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DIARY DATES 2012
THURSDAY 8 MARCH - AGM 7.30pm at The Scout Hall, Brickfield Road,Portswood, Southampton
SATURDAY 19 MAY - PLANT SALE 10am- 12 noon, Witts Hill Allotment Site, Summit Way
SUNDAY 3 JUNE - GARDENER'S FAYRE 10am - 4pm Wide Lane, Swaythling
SUNDAY 1 JULY - JST FUN DAY 12noon - 4pm Itchen Valley Country Park, Allington Lane
SATURDAY 11 AUGUST - S.A.G.A. ANNUAL SHOW 2pm - 4pm Peatree Church Hall, Woolston
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER- JST PUMPKIN SHOW 10am - 4pm Royal Victoria Country Park Netley
* JST = Jubilee Sailing Trust
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2011
Our Annual show in August was very successful. Despite a difficult growing season we were delighted with the number and quality of the exhibits
The class for fruit
Superb Dahlias
Show Champion Tracy Mabey receives the Chairman's Cup from President Gerald Morgan
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In early September a coach party of members and friends visited Wisley Gardens to admire the late season colours - a very enjoyable day out
Review of 2010
Saturday15 May 2010 - Plant Sale and Scarecrow Competition was held at Witts Hill Allotment, Summit Way, Southampton
Scarecrow Winner Scarecrow Parade
The plant sale was very well supported
Our annual plant sale is increasing in popularity every year. It provides an opportunity to swap tips, meet old friends and pick up good quality plants at reasonable prices - all grown by our members for allotmenteers and gardeners.
This year we are also held our first scarecrow competition.
ANNUAL SHOW
THE SAGA ANNUAL SHOW
SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2010 - An extremely well supported event with a large number of entries and visitors. We were pleased to see so many people taking an interest in our show. Thank you all for making the event such a success.
Our annual show is not just a flower and vegetable competition, there are a variety of classes including cookery, handicrafts and photography, a section for children's entries, plus the sale of produce and a raffle .
Best Child's exhibit (An Animal made of Vegetables) - winning The Brenda Allen trophy
Southampton & District Bee Keepers also hold their annual competitions at the same time and have jars of delicious honey and quality wax products for sale
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everybody who entered the classes and to those who worked so hard behind the scenes to make the day such a success.
We were pleased to welcome our President Mr Gerald Morgan who presented the cups and trophies to the winners
Lily Flood receives the Arthlin Cup & Tracy Mabey wins both the Chairman's Cup & The Ladies' Cup together with several other awards
Bob Blandford receives the Gordon Meacher Tray & Imelda Hyde the Pruce Cup
Saturday 9 October - The Jubilee Sailing Trust Festival at Royal Victoria Country Park
Our stall attracted a lot of interest and did a roaring trade in hot pumpkin soup
SAGA PUMPKIN COMPETITON 2010
Saturday 16 October
A good turn out of entries in all classes made judging the carving section close as the standard was very high - Congratulations to the winners and our thanks to all those who supported the event and enjoyed the hot dogs and pumpkin soup
