Gardening 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
- Gardening GroupLast 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 …
- Gardening GroupOn 1st September the group travelled to Yorkshire for the last trip of the year to Harlow Carr. In spite of the weather we have had this year, the gardens were beautiful and still full of colour. The day was mostly dry, and we enjoyed wandering around the gardens and following the various trails, seeing …
- Gardening GroupIn August, members heard about flowers beginning with the letter A. These included Acacia, Abelia, Acanthus, Acer, Aconite, Agapanthus, Agave, Alchemilla, Allium, Alstroemeria, Amaryllis, Anemone to name just a few of the 70 that I found. A good number attended despite the weather – it poured with rain just at our meeting time! – and …
- Gardening GroupJuly’s meeting was a trip out. After a longer journey than anticipated due to traffic hold-ups, we arrived at the Dorothy Clive Gardens near |Stoke on Trent. It was an ideal day for walking around as it was not too hot. There are many different beautiful flowers, so colourful, as well as trees, birds and …
- Gardening GroupLast month members enjoyed a lovely and interesting talk from Steffie Shields MBE. Born in Wimbledon she now lives in Lincolnshire and her talk was based on this second biggest county in the country. Steffie is vice chair of the Lincolnshire Gardens Trust and knows many of the gardens and halls that we all love …