Garden Group
The Garden Group has 3 sections of interest. These are Visits, Veg and Fruit Growing and Discussions/Speakers.
Most activities take place on the afternoon of the 3rd Tuesday of each month. To join the group, contact either of the two section leaders on the form below.
There is no limit to membership numbers as most activities are open to all U3A members.
Latest Posts
- Garden GroupJune’s meeting will be a trip, on Monday the first, to St Ann’s Allotments in Nottingham, more about that in the next newsletter. There was no May meeting as it was a Bank Holiday. Enjoy your plots as they flourish in this warm weather! Anne
- Garden GroupLast month, members enjoyed a beautiful day out at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. It has a large hall full of interesting paintings and objects. The volunteers really know their information and obviously enjoy sharing with visitors. It is well worth a visit. We also enjoyed a walk around the extensive gardens and had the Stables …
- Garden GroupThe meeting in March was a talk on different perennial plants that can be used in pots as a change from annuals. The meeting this month will be a trip to Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. There will be no meeting in May as it is a Bank Holiday. Anne
- Garden GroupThe 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 …
- Garden GroupOur 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 …