Well, I have a feeling that we are going to have to rethink our gardening in England if this weather pattern is here to stay. Water conservation will be paramount. Gravel gardens will be the norm – I’m even wondering whether to turn the herbaceous borders here in to gravel beds because it has been …
A Talk by Roger Umpelby The August meeting on Wednesday 13 August is all about British Butterflies. There is so much concern about these lovely insects and their declining numbers that hopefully lots of you will come to find out moreabout them and what we can do to help. Roger is a professional entomologist and …
Local visit to Pudding Hill Barn This year we have arranged to visit the above garden on Wednesday 9th July at 6.30 pm Established in 2022 by the current owners Karen Gray and Marcus Child the gardens have been carefully designed to make the most of the natural form and landscape on the edge of …
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Yeo Valley operate one of the largest organically certified ornamental gardens in the country. The 6.5 acre garden is south of Bristol overlooking the Mendip Hills. The aim of the whole garden is to put nature first and encourage biodiversity. The centre piece is a purple glasshouse in a more formal design with defined colour …
Just to let you know that our next meeting of the Gardening Club on the 14th of May is a “Social and Plant Sale”. Bring any plants you don’t need that you would look to add to our sale but don’t worry if you do not have any spare plants, just come along and enjoy the social …
As I’ve written before, in Japan the seasons are broken down into 72 micro seasons and given little titles. I find it quite delightful and, although their seasons may not be the same as ours, I like to see what they call them. So just a few examples from these two months:- April 5-9 Swallows …
GARDENING HINTS Feb/March 2025 If you have kept seed from last year’s half opened packets, provided you have kept them in dry cold conditions, they should be viable. But I also have seed from packets of unknown age and also some seed doesn’t germinate if it is not fresh. Instead of going to all the …
Chris Day is coming to give us a talk on how to “Grow Your 5 A Day”. Chris comes from Buckingham Nurseries and describes himself as ‘Husband, gardener, writer, broadcaster and lover of life.’ If you are interested in growing your own veg do come along. Sounds like an interesting topic, come along and learn more about growing …
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Rebecca Brain is an organic gardener associated with soil association and Bishopstone Gardening club. She is going to talk about growing more traditional British wild flowers in our gardens to encourage pollinators and wild life.
Join us for a day out in Middle of February to see over 600 different species of Snowdrops and cultivars carpeting the grounds at Thenford Arboretum. The extensive gardens, walled gardens sculpture gardens and medieval ponds have gradually been restored and extended by Lord and Lady Heseltine over the last 25 years. Mid February there …
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