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Our next meeting is Saturday 19th September - 2.30pm at Powick Parish Hall with Rekha Mistry from Gardener’s World. If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending it is only £5 for visitors. Thank you to Nick and Nadine Angell for taken on producing our newsletter. Please click on the link to …
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We had a good turnout for the visit to 3 Oakhampton Road on Saturday it really is a tropical jungle. Roger and Barbara Parker are opening for a pop up garden on July 5th – 12 – 4 pm – Admission £5 – drinks and biscuits available – at 68 Windsor Avenue, St Johns, Worcester WR2 5NB? This is …
Thank you to Leonie and her team of volunteers for manning the Plant Creche at the RHS Spring Garden show. The money raised from this we use to subsidise our coach trips. Details of our summer garden visits are on Wendy's poster below.Booking forms for our garden visits and coach trip are available to download …
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We had a wonderful turnout of 49 members to the Saturday meeting, where Robert Bryant gave us an informative, humorous and colourful presentation on Italian Villas, Lakes & Gardens on Lakes Maggiore, Garda and Como. He gave us an interesting insight into how later in life, he retrained in horticulture some of the gardens and …
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Introduction Ashwood Nurseries is traditional working plant nursery and garden centre situated in a rural location, where many of the plants on offer are grown on the premises. Admission to the centre and car parking are free.We are open throughout the year with ample parking on site and easy access to facilities for the disabled. …
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Over forty members attended our October meeting to hear Mandy Bradshaw give us an illustrated look around some of the Cotswolds' less well-known but lovely gardens in Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Mandy gave us an insight into how the gardens were created by visiting them and interviewing the owners. Mandy provided us with …
Malvern Spring Show. Friday. Hello Brian, We had a very busy day today as you can see in the photographs. Sunday. We had another very busy day on Sunday running the Plant Creche this makes a big contribution to the club funds. Leonie. Thank you to all the club members who volunteered to man the …
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Dear all, The Alpine Garden Society is holding its annual Pershore alpine flower show and plant sales on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at Pershore High School. As well as exhibitors' wonderful plants we also have six specialist nurseries selling a wide variety of plants, many of which are not available elsewhere. In addition we will …
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Dear garden group, I wanted to let you know that we are holding our Spring flower show early this year on Saturday 17th February at Pershore High School, Station Road, Pershore. As well as plants on the show benches that are grown by our members, there will be 7 nurseries offering their lovely plants for …
Link Nurseries   · We’re holding our annual Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 2nd December, from 10am - 4pm. There’ll be our usual range of plants, trees, gardening accessories etc available, with some at sale prices. Plus an interesting variety of crafters will be joining us - we still have some tables available, so contact us if …
ASIAN HORNET Vespa velutina An invasive non-native hornet originally from Asia. Asian hornet is a highly aggressive predator of native insects and poses a significant threat to honey bees and other pollinators. In 2004 it was accidentally introduced to France where it has spread rapidly and into neighbouring countries. Since 2016 a number of sightings …
From Tamsin Westhorpe. As we busily prepare the garden for winter, we are constantly reminded of the happy summer we have had at Stockton Bury. As the cider apples drop from the trees in the orchard around the tithe barn café are thoughts turn to the many visitors who have been to visit us this …
Don't forget to come along to our Heritage Open Days at St Peters Church. It's been a huge community effort - as you can see - to prepare for the event and we are excited to share the model railway in its completion with you. Details regarding the open days can be found on the …
Saturday 26th August Doors Open 1.30pm. The Village Show has been running since August 1862, when the first Hanley Castle Horticultural and Flower Show was organised by the gentry of Hanley. The aim was “to encourage horticulture among the cottagers, and to stimulate them to neatness and order not only in their gardens but their …
Worcester Show is held on Sunday 13th August 10am -5pm. The BPGC have sponsored two classes (303 and 320) If members would like to enter the fruits of their labours I have added the link to the schedule below. Entries have to be in by 7th August and staging is on the Saturday before the show. Promises …
Ripple and Uckinghall, near Upton upon Severn, WorcestershireMonday 29th May 202311.00am – 5.30pmRipple and Uckinghall in Worcestershire will be hosting an Open Gardens day again this year after a three year break. Gardens on show will include historic Ripple Hall and the Old Rectory.In addition to some splendid and interesting gardens, both large and small, …
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Banish Winter blues and enjoy early Spring flowers at the Pershore alpine show, have refreshments, and buy special plants to take home. On Saturday 25th February 2023 the Alpine Garden Society (AGS) will run its early Spring flower show at Pershore High School, Station Road, Pershore WR10 2BX. A wide range of fabulous small plants grown by …
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