Gardening Club Meetings and Events
Gardening Club Meetings and Events
The Gardening Club was disbanded early 2024. The information below is kept for interest only.
Archived Information
Visitors and New Members Very Welcome
Annual Membership is only £15.00 and the meetings are free
or if you prefer to come as a visitor just £3.00 per evening.
PLEASE NOTE MEETINGS HELD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH IN THE EVENING, but please check the programme as months may differ. Afternoon meetings start at 2.30 and evening ones at 7.30, the doors are open half an hour before the start time.
Meetings held in the Methodist Church, North Street, Barrow upon Soar unless stated in the programme
Our next meeting is on the 15th of March , when the local garden designer Karen Gimson will be giving advice on suitable trees for small gardens and also how to underplant them.
Programme for 2023
JANUARY
5th AGM 2.30 start followed by a social
FEBRUARY
1st 2.30 Green Thumb Lawn Care
MARCH
1st 2.30. Joanne Wilkes Creating a hanging basket
15th 7.30 Karen Gimson Choosing trees for a small garden and under planting
APRIL
5th afternoon visit to Thornton fuchsia nursery
19th 7.30 Stephen Lovell Roots an shoots( pruning)
MAY
3rd 2.30 Hannah Sylvester Medicinal plants
17th 7.30 Nicola Clarke Sustainable gardening in climate change
JUNE
7th Afternoon visit to a member’s garden
21st 7.30. Jeff Bates Fruit growing
JULY
7th all day visit to RHS Harlow Carr
TBC Late July an evening garden visit
AUGUST
No meeting
SEPTEMBER
6th afternoon visit to Leicester Botanic Garden
20th 7.30 Robert Barlow Hostas
OCTOBER
4th 2.30 Andrew Mikolajski. Plants for free
18th 7.30 Joanne Wilkes Pests and diseases
NOVEMBER
1st Patsy Rayner Japanese gardens
DECEMBER
6th 2.30 Sharon Making Christmas decorations
