KEEP in touch with North-East gardening and floral events through this column every Saturday. Today. Darlington Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society, late show, Bondgate Methodist Church Hall, Salt Yard, 12noon-4.30pm. Hexham Gardening Club, annual chrysanthemum and industrial show, Community Centre, Gilesgate, 1-4pm. Sunday, November 11. Herrington Flower Club, workshop, with Tom Hodge, St Chad’s Church Hall, East Herrington, 7.30pm. Monday, November 12. Alnwick Garden, talk, Medical Murderers: The Poison Garden, by John Robertson, Visitor Centre, 2-3pm. Hexham and District Flower Club, melange, Torch Centre, Corbridge Road, 2pm. Alpine Garden Society – North East England Group, talk, Growing Alpines from Austria and Northern Italy, by Jim Jermyn, St Mary’s Parish Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, 7.30pm. Brampton and District Flower Club, AGM and illustrated talk, World Flower Arrangement Show in Japan 2005, by Mr and Mrs Greenhill, Village Hall, Newtown, 7.30pm. Whickham Flower Club, open demonstration, Come Carolling, by Kathleen Marlor, Community Centre, Front Street, 7.30pm. Tuesday, November 13. South Shields Flower Club, open demonstration, The Sparkling, Shimmering Season, by Mildred Stafford, Customs House, 2pm. Bedlington Flower Club, demonstration, Christmas Parcels, by Anne Codd, Residents’ Association, Station Street, Bedlington Station, 7.30pm. 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. Houghall Horticultural Society, talk, New Plants for Old, by Dr Alan Pearson, Houghall College, Durham, 7.30pm. Washington and District Fuchsia Society, meeting, Millennium Centre, Washington town centre, 7.30pm. Wednesday, November 14. Callerton Garden and Flower Club, open demonstration, Christmas is Coming – Here we go Again, by area demonstrators Patti Dawson and Kate Russell of Cheshire, Memorial Hall, Ponteland, 2pm. Elite Dianthus Society, meeting, Civic Centre, Gateshead, 7pm. Durham Organic Gardeners' Association. talk, by Brigid Press, Houghall garden centre manager, Houghall College, 7.30pm. Thursday, November 15. Whitley Bay Floral Art Group, Christmas demonstration, by Ann Evans, Methodist Church Hall, Oxford Street, 7.15pm. Cramlington Floral Art Club, demonstration, Fairy Lights and Baubles, by Christine Ogle, Community Centre, 7.30pm. |