Sad farewell to Brian Deauville

It was very sad news that we heard of the passing of our President Emeritus, Brain Deauville last autumn. Brian had been involved with the Guild for many years and had stepped down as Chair only a few years ago. Chris and Bill Knight along with Sheila Rapley and Diana Terry represented the Guild at […]

A Tribute To Brenda Girdlestone

Family and friends gathered at St John’s Church Milford to celebrate the life of Brenda Girdlestone who sadly passed away 22nd April 2019. Born in Shropshire 22nd October 1924 her family moved to Surrey and Brenda settled in Milford. She had a shop in Godalming known to all as The Button Shop, this sold everything […]

Season’s Greetings

The Surrey Guild wishes you a festive holiday season and a very happy new year.

The Therapy Garden – Our chosen Charity

The Surrey Guild has decided in this year’s AGM to make a small donation of £100 to a local horticultural charity, and the natural choice was The Therapy Garden. This horticulture and education charity uses gardening to generate positive change, working with adults and teenagers with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and mental health challenges and […]

Important Updates

It is with sadness that we have heard that Mrs Joan Owen, a judge and lecturer for many years, has passed away. Our thoughts are with family and friends. :: Mr Richard Bailey has decided to stand down as a lecturer. As the lists have already been distributed for 2018/2019, please note the change. :: […]

News from our Judges

We are pleased to let you know that Peter Cooper is now fit and well and is available for judging in Surrey as well as his local Sussex area. Peter is looking forward to next year’s round of shows and is keen to meet up with friends he has made over the years. The past […]

A Perfect Bake

I am just coming to the end of another year judging of the Domestic entries for Garden Club shows. It has been good with plenty of tasty recipes to try and taste. The most important element to any cake and bread recipe is a perfect bake and a good taste. This is very difficult to […]

The Guild at Hampton Court 2017

Just got back from representing the Guild at Hampton Court Flower Show, as I was invited to the Horticultural Community Lunch. Lindsay came with me and we had a very interesting day meeting some lovely people, as we rubbed shoulders with the great and the good. It was good to see some of the celebrities […]

The Joy of Daffodils

When I first joined the Horticultural Society I popped into the Spring Show as I was passing. When I saw the flowers I thought to myself “I have daffodils at home, maybe I could exhibit some next year”. So the following Spring I duly went round the garden collecting my blooms, taking a […]

DIG IT

Two of the Guild’s committee, John Negus and Geoff Peach are regular contributors to the programme DigIt which airs on Sunday mornings between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on BBC Surrey & BBC Sussex. They take questions, live on air, on all matters horticultural, who can phone the radio station or email or even text […]

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