OUR MEETINGS

We meet monthly: January June / September - November, either In St Briavels or Brockweir.

We hold a Plant Sale In May (2025) and a Members' event or garden visit during July

Contact us: wyegardensociety@gmail.com

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OUR NEXT MEETING                         

Medicinal Herbs in Your Garden: Caroline Sheldrick

Friday 19 June

Which common garden plants are used in herbal medicine: how to grow and use them - and which ones to avoid. Some of the traditional uses of favourite garden flowers may surprise you.

Caroline Sheldrick is a Medical herbalist in Gloucestershire who practiced in rural Gloucestershire for more than twenty years.

7.15 pm for 7.30 start

St Briavels Assembly Rooms

Visit to Copwell House, by kind invitation of Hilary Little and Rob Towart

Sunday 7 June at 2.30 pm

I was delighted to have the opportunity for a sneaky preview of this garden, set just above TheHudnalls, on a May afternoon, under lowering rain-filled clouds. The approach to the house is magical, winding down an inviting, unmade lane through overhanging trees and mossy woodland,over a special deer-proof grate, and suddenly I arrived in another world, just as the Heavens dramatically opened. The spring shower soon cleared, the sky turned azure blue, and the bright colours of the planting glistened, forming a mesmerisng Persian carpet of deep reds, pastels and soft greens.

The grounds, which extend to 10 acres, are mostly made up of meadow and woodland, with 2 acres cultivated around the house, an area which has been slowly developed over 20 years from a patch of lawn and overgrown neglect. Today it is a garden for all seasons, bursting with interest at every turn. The house, swathed in wisteria and clematis, overlooks the Wye valley, on a south and west-facing slope, and Hilary has maximised the potential of the various micro-climates to grow unusualand semi-hardy shrubs, some of which are propagated by Hilary in her large greenhouse . 

The centrepiece below the house is a magnificent Magnolia Apollo which is surrounded by a networkof little paths passing a series of small ponds and through beds of azaleas and other small shrubs.

Parking is limited, so car sharing would be appreciated. If you would like to join this visit please contact me.