CHARD Gardening Club will hold its first meeting of the year next week.

The group will be meeting at Crowshute Hall in Chard on Thursday, January 12 from 7.30pm.

Penny Wyatt of the Chard Gardening Club said: “Our guest speaker is David Moon and will be giving us a talk on the National Garden Scheme with refreshments, flower of the month competition and a raffle.

“Happy New Year to all our members, we would love to see some new faces so come and join us.”