IBSLEY AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY - Julie Cole
We are a thriving and really friendly garden club which meets at 7.30pm in Ibsley Village Hall on the last Thursday of every month, winter and summer.
Many of our members are fairly local but some travel a long distance to be with us and we are a great mixture of experts and beginners alike. We welcome everyone and can usually find someone who can answer your gardening queries.
The club has a yearly programme of speakers, including world experts and TV celebrities, a useful Seed Swap in March, a huge value Plant Sale in May, a fantastic Annual Show in early September and a fun Christmas Social in December.
In addition to all this and the monthly talks we have a series of trips and garden visits throughout the year.
AND you get all this for only £10 per member per year.
We welcome visitors too so you could just come along and give us a try.
Why not join us and enjoy the friendship of like minded enthusiasts?
More details from Julie Cole (Secretary) juliecole@hotmail.co.uk or Sandy Dingle (Chair) sandydingle@icloud.com
Art Classes - Angela Corben
Angela Corben is an experienced art tutor and offers weekly group art classes for all levels of experience: Beginners, Improvers and Advanced as well as day workshops.
The art classes are mainly using acrylics or water-mixable oils, drawing and some mixed-media. Subject matter is predominately landscape, painting outdoors 'en plein air', still life and occasional dips into abstraction.
For further information contact Angela art@angelacorben.com 01425 650859 www.newforestartschool.co.uk
Artlink - Maggie
Artlink is a group of lady amateur artists, who live in and around the New Forest and get together once a week in Ibsley Village Hall to paint. Each year, over the August Bank Holiday, they hold an exhibition of paintings and crafts in the hall, as part of Hampshire Open Studios.
For more information email Maggie Coello mcoello02@gmail.com
Kingfisher Short Mat Bowls Club
Are you looking for a pastime or social get together or recreational evening, we are looking for new members to enjoy a friendly game of indoor bowls?
No equipment needed as we can loan you some bowls and you can have three free evening sessions to see if you would like to join.
Our annual membership is only £8 and we pay £2.50 per person per night to cover the hire of the hall.
Please come and have a go, we play Wednesday evenings
7 pm - 10 pm
You can contact the club: Michael Burt 01425 489684.
Avon Valley Archaeological Society (AVAS)
Established in 1974, AVAS meet at 7.30pm on the third Thursday of the month, September to May inclusive.
Membership: £10p.a., £2 per meeting (members), £3.50 per meeting (non-members).
During the meeting season, the Society provides talks from top archaeologists, many from the television.
AVAS also carry out important archaeological activities and geophysical surveys around the local area.
Search for ‘AVAS Ringwood’ or visit the website for meeting and event details. www.avas.org.uk
Meeting dates for 2025/26: 18 September, 16 October, 20 November, 18 December, 15 January, 19 February, 19 March, 16 April, 21 May.