Popular pub quizmaster and owner of Stretegate Camellias Jeremy Wilson shocked Kingsbridge WI members with an anecdote about his prize winning nursery - he planted every single cutting in his giant poly tunnel by hand.

The Chelsea Flower Show gold medalist said: “I’ve done 10,000 cuttings in the past few weeks, each one has several cuts.

“The other night I was sitting in front of the TV with a giant bin bag full of them.”

He has 500 varieties which means flowers continually from September to May inside the walled garden sloping above Slapton Ley.

The most popular manmade cultivar drew another delighted gasp - ‘Camellia Juice’ is actually the tea plant and there are three tea plantations in Devon.

Image consultant Louise Foa, formerly of John Lewis in Oxford Street, is giving her presentation tips at the next meeting on March 10 at Kingsbridge Methodist Hall.

If you’d like to find out more, there’s a coffee meeting at the Old Warehouse on March 13.

Jeremy is a regular quizmaster at The Cricket Inn, Beesands.

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Since then, the members and ambitions alike have grown tremendously. Today, they are the largest women’s organisation in the UK and pride ourselves on being a trusted place for all women of all generations, to share experiences and learn from each other.

A WI membership offers the opportunity to meet women in the local area in-person and virtually, to make friends and make a difference in your community.

They campaign nationally on a wide range of issues and provide life-long learning and self-development opportunities for women in England and Wales.

In 2023 they introduced WI Supporters Options as another way to engage with the WI movement without being a WI member.