New members very welcome
Our Gardening Club is named as above but is very inclusive and has no geographic boundaries! We have members coming from as far as Hasketon, Alderton, Aldeburgh and near Beccles.
The Club is open to everyone who has an interest in plants, gardens, open spaces and the environment including the creatures who inhabit them. Just take a look at the programme below!
Prior knowledge or expertise is not necessary – just an interest in learning about what interests you, becoming involved, meeting new people and seeing more places….
The Club involves:
• Regular well informed speakers on a wide range of topics and interests
• Seasonal visits to gardens and other places
• A summer Garden Party at a local garden
• Plant and seed sales at events and from speakers
• Social events
• Affiliation to the RHS including The Garden magazine for sharing
• Annual subscription only £15 or £5 per meeting
For more information or to join contact Polly Sharkey, the Chair, by email on: creativefutures98 [at] btinternet [dot] com
2025 update
“The more one gardens, the more one learns; and the more one learns, the more one realises how little one knows”
Vita Sackville-West
We are very proud to say that our Gardening Club is thriving and goes from strength to strength being given the opportunity to visit many gardens not usually open to the public and inviting very well known gardeners such as Fergus Garrett and Nick Bailey.
We are sure we will continue to develop having a very dedicated committee and very supportive members and guests.
ORFORD AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB
2026 PROGRAMME
Launching our 50th Anniversary year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7 February Saturday afternoon talk and afternoon tea
3pm Orford Town Hall
Frances Tophill – Horticulturist, Gardener’s World and Love Your Garden Presenter and Author
‘Re-wild your garden: Create a Haven for Birds, Bees and Butterflies’
Books for sale
5 March Thursday evening
Jaime Blake - Chair of Norfolk and Suffolk Hardy Plant Society
‘Around the World in 80 Plants’
9 April Thursday evening
Luci Skinner – Greenways Beds and Borders
‘Auriculas and the Primrose Family’
Mid April – date to be arranged
Wednesday afternoon visit to ‘Ramblers’ Benhall Low Road to see Magnolias
In aid of Parkinsons
7 May Thursday evening
Transition Woodbridge
‘Creating Wildlife Ponds and Water Features in Your Garden’
11 June Thursday early evening
50th Anniversary Celebration
Garden Party at High House, Orford with fizz, canapes and live music
8 July Wednesday day coach trip
East Ruston Old Vicarage with stop at the Urban Jungle Norwich en route
29 August
Orford and Gedgrave Flower Show
10 September Thursday evening
Andrew Brogan – Henstead Exotic Gardens
‘Exotic plants, cacti and succulents in my garden’
Plants for sale
8 October Thursday evening
Richard Allenby-Pratt of the The Suffolk Project based at The Art Station, Saxmundham
‘Making the Most of your Flower and Garden Photographs’
7 November Saturday afternoon 3 pm
Nick Bailey – Award Winning TV Presenter, author, garden designer and speaker
‘365 Days of Colour in your Garden’
Following the success of our 2024 Event
Thursday evening 3 December
AGM and Social Supper
