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.