Category: Garden Group

The February meeting was a trip to Easton Walled Gardens on a grey, rainy day. Fortunately, the rain stopped as we arrived so we were able to enjoy the lovely grounds in the relative dry.

There was so much colour in the gardens, cerise cyclamen, blue iris, yellow aconites, daffodils, pink and white daphne as well as the multitudes of snowdrops. It was a very fragrant tour as we enjoyed the spring scented blooms. It is a garden well worth a second visit and has extensive grounds to accommodate all visitors as well as two tea rooms! In true u3a fashion.

The March meeting is a talk at the JGC on Pots of Perennials, and we will be taking monies for April’s trip to Lamport Hall at that meeting.

Anne

Our February meeting is the trip to see the snowdrops at Easton Walled Gardens on 11 February, leaving Ogle Street at 10 a.m.

The March meeting will be on Monday 2 March at 1.30 at the JGC and will be a talk on Pots of Perennials, as a change to using bedding plants.

All are welcome.

Anne

There is no meeting in January so the next meeting of the Garden group is on 11^th February 2026, when we visit Easton Walled Garden to see the snowdrops and other spring bulbs. We still have a few vacancies for this trip if anyone would like to join us. Please see us at the back of the hall at the January main meeting.

A Happy New Year to all our members.

Anne

In November the group welcomed back Karen Gimson who gave a very amusing and interesting talk on 365 Days of Colour in the Garden. She also gave us suggestions for places to visit as well as lots of hints and tips, such as cutting snowdrop bulbs into 6 pieces to get more of them. We were informed that we were the friendliest group in the East Midlands circuit, and she has visited lots of different groups so she would know!  What an accolade!  We will certainly be having her back to the group in future.

There will be no meetings in December and January, and we are taking names and monies for our February trip to Easton Walled Gardens to see the snowdrops.

Anne

Last month the group welcomed Camilla Anderson who talked about Edwardian Gardens and the Arts and Craft movement.

A smaller group than usual saw images of lots of gardens influenced by Arts and Crafts and enjoyed an interesting and informative explanation of this style of gardening. Many of these gardens are in the south of the country and quite a lot of the halls and large houses are no longer standing, but the gardens are still there and well-tended.

Camilla brought items from her online shop and members were able to browse through books and garden-related gifts, including soaps, hand creams and twines.

It was a very enjoyable meeting, just a shame that there were reduced numbers to hear about this history of our gardens.

The next meeting, on 3^rd November, will be a talk from Karen Gimson, a writer for the Garden News.

All are welcome as we are an open group.

Anne