LALESTON & BROADLANDS
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Broadlands Market: The market will take place in the Llangewydd Arms car park on the third Sunday of every month, from 10am-2pm.
Organised by Emily Pardoe of
Pretty Vibe, Pencoed. There is currently a waiting list for traders.
Cost per stall is £25 for traders
– or £60 for three months. Free for charities.
Please contact Emily on 07759 824 827 for more information.
Laleston Gardening Club: Freed from the mandatory Covid rules and regulations the committee have been able to open up the club and there is much for members to look forward to.
The replacement sash windows in the main hall have been installed and can be opened to provide the required ventilation.
This added safeguard is in addition to the air purifier with CO2 monitor that has been in place for some time.
Consequently lectures and large scale meetings can now take place in the main hall, although there will still be a limit on numbers to comply with safeguarding and insurance requirements.
The next lecture will take place on Monday, May 9, when Alison Leach will give a talk on No Dig Gardening – a must for members with aching joints.
Alison and her husband run a market garden and business (Ali's Edibles), based just outside of Llanmaes. It will be her first visit to the club but she will be sure of a warm welcome.
Then on Monday, June 13, Sheena Crossley will be a popular and entertaining speaker, she will give a talk entitled Gardening on the Cheap – very apt at a time when we all need to be saving the pennies. All lectures begin at 7.30pm.
Unfortunately the Tatton Park trip planned for July has been cancelled due to insufficient numbers. Undaunted by the disappointment our trip organiser, Margaret Worgan has made a provisional booking for a trip to visit two gardens in Somerset on June 18. The gardens are East Lambrook Manor Gardens and Lower Severalls Garden.
Plans are at an advanced stage for the Perennial Plant Sale on April 23 and the main Plant Sale & Coffee morning on Saturday, May 7.
Thousands of plants are being cultivated from seed and plugs and the club is very grateful to all those who have helped in anyway with pricking out, potting on and providing greenhouse space to accommodate the large number of quality plants that will be offered for sale.
Sian James is the key organiser and the Plant Sales would not be taking place but for her massive contribution ably supported by her husband Alan.
The Gardening Club has over the last three years lost four members of the committee and has replaced only one. Following a recruitment process we are happy to announce that three ladies – Joanne Tibbs, Lucy Bloomfield and Heather Williams have been unanimously co-opted onto the committee and will be made most welcome by Sue Ford, chairman and her team.
As an additional service to members, the Club Shop will now open on Thursdays from 10am-12 noon, this is in addition to Saturday mornings.
Dennis Roberts our shop manager was keen for this to happen and hopes he will get volunteers to assist him with lifting and moving stock to members' cars.