No dates or events have yet been agreed for our February and March meetings. Please get in touch with the group contact if you wish to know more details. In April, we will begin our visits to members’ gardens. We also visit Open Gardens and other plant and garden events throughout the year.
We are currently full, but please contact Wendy if you wish to go on a reserve list.
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We have a couple of new members - Jenny Wilsher and Victoria Welch - hopefully they will be with us for our trip to Thornes.
Victoria has sent me the most amazing pictures of her Venus Fly Trap in flower!!!! I didn't even know that they flowered. Here is the evidence - isn't it beautiful?!
Last year I dug up all of my bulbs, as I was fed up with the leaves left behind once the daffodils etc have finished. So this year I have decided to replant them all in pots, although I'm not sure whether I have managed to group the tulips, daffodils, fritillaria etc together! It should mean I can just remove the pots from view while the leaves dry off at the end of Spring. I bought plant theatres (shelves!) from Sarah Raven to display the pots.
In February 2023, we visited Benington Lordship, near Stevenage, for their snowdrop display. They boast over 300 varieties of snowdrops, and in addition there were crocuses, cyclamens and hellebores in abundance. Our visit ended at the church hall for tea and homemade cake!
In November 2022, a few of us visited Waddesdon Manor for their Winter Light Show in the grounds. There was also a Christmas Fair to enjoy.
