A thanksgiving service in memory of garden centre pioneer Charles Notcutt, who died last month aged 81, will be held on Friday 11 September.

Those wishing to to attend the service - at 2.30pm in St. Mary’s Church, Market Hill, Woodbridge, IP12 4LP – should inform Margaret Bampton, at Notcutts, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AF. She can be contacted on 012394 445301 or by email: bamptonm@notcutts.co.uk.

Charles retired in 2008 from the group chairmanship he had held since 1974, and became non-executive president of the group.