Minutes of meeting 13 August 2026
Added at 13:14 on 28 October 2026
Minutes of committee meeting of Kirkintilloch Horticultural Society held on 13th August 2026
1 : Attended : A. Lothian, R. Hatcher, I. Hatcher, R. Sherlock, A. Bryson, W. Bryson, M. Gibb, C. Robertson, P.Malcolm
2 : Apologies : A. Carswell
3 : Paul welcomed everyone to the meeting including Catriona who was attending her first committee meeting.
4 : Minutes of committee meeting of 18th June approved by W. Bryson and seconded by Isabel Hatcher. There were 2 corrections to the minutes ie the date of the next meeting was incorrect and the price of Scone Palace gardens was also incorrect. An email was sent to committee members to rectify this.
5 : President’s Report : Paul thanked Andrew for printing off about 200 exhibitors’ cards. Paul said that he had taken posters and/ or schedules to Caulders, the library, St Mary's and to had taken schedules to various exhibitors’ houses. Minuteman press ,who printed the posters, also displayed a copy on their window. Bob took a poster for Homegrown and A. Carswell had previously taken a poster and some schedules to St Cyprians.
Robert confirmed he has the laminator and printer and Adam has the projector and laptop.
6 : Treasurer’s Report : Robert stated that we are up to date with payments to EDC with regards to Enterprise House. The coach has been paid for the annual outing to Scone Palace. Money is still to be collected from those who are going on the annual outing.
7 : Press Secretary’s Report : Margaret had nothing to report. She will be putting information into the Kirkintilloch Herald prior to the annual show.
8 : Social Secretary’s Report : Wendy reported that 18 people had booked for the annual outing to Scone Palace. This is a lower number of people than usual and the bus will cost £650. LA travel do not have a smaller bus . Due to concern about the cost to each person it was agreed to cap the price to £25 per person and the Society will pay the rest. It was agreed to give the driver a tip of £30. The bus will arrive at lenzie station at 9.15am and will also pick up people from New Lairdsland Road afterwards.
9 : Speakers’ Secretary’s Report : Adam confirmed that the programme for next session has been completed until February with March and April to be confirmed.
10 : Web Secretary’s Report : Isabel stated that there had been 370 views on Facebook since the last meeting and 3000 views over the past year. 90 people had shown an interest in Kirkintilloch in Bloom and 103 individuals had looked at the website recently.
11 : Annual Flower Show. Checklist and final preparations for the upcoming show on 5th September were completed . This will include a plants and home baking stalls and once again a tombola.
12 : AOB : Bob will give out information about a seed library at the October meeting in Enterprise House
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 28th October 2026. The venue to be decided nearer the time. The meeting closed at 8.50pm.