Membership and Visitors:
Changes to Membership from 2024
Our current membership year begun on February 1st 2023 and ends on January 31st 2024.
From 2025 onwards this will change, and our membership year will begin on January 1st and end on 31st December, so subs for next year (February 1st to December 31st 2024) will be for 11 months only.
Our membership declined substantially during Covid, and we had quite a lot less income from subs.
Expenses, especially speakers' fees (which can be as much as £100 a time), have gone up. So although we are attracting new members, and hopefully that will continue, we have reluctantly had to increase our membership subs to £48 from February next year. We realise this may sound a bit of a jump, but it actually means an increase of only £1 per month. For 2024 only, membership subs will be £44 to cover the 11 months from
Feb 1st - Dec 31st 2024.
As before, anyone joining part way through the year will pay a pro rata sub.
What does your membership include?
Interesting speakers on a variety of subjects, tea/coffee & biscuits, a plant from Plant Exchange, plant plugs and compost in April*, Strawberries & Cream after the Mini Flower Show in July*, Christmas Social Afternoon, and enjoyable afternoons with plenty of friendly chat!
If you'd like to attend some meetings (up to maximum of 2 meetings) before deciding if it's what you're looking for, we have a visitor's fee of £5. The visitor's fee includes the speaker (if we have one at that meeting) and tea/coffee and biscuit.
Only members can participate in our Potting Up session in April and submit entries to the Mini Show in July.
* We have had to add a small additional charge at the April and July meetings and to some speaker meetings to cover the extra costs.
Our current membership year begun on February 1st 2023 and ends on January 31st 2024.
From 2025 onwards this will change, and our membership year will begin on January 1st and end on 31st December, so subs for next year (February 1st to December 31st 2024) will be for 11 months only.
Our membership declined substantially during Covid, and we had quite a lot less income from subs.
Expenses, especially speakers' fees (which can be as much as £100 a time), have gone up. So although we are attracting new members, and hopefully that will continue, we have reluctantly had to increase our membership subs to £48 from February next year. We realise this may sound a bit of a jump, but it actually means an increase of only £1 per month. For 2024 only, membership subs will be £44 to cover the 11 months from
Feb 1st - Dec 31st 2024.
As before, anyone joining part way through the year will pay a pro rata sub.
What does your membership include?
Interesting speakers on a variety of subjects, tea/coffee & biscuits, a plant from Plant Exchange, plant plugs and compost in April*, Strawberries & Cream after the Mini Flower Show in July*, Christmas Social Afternoon, and enjoyable afternoons with plenty of friendly chat!
If you'd like to attend some meetings (up to maximum of 2 meetings) before deciding if it's what you're looking for, we have a visitor's fee of £5. The visitor's fee includes the speaker (if we have one at that meeting) and tea/coffee and biscuit.
Only members can participate in our Potting Up session in April and submit entries to the Mini Show in July.
* We have had to add a small additional charge at the April and July meetings and to some speaker meetings to cover the extra costs.