Members of the Blandford Evening Women’s Institute visit Holme for Gardens…

Every August, the Blandford Evening WI (BEWI) group usually organises an outdoor gathering instead of a regular meeting. This year members visited Holme for Gardens in Wareham to wander the paths, admire the flowers, hunt for herbs and plan next year’s planting in their own gardens. All finished with a cream tea!

It was also a small celebration, because it is 100 years since BEWI was created in 1922 – although it had a two-year ‘sabbatical’ between 2011-13. The group was restored after Simone Walls Macdonald asked the County Federation if Blandford had a WI and was asked if she would like to re-open it. The WI was revived on a bleak February evening in 2013 and has blossomed ever since.

The group meets on the second Friday of every month at 7pm in the Pavilion, the Woodhouse Gardens, Blandford.