GROVE GARDEN AND LOCAL HISTORY CLUB
EVENTS PROGRAMME FOR 2025
26th February
‘Brookside Meadows: Making Homes for Millenia’
Presentation by Francesca Giarelli of Red River Archaeology.
26th March
‘Wonders of the Botanical World’ - Presentation by Matthew Biggs, Author,
BBC TV and Radio presenter - Matthew will be selling signed copies of his books.
(Please note: Members charge £5.00, visitors £7.50)
5th April
The Spring Show
Grove Village Hall, Main Street OX12 7JY open to the public from 2.00 pm
23rd April
‘Stories Behind the Names on the Abingdon War Memorial’
Presentation by Dick Richards
10th May
The Annual Plant Sale
Grove Village Hall from 10.00 am until 12.00 noon.
If you wish to sell your own plants, a table can be booked for £10.00, please Contact Debbie Watson
on 07769 923414 .
28th May
‘Abingdon Abbey’s Deer Park and Radley Large Wood’.
Presentation by Richard Dudding
27th August
‘Lady Chatterley’s Gardener’ – An illustrated walk-through gardens of historical
Importance. Presentation by Guy Deakins
6th September
The Summer Show
Old Mill Hall, School Lane, OX12 7LB at 2.00 pm.
24th September
‘Dark and Desirable, plants for impact’ – Presentation by Paul Green from
Greens Leaves Nursery – Plants available to purchase for cash on the night.
22nd October
Annual General Meeting - followed by ‘Oxfordshire at the Great Exhibition’
Presentation by Carole Anderson (Please note: starts at 7.45 pm).
26th November
‘The Two William Morrises of Oxfordshire – Lives, works and legacies’
Presentation by Marie-Louise Kerr
Our evening meetings are held in Grove Village Hall in Main Street Grove (OX12 7JY).
Doors open 7.30 pm, speaker at 8.00 pm.
Members’ entry fee is just £2.50
(Excepting 26th March, Michael Biggs, Members charge £5.00, visitors £7.50)
Visitors very welcome – visitors entry fee £5.00 – Sorry, cash only!
Free refreshments and raffle around 9.15 pm.
Annual Membership Fees will be collected at the February meeting.