Programme 2024
Meetings every third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm, St Mary's Church Centre, Nether Stowey
Tea and cake, raffle, plant table
Thursday 18th January AGM at 7pm
followed at 7.30 by a talk by Peter Savage of Bowden's Nurseries Hostas
Thursday 15th February a talk by Sally Leaney Garden Design
Thursday 21st March a talk by Paul Hending Organic Gardening, including Pest Control
Thursday 18th April a talk by John Addison Vegetable Growing
Tuesday 7th May car visit to Postbox Cottage, West Bagborough TA4 3EF
Thursday 16th May a talk by Jenny Short Fragrance in the Garden
Saturday 18th May Plant Sale at Thomas Poole Library, Nether Stowey
Wednesday 5th June car visit to Model Farm, Perry Green, Wembdon TA5 2BA
Thursday 20th June a talk by Felicity Down Climbing and Wall Shrubs
Sunday June 23rd coach trip to RHS garden Rosemoor - Rose weekend - Craft and Food Market
Thursday 11th July car visit to Bradon Farm, Isle Abbots TA3 6RX
Thursday 18th July a talk by Claire Forster Women in Horticulture, Past and Present
Thursday 15th August Members Summer Garden Party
Saturday 7th September car visit to Knoll Cottage, Stogumber TA4 3TN cancelled due to adverse weather
Thursday 19th September a talk by Roy Cheek Irresistible Garden Plants for Butterflies
Thursday 17th October a talk by Dominic Hamilton, Garden Director, The Rococo Gardens at Painswick
Thursday 21st November a demonstration by Myra Cox Christmas Flowers
Tuesday 17th December Members Christmas Party
January
On Thursday 18th January we held our 2024 AGM at 7pm in the Church Centre, Nether Stowey.
After the meeting, at 7.30, we had a talk on Hostas by Peter Savage from Bowdens nursery at Okehampton, who have an impressive history of growing and showing hostas. Peter explained and illustrated the large variety of hostas, emphasising how easy they are to care for, and even providing a recipe so that we could devour our hostas before the slugs did! A lucky member won a plant, and many were inspired to visit Bowden's in future to fill our gardens with these attractive plants.
February
Sally Leaney, prize-winning local garden designer, talked to us about 'Garden Design' on Thursday 15th February. Visitors to the Taunton Flower Show may be familiar with Sally's work - she has exhibited her imaginative creations there over several years. She brings a lively, practical approach to her designs, and demonstrated principles and tricks that could be applied to optimize the space available in a garden. Many of us will be inspired to apply what we learnt to our gardens, great or small, and can better appreciate gardens we visit too.