Herald - Issue 419

17th February 2022 • The HERALD • Page 51 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | RYAN FENCING Quality Fencing & Gates 07769 706516 • 023 8084 1203 www.ryan-fencing.co.uk • Find us on Facebook A J GLEESON BUILDING & GROUNDWORK DRIVEWAYS EXTENSIONS BRICKWORK GROUNDWORK BLOCK PAVING Colours & Designs to suit your requirements Local Work Available to View CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION New Forest & Southampton 023 8084 4180 Mobile: 07770 771475 Bramdene, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton • Tree Felling • Tree Shaping • Tree Purning & Thinning • Crown Reduction • Crown Lifting • Complete Tree Removal • Site Clearance • Dead Wooding • Hedge Cutting & Shaping • Gardening Evening: 01794 522092 Daytime Mobile: 07946 513633 Email: treefellers@gmx.com MARVELLOUS MARION! by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Horticultural Show is Back Black eld Horticultural and Cra Show are pleased to announce that their show is returning this year. ey have been going since 1983 and have classes for Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables, Crafts, Photographs, Floral Art & Cookery, and children’s classes too, e shows started in 1983 at the Black eld Community Centre which used to be in the Village, then it moved to the Gang Warily Scout Hut in 1988, another move to Fawley Jubilee Hall in 1999, but in 2008 moved to e Royal British Legion, in Black eld (with one show in 2010 that took place in the old Esso Cinema at e Waterside Sport & Social Club). ey have been around a long time and over the years, have grown bigger and bigger and don’t think they would t in the community centre now even if it was still there. ey also have a great committee of local people that have made the show what it is and are grateful to all those people who gave their time and worked hard to put the show on each year, of course there is always room for more people on the committee and they would welcome anyone to join them, its always nice to get new ideas from new members, please message Dawn if you would like to join them on: 07825 908428. So this year, a er a 3 years break for COVID-19, they will be putting on the show on Saturday 13th August , at the Royal British Legion, in Black eld. Schedules will be sent out to people who have entered before and then other people can get a schedule at local shops or by phoning Dawn on: 07825 908428. Foresters Flower Club dedicates this article to Marion Catt, our present Chairman, as a gesture of our sincere and grateful thanks for ALL she does for everyone! During the pandemic Marion, our lovely chairman, kept Foresters Flower Club alive and blooming, despite extreme difficulties in her private life. She kept enthusing and encouraging the Committee to keep the club alive and support all the members. is was done by telephone calls, a Christmas card, a “Da odil Drop” at the beginning of March and a bookmark delivery at Easter. e members were so appreciative and especially loved the bunch of da odils (plus a chat if they were in) on their doorsteps – this brought joy a er a long, lonely pandemic winter and there were so many thank you cards, phone calls and emails! Foresters Flower Club isn’t the only one to recognise how special (kind, considerate, supportive, conscientious and hard-working) Marion is, but also the Wessex and Jersey Area Branch of NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies). In October 2021 Marion was awarded the ‘Wessex and Jersey Associate of Honour’. is is a unique award, a very special honour in recognition of her diligent service to the Wessex and Jersey area. Marion always quietly gets on with tasks and anticipates all needs ahead, making everyone’s lives easier – she is so creative and modest. So modest as the secretary of the Wessex and Jersey area, she didn’t realise that the minutes she was taking were relating to her until someone told her that this was about her! We would all like to thank Marion, with all our hearts, for her dedication and creativity she so generously shares with so many people! Next meetings: • Thursday 3rd March: AGM and presentation by Jill Pelton ‘Homes and Gardens 1920’s/30’s’. • Thursday 7th April: Demonstration by Alison Finch ‘Well Read’. All meetings are held at Copythorne Parish Hall SO40 2NZ, 7.30 pm. For more information call Debbie Thorne on: 07769 830752. Chairperson Marion is deserving of a special mention for all her commitment and kindness