climes, Gatwick was closed on the day we were supposed to fly, lots of snow!!

Our first meeting in the new year is in Upton Methodist Hall, on Weds 2nd February, Brian Davies with his slides and a talk on “Perennial Plants for 4 Seasons”.

The new programme will be out then too, or will be available to collect from Blewbury Post Office, or Maggie in Upton.

Happy Christmas everyone, and a wonderful new year to you all!

Happy Gardening (or not as the case may be!)

Karen Brooks