Growing interest
“The speaker has cancelled” are the words that strike fear into any committee member’s heart but, when it happened to Old Buckenham WI, help was not far away. It came in the shape of Ken and Angela who run the Garden Enclosure garden centre at Banham. At short notice the two horticulturists brought a van load of plants and their expertise to the meeting. The display of plants, shrubs and trees looked wonderful and were introduced by Ken as ‘an alphabet of plants’. The plant list started with aubretia and finished with zantedeschia. Ken expertly introduced each plant, and gave a brief synopsis of the planting requirements for each species. Vegetables and fruits were not excluded and the gardeners amongst the audience picked up a few useful tips. All the plants at the Garden Enclosure are sourced in East Anglia and Ken explained that the best nurserymen are, of course, British. During the tea break the plant stall was very popular and many members went home with a plant under their arm. At the end of the evening Ken and Angela were thanked for coming at such short notice and inspiring everyone with plants and information.
The meeting was reminded of the fund raising event on Saturday 2 April, when a Spring Tea Party will take place in the Church Rooms and the best-decorated Easter Bonnet will win a prize. All were also reminded that the annual Cator Cup competition will take place over the weekend Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 April at the Norfolk Showground. This is a chance for WI members to display varying skills and crafts to a high standard. The theme for the competition this year is ‘A Night at the Movies’. The question is, will there be an Oscar for the Old Buckenham team?
The next meeting in Old Buckenham village hall is on Thursday 28 April with a talk on ‘Canals and Waterways’ by Frances Hart. And the competition is ‘Cookery Recipes – your oldest or most interesting book.’
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