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== Pumpkin Party == '''SCARECROW COMPETITION'''
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'''''Saturday 29th October, from 6.30pm''''' '''Saturday 1 July 2023'''
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At the Hoe Down. The theme for year’s scarecrow competition will be Royalty which is a very wide brief so let your imagination run wild from King Canute to Queen Nefertiti or maybe the King of the Jungle.
Be creative in any way you feel inspired to be, there are prizes to be won!
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 * Home made soup, hot dogs, baked potato, and cake, soft drinks (bring your own wine or beer) Scarecrows are to be erected by '''Friday 30 June'''.
Judging will be carried out by the same independent judge as last year and will take place on Saturday 1 July.
As we did last year, prizes will be awarded the following weekend at the Allotment Picnic See below.
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 * Prizes!
  * Heaviest home grown pumpkin
  * Fancy dress
  * Jack o’lanterns
  * Guess the name of the pumpkin
  * Races
  * Plot awards
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'''ALLOTMENT PICNIC'''
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Entry is strictly by ticket only.
We must restrict the entry to 80 so get your tickets early.
Adult £2.00, child £1.50.
Family ticket of 2 adults and 2 children £6.00.
Tickets are available from the Trading Hut on Sunday mornings.
'''Sunday 9 July 2023 from 2.00pm'''

Just turn up at the Community Plot by the middle path with your own picnic and enjoy a well deserved restful afternoon chatting with fellow plot holders and members.
A chance to look at the scarecrows and see which ones win the prizes.


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'''ILLUSTRATED TALK'''

'''Wednesday 20 September 7.30pm'''

An illustrated talk by Maureen Sawyer, BBC Gardener of the Year for the North of England. Further details later in the year.
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== 'Delamere and the Wooded Ridge', A Talk by Hugh Begg ==
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'''''Tuesday 29th November 2011 at 2.30pm'''''

St Mary's Church Hall, on the corner of Harboro Road and Moss Lane, Sale.

Free to members, £1.00 for friends.
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'''''Please check regularly for updates and details of new events'''''



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Events


SCARECROW COMPETITION

Saturday 1 July 2023

The theme for year’s scarecrow competition will be Royalty which is a very wide brief so let your imagination run wild from King Canute to Queen Nefertiti or maybe the King of the Jungle. Be creative in any way you feel inspired to be, there are prizes to be won!

Scarecrows are to be erected by Friday 30 June. Judging will be carried out by the same independent judge as last year and will take place on Saturday 1 July. As we did last year, prizes will be awarded the following weekend at the Allotment Picnic See below.


ALLOTMENT PICNIC

Sunday 9 July 2023 from 2.00pm

Just turn up at the Community Plot by the middle path with your own picnic and enjoy a well deserved restful afternoon chatting with fellow plot holders and members. A chance to look at the scarecrows and see which ones win the prizes.


ILLUSTRATED TALK

Wednesday 20 September 7.30pm

An illustrated talk by Maureen Sawyer, BBC Gardener of the Year for the North of England. Further details later in the year.


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Please check regularly for updates and details of new events

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Events (last edited 2024-04-28 13:05:50 by TonyTurnbull)