This
Club, which
was formed in 2003, is
open
to everyone in the
locality who is interested (not necessarily knowledgeable) in any
form of gardening,
be it flowers,
shrubs, plants or vegetables.
Snake's-head Fritillary
Quaking Grass
It
meets once a month
(except
August and December) for either talks, held in the Village Hall, or
visits to local gardens, plus an annual coach trip to a garden further
afield. Occasionally there is a Social Evening (with wine, etc.) which
can take the form of a Photo Evening or a Gardeners' Question Time.
Pink Fir
Apple Potatoes
Outing to
Hillier Arboretum
Subjects
for talks have included such items
as; Herbs,
Spring Bulbs, Making a Garden, Fruit Trees, Organic Gardening and
Roses.
Visits have been made to Kew
Gardens and the Hillier
Arboretum in
Hampshire and, more locally, to Hunts Court Gardens in South
Gloucestershire and Westwell Manor near Burford.
photographs
by club member Arthur
Burgess
Programme for 2008/9
2008
Thu 15th May
Andrew Bullock - 'Lavender, Buddleja and Butterflies'
Fri 13th June
Evening Visit to Rodmarton Manor 5.30pm
Sat 5th July
Open Gardens, Sevenhampton
Mon 8th Sept
Visit by coach to RHS Garden Wisley
Fri 24th Oct
Robin Pearce - Dahlias
Thu 20th Nov
Dave Everett - 'Structures and Architectural Features in The Garden'
2009
Fri 16th Jan
James Bolton - 'Garden History: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon to John Brookes'
Wed 18th Feb
George Alway - 'Vegetables Without Tears'
Fri 20th March
Donald Everitt - 'Rock Gardens: Nature's Jewels'
Fri 24th April
AGM plus Reg Moule - ' Gardening with Ornamental Grasses'
The
annual subscription is
£10. Non-members are welcome to attend our
meetings for a fee
of £3.
For further information,
please contact the Secretary, Cindy Haynes, on 01242 820914
