STOWEY GARDENERS’ NEW PROGRAMME 2023
A new season of talks and outings for 2023
- If you love gardens or gardening
- Enjoy hearing about or visiting beautiful gardens
- Want to pick up lots of tips or add to your garden knowledge
- Enjoy a social gathering of enthusiasts
- Like listening to experts on a wide variety of gardening subjects…..
then come and join our monthly club!
We meet at the Church Centre, St. Mary’s Street, Nether Stowey. TA5 ILJ every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7.00 for 7.30pm.
Come as a visitor to try us out. £5 for a talk including tea/coffee & cakes and there is a raffle and garden table too. Annual membership is £20. Car sharing available for visits.
Contact Lucy Haswell, Secretary. Phone: 01278 671289 or email: shbassoon@aol.com website: https://sites.google.com/site/stoweygardeners
Diary 2023
| Thurs 19th Jan | AGM at 7pm followed at |
| 7.30pm by a talk by Nick Wray, Curator of University of Bristol Botanic Gardens – Gardens and Landscapes of Sicily | |
| Thurs 16th Feb | Gardeners Question Time |
| Thurs 16th Mar | a talk by Michael Smith – Hanging Baskets and Containers |
| Thurs 20th April | a talk by Josh Hartnell – Orchids |
| Fri 21st April | 2.30pm car visit to Barford Park, Spaxton |
| Sat 29th April | 10am-1pm Plant Sale at Thomas Poole Library, Nether Stowey |
| Thurs 18th May | a talk by Dr Gavin Haig – Creating a Wildlife Garden |
| Tues 23rd May | car visit to Hillcrest, Curload, Stoke St Gregory |
| Thurs 15th June | a talk by Margaret Adams – Living with the Boss (Tales of a Farmer’s Wife) |
| Thurs 22nd Jun | car visit to Vexford Court, Higher Vexford, Lydeard St Lawrence |
| Tues 11th July | car visit to Avalon, Higher Chillington, Ilminster |
| Thurs 20th July | a talk by Claire Hart – Poultry Keeping for Beginners- you can have hens and a nice garden |
| Thurs 17th Aug | Members Summer Garden Party |
| Thurs 7th Sept | car visit to Hartwood House, Crowcombe Heathfield |
| Thurs 21st Sept | a talk by David Wright – A Year Round Garden – Lifting the Latch |
| Tues 26th Sept | car visit to Postbox Cottage, West Bagborough |
| Thurs 19th Oct | a talk by David Usher – Care and Management of Trees and Shrubs |
| Thurs 16th Nov | a talk by Micky Little (Avon Bulbs) – Roses |
| Wed 13th Dec | Members Christmas Party |