KEEP in touch with North East gardening and floral events through this column every Saturday. Monday, November 9 Hexham and District Flower Club, demonstration, Ikebana, by Valerie Whitfield, Torch Centre, Corbridge Road, 2pm. Alpine Garden Society – North East England Group, talk, Flora of Northumberland and Durham, by John Richards, St Mary’s Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, 7.30pm. Brampton and District Flower Club, AGM and workshop, A Different View, with Marion Hinckley, Village Hall, Newtown, 7.30pm. Herrington Flower Club, demonstration, Come Carolling, by Kathleen Marlor of Ryton, St Chad’s Church Hall, East Herrington, 7.30pm. Tuesday, November 10 Chester-le-Street Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society, meeting, Relton Working Men’s Club, Relton Terrace, 7.30pm. Durham and Northumberland Fuchsia Society, meeting, Bowburn Community Centre, 7.30pm. Washington and District Fuchsia Society, meeting, Millennium Centre, Washington town centre, 7.30pm. Wednesday, November 11 Callerton Garden and Flower Club, open demonstration, Fun with Flowers for Christmas, by area demonstrator Andrew Mason, Memorial Hall, Ponteland, 1.30pm. Elite Dianthus Society, meeting, Civic Centre, Gateshead, 7pm. Thursday, November 12 British Cactus and Succulent Society – Northumbria branch, talk, Tektites and Meteorites, by George Wake, St Aidan’s Community Centre, Brunton Park, 7.30pm. Ellington Flower Club, demonstration, Christmas my Way, by Olive Dalrymple, Welfare and Social Centre, Lynemouth Road, 7.30pm. Cheviot Valleys Flower Club, demonstration, Christmas Crackers, by Lilias Hopkins, Memorial Hall, Whittingham, 7.30pm. Saturday, November 14 Hexham Gardening Club, annual Chrysanthemum and Industrial Club, Community Centre, Gilesgate, 1-4pm. Tuesday, November 17 Cleadon Flower Arrangement Society, demonstration, Fantastically Festive, by Mildred Stafford of Ferryhill, Church Hall, 7.30pm. Ponteland Floral Art Club, demonstration, My Way, by national demonstrator Lilias Hoskins of Edinburgh, Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Stocksfield Plants and Gardens Society, talk, Show Gardens and Displays, by Rae Beckwith, Community Centre (SICA), Mountview Terrace, 7.30pm. |