240 Years of Gardening and Horticulture in Dawlish

 

Prize List for 1874
Dawlish Horticultural and
Cottage Garden Society 

On Saturday, February 18th, from 3pm until 5pm in The Starcross Pavilion on the Starcross Sportsfield, Suzanne Jones will present 

"240 Years of Gardening and Horticulture in Dawlish "

Suzanne will describe: the very active Garden Society, which was formed in 1861; what happened during both World Wars; and the large industry of horticulture that sustained many families and employed hundreds of people at its height.

Suzanne is intrigued by this subject and she continues her research, spending many hours every week searching local archives for information. 

If anyone has any photographs, press cuttings posters or stories about the history of gardening in Dawlish and surrounds, please  get in touch, or even bring them to the meeting.

Admission is free but it's around £40 for the hire of the pavilion and its facilities, so we sell tea and coffee, have a collection pot, and have a raffle.

Please bring a raffle prize

Thankyou