Gardening & Wildlife

Convenors: Mary Purnell Tel: 01633 211629

  Trixie Stevens 01633 275232

  Isabelle Paradice 01633 274352

Meetings: Thursday, 10.00 – 12.00, week 3 and week 4 mostly

It’s a friendly group, members may be “hands on” gardeners or wildlife enthusiasts, but everyone appreciate nature, being keen to improve their knowledge. New members are welcome.

Who Comes? What do we do?

Members attend illustrated talks on all aspects of gardening and wildlife, given by professional and amateur speakers. They are held on the third and forth Thursdays of the month, mostly during the Autumn and Spring terms. We also organise outside visits to actually study, for example, garden design, plants, arboretums, wild birds, wild flowers on a day visit or on our annual five-day holiday within the UK. Many of the gardens and wildlife venues are in private ownership or belonging to the National Trust. Usually the visits take place on the first Tuesday of the month. The current programme can be found on the notice board together with details of the outside visits to join in. Each year we hold a Plant Sale and new for 2009 is our very own Summer Flower Show.

Costs: each member pays 50p entry to the talks. Costs vary for an outside visit from £5.85 - £22.00

2009 Gardening & Flower Show Results - Click here to see results. Click here to read Isabelle's report on the event. And click here to see some photos that were taken on the day - see if you can pick the winners.

To see the programme for January - April 2010 click here

Click here to see some photos

Click here to see some more photos

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