As well as coach trips, monthly guest speakers, our summer show every August and our AGM held in October, the society also and proudly takes part in and supports a variety of local events.

Cheese and wine evening 2024

On Friday May 24th the Society held a cheese and wine evening at the Llantonian Hall to say thank you to all our volunteers who help in various ways, including manning the store on a Sunday morning, helping to unload deliveries of compost and other items at the store, making and serving the teas and biscuits at our monthly talks and washing up afterwards, and providing assistance to our show secretary in the setting up and running of our annual show.

The evening was organised by our show secretary, Tim Prior, and our speakers secretary, Cath Thomas. 35 invited guests attended and enjoyed a substantial and very tasty buffet which included bread, cheese biscuits, pate, many varieties of cheese, grapes, pickled onions and pickles, with a choice of wine or fruit juice.

Our chairman, Bill Lee, thanked all our volunteers for their willingness and commitment to the Society. Without them, it would be a lot more work for the committee and we are very grateful for the time and effort our volunteers give to the Society.

Wreath Making 2023

At the beginning of December, some of the Society's members visited Pheasant Acre Plants in Llangan to learn how to make a festive wreath.

We were greeted with a moss filled wire ring, a vast selection of greenery, berries, dried fruit slices, tiny pumpkins, cinnamon sticks, pine cones and a roll of florists wire, with no idea what to do with it all!

Luckily, Rob, owner of the nursery, was on hand to show us the order in which to tackle it, and advising us on the best greenery to use for the outside of the ring to create a substantial base then filling in the rest of the ring with our choice of greenery and berries, ensuring they were tightly wired to make a solid structure. We then added the fruit slices, pine cones, etc to create a colourful and, I'm sure you will agree, beautiful Christmas wreath.

We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon and definitely learned a lot. Many thanks to Rob for his patience, advice and a very warm welcome.