Wokingham

Wokingham Horticultural Association

Talks in 2005

All on 2nd Tuesday in month in Methodist Centre, Rose St. 7.45pm
Admission free

Talks Organiser / Press & Publicity – Mary Jenno 0118 977 6917

8th February “Dinton Pastures” by Dave Webster (Dinton Pastures is the local wildlife park run by Wokingham District Council. Dave is a Ranger at the park, he will talk on the many forms of wildlife to be found there)

8h March “Pulling Power of Plants” by Louise Allen (Oxford Botanical Gardens)
(Louise is a curator of the Gardens and will talk about the wide variety of flowers & plants at Oxford and their uses for research)

12th April “Water Gardens” by Duncan Grosart (Duncan will discuss how to create a water feature in your garden and how to maintain it)

** 12th September Inter Society Quiz Quiz between Wokingham gardening clubs

11th October “The Garden in Autumn & Winter” by Jane Sterndale-Bennett. Jane has a beautiful garden, she specialises in perennial plants and will be suggesting plants which will look good in the Autumn and Winter.

8th November “Flower Arranging for Autumn & Winter” by Janet Slinger Janet is
an experienced flower arranger and will show ways of exhibiting flowers and plants to
best advantage for this time of year

13h December Christmas Social

10th January 2006 AGM

Wokingham Horticultural Association Shows held at St Paul’s Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham.
Open to the public at 2 pm. Admission 30p
Contact Show Secretary – Sheila McKeand 0118 962 9361 for a show schedule

19th March Spring Show

25th June Midsummer Show

17th September Autumn Show

19th November Winter Show

‘Bright Sparks’ Family Half-term Activity Days
16 – 18th February 2005

Are you a Bright Spark? If you think you are - prove it! Come to our ‘Bright Sparks’ activities and make White Light! Drop Parachutes! Build a castle! Design a Bridge! Test your brain at our IQ and Puzzle Corner.

Running from Wednesday 16th to Friday 18th February 2005 between 11.00 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.

The Mini Assault course will be running again with a new SIR!, and for the very brave there is the BIG BUG Hunt!

Other activities include: Built IT, Noughts & Crosses, Drop Zone, Belt Drives, Odd One Out, Marble Egg Race, Making Jigsaws, Field Telephones and many others.

* Cost: Adult £3.50, Child £4.50, Family £14 (2 adults and up to 3 children), Under 5s free.
* Suitable for children aged 5 – 12 years.
* All children must be accompanied by an adult.
* Clothing and footwear suitable for playing outdoors and on wet assault course!

For more details about workshops and family events or to book places please call Maddy Scott, Education Officer on 0118 976 3375. To find out about other forthcoming MINTI Club workshops and family events check out our web site at www.rememuseum.org.uk .

REME Museum , Isaac Newton Road , Arborfield, Berkshire
RG2 9NJ