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HEAD OFFICE
National Secretary:
Sonia Gallagher
Administration: Lisa Fox and
Midnight Lengalenga
Legal Advisor: Tyler Harris
Marketing and PR Officer: Charlotte Watts
Officers of the Society
Interim President: Jeff Barber
Chairman: Mike Farrell
Treasurer: Jeff Davies
Governance Committee
Mrs Libby Earle
Mr Wyn Marshall
Mr Keith Meakin
Dr Gareth Owen
Mr Alastair Watson
Patron: King Charles III
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TAKE A LOOK INSIDE
05 CHAIRMAN’S
COMMENTS
06 EVENTS
08 ADMIN
10 SNIPPETS
11 LEGAL
12 SEASONAL JOBS
AGM 08
14 CREATIVE PLOTTER
15 YOUNG PLOTTERS
16 VEGETABLES
18 RECIPES: HOT STUFF
19 COMPOSTING
20 FRUIT
22 ON THE KINGS PLOT
STRAWBERRIES 20
24 BIO-DIVERSITY
26 MEMBER BENEFITS
27 COMMUNITY
34 BOOK REVIEWS
36 REGIONAL UPDATES
Northern. ................................................36
East Midlands........................................37
West Midlands. .....................................39
Eastern. .....................................................41
South East. ..............................................42
North West...........................................42
Southern. .................................................43
South West. ............................................44
Wales. ........................................................45
Scotland. ...................................................46
Yorkshire. .................................................47
London. ....................................................48
HERE WE GROW 30
VALUABLE FACILITY 39