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What’s on 2021...
Please find below a list of some meetings and event’s scheduled from Jan to April at time of writing during what remains a fluid state due to Covid.
As always, please check before attending any event. Please take a look at the
NVS website event section for up to date information, thank you.
DD
MM
Branch/DA
Event type
Description
Speaker
Location
Start time
6th
Jan
Sussex DA
Meeting
Annual General Meeting
N/A
Possibly Via Zoom
7.30pm
16th
Jan
National NVS
Meeting
Trustee Meeting
N/A
Via Zoom
10.30am
7th
Feb
Midlands Branch
Event
Shropshire Potato Day
N/A
Harper-Adams University,
Nr Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB
10.00am
13th
Feb
Surrey DA
Meeting
Annual General Meeting 11.00 till 12.00 Followed by lunch at La Meridana
N/A
Lovelace Room
East Horsley Village Hall, East Horsley, Leatherhead KT24 6QT
Possibly via Zoom
11.00am
6th
Mar
Scottish Branch
Meeting
Annual General Meeting and Committee Meeting
N/A
Aytoun Hall, Auchterarder PH3 1BJ
13.00
10th
Mar
Surrey DA
Talk
Growing Better Gladioli
Trevor Fawcett
Main Hall
East Horsley Village Hall, East Horsley, Leatherhead KT24 6QT
8.00pm
21st
Mar
Southern Branch
Meeting
Annual General Meeting
N/A
Possibly via Zoom
TBA
14th
Apr
Surrey DA
Talk
The Modern Kitchen Garden
Mark Dobell, Head Gardener
Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucestershire, Redhill RH1 1BP
8.00pm
24th
Apr
National NVS
Meeting
Trustee Meeting
N/A
Ibis Hotel, Emperor Way, Crewe Business Park, Crewe CW1 6BD or via Zoom
10.30am
NVS Directory
For your information, the NVS Autumn Directory was published and posted on the website. This will probably be the last one in this format as we transition to the new Directory which is available via the new website.
The new Directory is live and is fully linked as part of the Membership Engagement software, so will always be up to date as opposed to being published on a quarterly basis.
The new website provides a search engine and filters and drop-down lists to search within the following groups;
Judges, Lecturers, District Association (D.A.) Officers, Branch Officers or National Officers
For example; if you wanted to find any Lecturers from Yorkshire, you can filter on just that.
I hope you find the new system quick and easy to use.
Mimi Tomato competition
The NVS is delighted to announce
that Marshall’s Seeds have offered
to provide every NVS member with
a packet of a Yellow Small Fruited Tomato, variety; Mimi. Mimi is an F1 Hybrid. Most of our members were lucky to have received a packet of these last year too.
Mimi is an eye-catching cordon tomato variety (so, it’s a variety for pinching out to maintain a single stem, not a bush variety). The yellow Mimi seeds develop into a strong, disease-tolerant plants,
full and flavoursome and with a heavy crop of sweet and crunchy fruits. They bring wonderful colour and are ready for summer-time picking from July through September after their indoor sowing from April, so don’t delay...get sowing! Tip; keep an eye on pinching out the side shoots plus once the first flowers have set, that’s the time to start feeding your plants. We hope that you will enjoy plenty of these small, sweet yellow tomatoes
later in the year as it’s a heavy cropper. Certainly feedback we have received was that these taste fantastic and are so sweet.
Each local NVS Branch will be planning to host a special competition, alongside their Branch Championships, to exhibit a dish of these small fruited Mimi Tomatoes, so why not have a go. More details, along with your seeds, to follow in the Spring SV Magazine edition in April.
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