Monthly Meetings

We hold monthly meetings on the  2nd Wednesday of every month.

The pre-planned agenda for 2025 is as follows:

 

January 8th	“Why did the hedgehog cross the road” by the Hedgehog Preservation Society
February 12th February 15th (Saturday)	Secrets of successful ponds in your garden COACH TRIP: Thenford Arboretum and Snowdrops
March 12th	Growing and Caring for Wild Flowers in the Garden.
April 9th	Grow Your 5 a Day
May 14th May 30th (Friday)	Social and Plant Sale COACH TRIP: David Austin Rose Gardens and Tea rooms near Wolverhampton
June 11th	For The Love Of Salvias
July 9th (Thursday)	LOCAL VISIT: Visit to Pudding Hill Garden, Arlington
August 13th	British Butterflies
September 6th (Saturday)	FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW
October 8th	Bugs, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
November 13th	Permaculture – gardening with less impact on the environment
December 11th	AGM and Beetle Drive with drinks and nibbles

The pre-planned agenda for 2024 is as follows:

January 10th	Topical Tips to make gardening easier
February 14th	Designing and Making a Smaller Garden
March 13th	The Dahlia Year – Growing, Storing, Propagating and Showing Dahlias
April 10th	Excellent Plants – New Varieties and Old Varieties, A Hand On talk
May 8th	Talk on NGS Open Gardens in Oxfordshire
June 4th June 12th	COACH TRIP: Broughton Grange, Oxon + Coton Manor Garden, Northants LOCAL VISIT: Chestlion House, Clanfield 6-8pm £5 Donation
July 11th July 24th	COACH TRIP: Yeo Valley Gardens (CANCELLED) LOCAL VISIT: Langford, Hardie Amies’ House and Gardens, C1050 Church. £6 Donation. Drink Included
August 14th	Swallows, Swifts and Martins
September 7th	FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW
October 9th	New Plants from old. Hands on demo of dividing and propagating from existing plants
November 12th	Adventures of Seed Detective collecting and cultivating from around the world.
December 10th	AGM and Talk on Cider with Cide Tasting

Summaries and reports of our previous meetings can be found below.