Nothing heralds spring better than the cheerful sight of daffodils coming into bloom in our gardens and along the verges. As our gardens spring back into life so too does the Village Gardening Club. Our coffee mornings and speaker programme both start again in March. We have some interesting speakers lined up to come so please do join us. Talks are free to members (£15 per household/year) or £5 on the night including refreshments.
Tuesday 17th March Talk 7 – 8.30pm St Mary’s Church
Planning Herbaceous Borders a talk by Ray Broughton
Ray trained at RHS Wisley and has been teaching and speaking on a wide range of horticultural subjects for over two decades. Awarded a fellowship by the Chartered Institute of Horticulture for his service to horticulture, Ray was a Senior Lecturer at Sparsholt College. Talks are Free to members or £5 on the night including refreshments.
Our first village coffee morning will be on Saturday 14th March from 10 – 12 in St Mary’s Church.
Our village coffee mornings will continue through to the summer, usually on the second Saturday of each month. They are for all to come along to and enjoy a hot drink and a piece of cake whilst meeting and catching up with others from our village and the local area. Run by the Gardening Club with the support of both the BBVA and St Mary’s, we are dependant on a small number of volunteers to run them so appreciate all offers of help with setting up, serving refreshments or providing cakes and biscuits. It’s a great way to meet others in the village!
GARDENING CLUB EVENTS MARCH – MAY
As a member of the Black Bourton Gardening Club don’t forget you enjoy 10% discount at some of our local gardening centres, just take your membership cards along and show them at the checkout before you pay.:
- Bampton Garden Centre (full priced plants only),
- Timms Garden Department, Brize Norton (all products in the department)
- Cassington Garden Centre (plants only).
We also now have 20% discount for purchases from Thompson & Morgan, email blackbourtongardeningclub@gmail.com for further information.
If you would like to join our WhatsApp group where members are starting to share requests for cuttings and seedlings and offers of pots please email us or send text or WhatsApp message to 07720805265′