Northwood Green Gardening Club

Programme 2023 - 2024

Meetings held at Northwood Green Social Hall, GL14 1NB, at 7.30 pm  unless otherwise announced.

Visitors welcome to any meetings, cost £3

Venue:  Northwood Green Social Hall at 7.30pm unless by Zoom or otherwise announced.

  Tea and biscuits are available at all our meetings for a small charge. Many of our speakers will bring plants to sell so please remember to bring your money.

Thursday 14th December. Our very popular social evening. A chance to relax and enjoy the buffet with mulled wine and soft drinks and a raffle. As before we ask members to bring a plate of food to share.

Thursday 11thJanuary. Wormeries. Jackie Smith the master composter will be making a welcome return to the club to talk about wormeries.

Thursday 8th February. Barks, Stems and Evergreens for the Winter Garden. Duncan Coombes makes a welcome return for a talk originally scheduled for last March. As we look towards Spring it is a good time to look back on the winter months and get inspiration from Duncan on what we can do to ensure we make the best of our winter garden.

Thursday 7th March at 2pm. An outing to Trench Hill Sheepcombe. A three acre garden with snowdrops, hellebore, spring flowers, a woodland walk and sculptures. £5.00 plus £2.50 for a home made tea. 45 mins approximately from the Social Hall.

Thursday 14th March. Formative, Restrictive or Restoration. Ian Sadler a grower of hardy plants will talk about pruning techniques.

Thursday 11th April. Growing Clematis. Marcel Floyd runs a specialist nursery in Calne for Clematis and other climbers.

Thursday 9h May. The Wonder of Trees. Mary Fenton from Bredon is a self taught gardener and photographer.

May Plant Sale our very popular plant sale will be held. Date to be confirmed in the New Year. June evening visit. To be announced unfortunately the garden we booked is not going to open next year.

Tuesday 2nd July. An all day outing to two nearby gardens.

The first garden we visit is South Lodge, Clearwell at 10.15. A two acre garden with pergolas and a gravel and organic garden. The afternoon garden is 17 minutes away, we are suggesting lunch at the Dog and Muffler in Joyford.

2pm The Radnors in Lydbrook. A five acre woodland garden with stumpery, fernery and vegetable bed. Home made teas are available in both gardens.

Thursday 8th August at 7 pm. Our annual social evening. To be held in the garden of club member Ann Manning. This event is always a popular get together.

Thursday 12th September. Ponds and Water Features. Philip Aubrey was until he retired the director of the Birmingham Botanic Garden. Please remember to bring your money as Philip will be bringing plants for us to purchase.

Thursday 10th October. Preserving the Harvest far beyond Kevin Alviti. As many will remember Kevin is a self sufficient smallholder from Malvern. This talk was requested by members after his last visit to the Gardening Club.

Thursday 14th November. Finding the Angle at Chelsea. Mandy Bradshaw the award winning Cotswold journalist makes a very welcome return to talk about her experiences at the Chelsea Flower Show. This talk will be followed by our short AGM.

Thursday 12th December. Our Christmas Social. This final and very popular event of 2024 a relaxing evening, where we have the chance to enjoy good company, mulled wine and our popular buffet. 6/11/2023 6/