CHAIRMAN Mel Matthews stood in at the last minute when the speaker was unable to attend.

Mel was in good form and gave an entertaining talk on one of his many passions, lilies.

He grows a wide variety and was able to pass on some useful tips on how to get the best from these beautiful plants.

Details were given of the trip on Saturday, February 17, to Dial Park, Chaddesley Corbett, to see a display of snowdrops and then on to Ashwood Nurseries for their special hellebore weekend.

The next meeting will be at the village hall on Wednesday, March 7, at 7.30pm when speaker Mr Woodfield talks about lupins.