We cannot promise wonders behind platform 9¾ but we can promise an exciting potions class, where you can learn to make potions that will make roots grow on plants, and another that will make leaves grow, and another that will make flowers even bigger and brighter.

We can also offer a miracle class where seeds like dust grow into beautiful pot plants.

This is a club for boys and girls aged between 7 and 12 years old to learn all about horticulture (that's a posh name for gardening!) There is no charge for youngsters joining. We meet at 5.45 pm to 6.45 pm before the adult meetings, meetings are held at St. Lukes Church, Homefield Avenue, Oulton Broad.

You can learn to take cuttings (with a scalpel like surgeons use) of many different types of plants. We might grow a giant pumpkin that you can't lift, or a two metre walking stick, decorate clay pots, make wooden plant holders, plant some bulbs around the church, learn about flower arranging, we can perhaps make a table decoration for Christmas. Grow some herbs that taste like sugar, or even the Mexican toothache plant, chew one leaf and your tongue goes numb!

The Oulton Broad and Lowestoft Horticultural Society has been going for over 90 years and there is always someone that will be able to help if you have any questions. Just think, if you plant a tree now, when you retire it could be 20 metres tall, and if just one pair of birds nest in your tree and have six chicks each year, you could have given a home to over 300 birds, how about that then!

We can learn about growing vegetables, peas, beans, carrots, who can grow the longest runner bean; we will give you the seeds to have a go. The Society have two Flower and Vegetable shows each year where we can have a display to show what Young Gardeners can do.

The Society have a competition each year to see who can grow the "World's Largest Dahlia". We could have a go to see if we can beat the adults.

No previous experience of gardening is required, Mum and Dad don't have to be members of the Society, they don't even have to like gardening, but it helps.

For more details please contact Frank Mortimer

Objectives and aims of the Young Gardeners Club

• The Objective of the Club is to initiate, create and sustain the interest of young people in all aspects of Horticulture.
• The aim of the Club is to encourage young people to sow and propagate all forms of flowers and vegetables, to build an interest in exhibiting, to create an interest in floral art, to encourage an interest in wildlife, and finally become full members of the Oulton Broad and Lowestoft Horticultural Society.
• Membership shall be open to all young people between the ages of 7 and 12 years which can be extended if required.

Meetings for 2008

January	No meeting
February	All about Fuchsias, cutings stopping timing. Seed sowing. Growing vegetables: what to do.
March	Pruning roses, check venue
April	Hanging baskets, at the nursery
May	Herbs. Pricking out seeds. What's our potatoes doing?
June	Getting ready for the Shows. Flowers and vegetables
July	Early Summer Show (no meeting)
August	Late Summer Show (no meeting)
September	Show results. Flower arranging
October	Garden design
November	Christmas Table Decorations.
December	No meeting