The Eco Village Garden is looking amazing thanks to the many ladies of the WI who are using their green fingers to grow a variety of plants such as sweetcorn, beans and lettuce, to name but a few.

Massive thanks to the head gardener Carl for his generosity in donating many plants etc to the Eco Village.

There will be a Midsummer fair at the Eco Village on 26th June which will be selling plants/seedlings etc and also a stall on the day of Harborough Carnival on 8th June.

Any donations of seeds, cuttings and plants would be much appreciated and can be brought along to Wednesday’s meeting or our June meeting or direct to the Eco Village.

Last month we welcomed Colin Cohen who provided an informative talk on the development of social housing in the UK. Colin kindly donated his speaker’s fee to the Jubilee foodbank. We also had a collection from our members for the foodbank. Many thanks to everyone for your generosity.

We had a social visit to the Plant Man at Braybrooke. We learnt which plants would make ideal plants for a colourful all year round border and the best way to plant them. Refreshments were provided and we also had the chance to ask for advice and shop without without the garden centre being open. Many thanks for a very informative evening.

Our craft club enjoyed making coiled baskets and coasters at our May get together. Many thanks to Fiona for demonstrating and helping us master this somewhat fiddly craft!! We were all very pleased with our results.

We will be organising a trip to the Eco Village on Thursday 13th June for Pizza. The evening will commence at approx 6.15 pm and pizza’s will be provided by The Wood Oven. There will also be an opportunity to purchase hot and cold drinks, alchoholic drinks and cake.

Pizza’s will need to be pre-ordered and paid for in advance and a menu will be emailed to all members separately within the next few days. There will also be a pre order sheet at Wednesday’s meeting.

Seating will be provided on a first come first served basis both inside and outside so please wear appropriate clothing should you be sitting outside.

Ready to strut your stuff with some Line Dancing on Wednesday night?? Who doesn’t love a bit of Dolly Parton?

We look forward to welcoming Yvonne Anderson for a fun filled evening learning some line dancing moves.

It would be great to see everyone dressed in country attire so drag out those checked shirts, denim, boots and stetsons!

Yee Haa!

A reminder that we have a visit to the Plant Man in Braybrooke on this lovely sunny evening where they will be demonstrating the planting of a spring planter. Tea and coffee will be provided. Gates open at 6pm for a mooch around the garden centre and then the demonstration will commence at 6.30pm.

We look forward to seeing you later.

The Walking club had a lovely sunny walk around Medbourne on Sunday followed by a cheeky pit stop at a local cafe. Fiona shared with the walkers her newly found foraging skills which they all enjoyed and will now look at their gardens with new eyes!

Many thanks to Fiona for organising.

We had a lovely evening in March listening to Bill Haley and hearing all about his time working in the Royal Navy on the Royal Yacht Britannia. A really informative and interesting talk.

Our next meeting is Wednesday 24th April and we look forward to welcoming Colin Cohen who will be talking to us about the history of Social Housing.

Colin also volunteers for the Market Harborough Food bank and so we are asking for donations for that on the evening also. An email has been sent with the food stuffs they currently need so please do check your inbox.

We look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday

A polite reminder that annual fees are due by the end of March. This year they are £48. Payment can be made by BACS and we ask that you put the reference as ANNUAL FEES so it is easy to reconcile the account. Many thanks in advance.

We had a lovely evening in March listening to Bill Haley and hearing all about his time working in the Royal Navy on the Royal Yacht Britannia. A really informative and interesting talk.

Our next meeting is Wednesday 24th April and we look forward to welcoming Colin Cohen who will be talking to us about the history of Social Housing.

Colin also volunteers for the Market Harborough Food bank and so we are asking for donations for that on the evening also. An email has been sent with the food stuffs they currently need so please do check your inbox.

We look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday

There are lots of courses that you may be interested in, many of which are free of charge, via the WI learning Hub. the link to access is as follows :- https://learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/courses/

It is also worth checking out the ‘Unofficial Women’s Institute’ (UWI) page on facebook which is very informative.