Garden Visits
Coordinators: Hanna Burke and Penny Henderson
We generally meet on the 1st Monday of the month but if this proves difficult we can be flexible.
The garden group has been revived. At the moment visits to gardens are taking place during the summer – from May to October. There are no plans for winter activities.
Plans at the moment are for visits to Bridgewater RHS Gardens, Manchester; and gardens in Windermere, Levens and Grange. We are also holding a plant swap session in October.
Members of this group are responsible for organising and leading visits. To quote Eric Midwinter (u3a founder): ‘Every member should be doing something’….
Members are responsible for organising car sharing. Members may find it helpful to obtain an NGS booklet as most (not all) of our garden visits are to these gardens.
Matson Ground on 3 July 2023. Lovely garden, sunshine and head gardener giving us lots of useful and informative advice
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Rose Croft garden in Levens on 7 August 2023. A garden full of colour with winding pathways and a panoramic view of the valley. Each part of the garden had it's own interest: white silver birch trees, vegetables, a feast of thornless blackberries, a wild flower area, damson and plum trees and much more. We enjoyed tea, cakes and biscuits in sunshine in a delightful garden.
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Plant swap 2023
Our last meeting this year was a plant swap held at Barbara's house. We began with a helpful talk from Gwyn about propagation and now understand how important a node is. We finished with delicious cake and flapjack and tea/coffee.
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Our next meeting will be a planning meeting early in 2024
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| Fri May 24th | The Yews Storrs Park, Windermere - £10 to include a brief history of the house & garden plus tea/coffee and home-made cake. Contact Hanna Burke for car sharing |
| Mon Jun 3rd | Brockhole Heritage Garden Tour - £6 to include cream tea at 15.00. Contact Barbara Crompton for car sharing |