2019 Programme
Wednesday 7.30 pm February 6th “Bee friendly planting”
Martyn Cracknell, Bishampton’s local bee keeper and President of Worcestershire Beekeepers’ Society will advise on how best to attract our essential little friends.
Wednesday 7.30 pm March 6th “Vegetables in the small garden”
Richard Baldwin, Former Senior Crop Production Officer at Pershore Horticultural College.
Sunday April 7th – Spring Show 2-4pm
Come and show and/or enjoy our first signs of colour with floral
and floristry displays to delight. Entries and staging 9-11am.
20p per entry. Click here to download and print off the 2019 Spring Show Schedule
Wednesday 7.30 pm May 1st Annual General Meeting
A chance to have your say on future ideas and plans for the Club and elect/re-elect committee members or even volunteer yourself?
Sunday 2pm May 12th “Afternoon visit to Fibrex Nurseries, Pebworth”
Fibrex holds the national collection of pelargoniums and hederas
(as well as stocking other plants). Meet at 2pm at the Nursery.
£5pp for guided tour, tea and cake.
Wednesday 7.30 pm June 5th “The Really Useful Garden”
Rachel Salisbury, holding a degree in horticulture from Nottingham University, has previously lectured at Birmingham University in the Continuing Studies Department as well as working in parks, research stations, nurseries and garden centres.
Wednesday 7 pm July 3rd “White Cottage Garden, Stock Green”
Mel and Jan Bates moved to Worcestershire from Yorkshire in 1981 to a garden consisting mainly of rough field which they have transformed with ornamental trees, interesting shrubs, and herbaceous plants. A real ‘must see’ in our calendar.
Talk, tour, tea/coffee and cake £7.50 meet there.
Friday August 9th - Sunflowers and Pots/Container entries only
Last date for entries in these categories for the Summer Flower & Produce Show - both judged in situ and photographed for display at the Show on the 17th. Tel: Pete Chamberlain 01386 861438
Thursday 6-8pm, Villages Hall, August 15th
Main entries for Summer Flower & Produce Show.
20p per entry/Children foc.
Saturday 2-4pm August 17th Summer Flower & Produce Show (Staging 9-11pm)
Come on and give it a go! 74 classes - flowers, fruit, vegetables, floristry, craft, home produce, photography, children’s section.
All welcome to enter, members and non-members, amateurs
and experts.
Wednesday 7.30 pm September 4th “Bulbs for Spring Display”
Passionate plantsman and plant hunter, Duncan Coombs is a seasoned advisor at the RHS Centre, Pershore College. A gifted and entertaining speaker, expect an informative evening with a
new twist on how to get the best of spring colour.
Wednesday 7.30 pm October 2nd “Gardening on a Shoe String” tbc
A popular speaker, Leila Jackson has a BSc in Horticulture and hails from gold award winning T3 Wall End Nursery in Leominster, which holds the national collection of abutilons, and is a regular exhibitor at gardening shows including Chelsea and Hampton Court.
Wednesday 7.30 pm November 6th “The Road to Chelsea”
Mick Dunstan of the Worcestershire Branch of The Hardy Plant Society describes the Society’s path to achieving their dream of exhibiting at this world-famous flower show.
Wednesday 7.30 pm December 4th
And finally…..! Annual Christmas Dinner.
Three course meal with quizzes and fun but so much more. Price tba.
Click here to download and print off the 2019 programme of events
Wednesday 7.30 pm February 6th “Bee friendly planting”
Martyn Cracknell, Bishampton’s local bee keeper and President of Worcestershire Beekeepers’ Society will advise on how best to attract our essential little friends.
Wednesday 7.30 pm March 6th “Vegetables in the small garden”
Richard Baldwin, Former Senior Crop Production Officer at Pershore Horticultural College.
Sunday April 7th – Spring Show 2-4pm
Come and show and/or enjoy our first signs of colour with floral
and floristry displays to delight. Entries and staging 9-11am.
20p per entry. Click here to download and print off the 2019 Spring Show Schedule
Wednesday 7.30 pm May 1st Annual General Meeting
A chance to have your say on future ideas and plans for the Club and elect/re-elect committee members or even volunteer yourself?
Sunday 2pm May 12th “Afternoon visit to Fibrex Nurseries, Pebworth”
Fibrex holds the national collection of pelargoniums and hederas
(as well as stocking other plants). Meet at 2pm at the Nursery.
£5pp for guided tour, tea and cake.
Wednesday 7.30 pm June 5th “The Really Useful Garden”
Rachel Salisbury, holding a degree in horticulture from Nottingham University, has previously lectured at Birmingham University in the Continuing Studies Department as well as working in parks, research stations, nurseries and garden centres.
Wednesday 7 pm July 3rd “White Cottage Garden, Stock Green”
Mel and Jan Bates moved to Worcestershire from Yorkshire in 1981 to a garden consisting mainly of rough field which they have transformed with ornamental trees, interesting shrubs, and herbaceous plants. A real ‘must see’ in our calendar.
Talk, tour, tea/coffee and cake £7.50 meet there.
Friday August 9th - Sunflowers and Pots/Container entries only
Last date for entries in these categories for the Summer Flower & Produce Show - both judged in situ and photographed for display at the Show on the 17th. Tel: Pete Chamberlain 01386 861438
Thursday 6-8pm, Villages Hall, August 15th
Main entries for Summer Flower & Produce Show.
20p per entry/Children foc.
Saturday 2-4pm August 17th Summer Flower & Produce Show (Staging 9-11pm)
Come on and give it a go! 74 classes - flowers, fruit, vegetables, floristry, craft, home produce, photography, children’s section.
All welcome to enter, members and non-members, amateurs
and experts.
Wednesday 7.30 pm September 4th “Bulbs for Spring Display”
Passionate plantsman and plant hunter, Duncan Coombs is a seasoned advisor at the RHS Centre, Pershore College. A gifted and entertaining speaker, expect an informative evening with a
new twist on how to get the best of spring colour.
Wednesday 7.30 pm October 2nd “Gardening on a Shoe String” tbc
A popular speaker, Leila Jackson has a BSc in Horticulture and hails from gold award winning T3 Wall End Nursery in Leominster, which holds the national collection of abutilons, and is a regular exhibitor at gardening shows including Chelsea and Hampton Court.
Wednesday 7.30 pm November 6th “The Road to Chelsea”
Mick Dunstan of the Worcestershire Branch of The Hardy Plant Society describes the Society’s path to achieving their dream of exhibiting at this world-famous flower show.
Wednesday 7.30 pm December 4th
And finally…..! Annual Christmas Dinner.
Three course meal with quizzes and fun but so much more. Price tba.
Click here to download and print off the 2019 programme of events