Club The club assembled for business on Friday August 22 when we all lis-tened carefully to Jo n Millington gi ving a talk on pruning.

He star ted with the pruning of trees , leading to bushes and peren- nial plants pointing out the reason for doing this was to ensure dead wo od was remo ve d letting in more light to encourage fresh growth.

He also demonstrated this point with drawings on slides .

The evening went well with the usual Question Time , Plant sale and coffee break.

Membership continues to flourish as our happy band we lcomes in new members .

We proudly present our Annual Flower Show on Saturda y, September 6 at 2.30 held at Clent Parish Hall to be opened of ficially by Anne Harris , Chairman of the Parish Hall Trustees .

Our next normal meeting will be held on September 26 wh en Duncan Coombs will tell us all about Ponds , Marginals and Bog Gardens .

All are we lcome to the meetings , any one interested in either joining or just visiting the club can get further details by visiting our website on clentg ardeningclub .wordpress .

com/ or by contacting the chair man Pat Or me on 01384 394451.