Indoor winter meetings in Cranham Village Hall

Outdoor summer meetings at various garden venues

Regular speakers in the winter months and garden visits in the summer.

Annual Dinner in January. Please see program below.

Membership Benefits

On payment of subscription fees, members are entitled to admission to all club meetings and activities. As affiliates of the RHS, we also have the following benefits as a club…

• One free visit for up to 55 people to either, Rosemoor, Hyde Hall, Harlow Carr, Wisley or Trebah.
• Free advice from RHS experts on all aspects of horticulture ·
• Free copy of the groups and regional spring newsletter
• Free entry to various RHS competitions
• Free access to the Lindley library
• A free copy of "The Garden", the RHS magazine.

Should we ever wish to hold a club show there are various medals and stationary available and we are entitled to use the RHS logo on prize cards etc.
Optional benefits including discounted tickets to Chelsea and various other flower shows, special rates on insurance, garden visits etc are available on payment of a top-up fee .
As members of the Gloucestershire Federation of Garden Societies, we are covered for public liability and have access to their list of approved speakers.

Members often bring their own plants to sell to each other. We do not take any share of the profit. If you would like to sell plants, please bring them carefully priced and labelled, with two labels- one with the name of plant and price and one with your name and price of plant. A committee member will then collect the second label when someone buys your plant- so we know how much money you need to receive.

We also have copies of the RHS Monthly Magazine available. They can be borrowed free of charge.

The mobile library, which stops in Cranham every other Tuesday, also has a healthy collection of Gardening Books. A schedule of times is available on Cranham notice boards.

Obviously, the fewer cars we use the better. If you would like to get a lift to the Village Hall, please contact Daphne or Barbara on the numbers below, or see them at the meetings. They will be happy to try and put you in touch with someone who could help.

If you have a spare seat for the trips, please let Daphne know on the number below. Similarly, if you would like a lift, please let her know and she will try to put you in touch with someone.

No guarantees!

If you would like further details about any of the trips, please contace Carla on the number below.

Annual subscription £8.00

Visitors are welcome to all indoor meetings at the cost of £2.00.

Garden visits are open to all. Garden owners usually charge a small entrance fee for charity and this often includes refreshments.

Barbara Snell

Daphne Hanman

Carla Kaye

01452 813373

01452 812000

01452 812450

DATE

SPEAKER

SUBJECT

INFORMATION

September 1 st 2004

John Coates

Best Use of Greenhouse- vegetables and general enquires

Mr. Coates runs ‘Telling & Coates,’ in Cheltenham and has many years experience.

October 6 th

Stuart Gibbs

Water gardens.

Mr. Gibbs works for Graduate Gardeners in Bisley. Questions are welcome.

November 3 rd

G. March

Trees and Maintenance.

Mr. March runs a tree maintenance firm in Brimscombe, founded in 1980. He has a professional diploma in Arboriculture.

December 1 st

Mr. Mike Hickey

Houseplants and their propagation. Compost. Orchids.

Will bring specimens and slides. A good chance to get ideas for Christmas Gifts- and get tips on how to care for the gifts you receive!

January 2005

Christmas Party

The Black Horse, Cranham.

Details to be confirmed.

February 2 nd 2005

Michael Leech

Alpines- Sinks, Troughs and Scree.

Mr. Leech has presented Channel 4’s ‘Over the Garden Wall,’ and is Chairman of the Western Counties Hardy Plant Society.

March 2 nd 2005

Rob Wimperis

Selsley Herb Garden

General talk on Herbs.

Mr. Wimperis runs Selsley Herb Nursery, Nr. Stroud.

Will bring plants to buy.

April 6 th 2005

Brenda Jones

Old Traditions, New Techniques

Ms. Jones has been gardening for over 50 years. This talk is based on her experience of maintaining Old Traditions in a modern garden.

May 4 th 2005

VISITS START

Mr & Mrs. Sadler

Rosemary Cottage *

8 Peter Street, Frocester

7pm

£2 entrance fee.

The garden is applying to hold the National Collection Rosmarinus officinalis. Plants for sale.

June 1 st 2005

Mr & Mrs. Taylor

Pigeon House*

Southam Lane, Southam, 7pm

£3.50 entrance fee, to include guided tour of garden, tour of house, tea and cakes. Parking available in adjacent Tithe Bar car park

July 6 th 2005

Mr. Roger Head

Highnam Court* Highnam, 7pm

The garden has over 2000 Roses and 60,000 bulbs & a Monet Water Garden.

£5 per person, to include entrance, tea and cakes. All proceeds to Gloucester Surgical Laser Fund, which helps cancer patients.

3 rd August 2005

TBC

Up Hatherley, Cheltenham

2 gardens in one evening! One includes an Alpine specialist garden.