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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.
2025 PROGRAMME
9 January Thursday evening
Roger Harvey - Chelsea awarding winning grower
‘Hellebores and Snowdrops’
Plants for sale
8 February Saturday afternoon talk and afternoon tea
3pm Orford Town Hall
Tim Walker – Retired Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum
‘Why Gardening Can Count as Fine Art’
6 March Thursday evening
Luci Skinner - Greenways Beds and Borders and previously Woottens of Wenhaston
‘Iris all the Year Round’
Plants for sale
3 April Thursday evening
Mark and Adrienne De Roy – Stour Valley Organic Lavender Company
‘The Growing and use of Lavender as a Plant and Essential Oil Production’
Lavender products for sale
1 May Thursday evening
Fiona Cumberbatch – Gardener and Freelance Journalist for Modern Gardens, Kew Gardens and Landscape Magazines
‘Creating a Container Garden in a Year’
Wednesday afternoon 14 May 2 pm
Visit to ‘Ramblers’ Benhall Low Road to see Rhododendrons and Azealeas
In aid of Parkinsons
4 June Wednesday afternoon coach trip
Visit to ‘Benton End’ Home of Cedric Morris Artist and Plantsman
12 June Thursday afternoon
Garden Party at a delightful Orford garden
23 August
Stall at Orford and Gedgrave Flower Show
11 September Thursday evening
Anna Greenland Ex Head Gardener for Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons
‘Know your onions and other vegetables…’
Books and organic produce for sale
17 September Wednesday afternoon
Visit to the 11 acre garden of Sue Townsend Garden Designer in Westleton
Winner of the Society of Garden Designers Award 2020
In aid of the RNLI
2 October Thursday evening
Clare Matterson – Director General of RHS
Focussing on the Future of the RHS and its work
22 November Saturday afternoon 3 pm
Naturals by Donna Roche
Demonstration: Seasonal Floral Design – Garden to Bouquet
Thursday evening 4 December
AGM and Social Supper
