Our speaker for November is the welcome return of Margie Hoffnung. In this talk Margie Hoffnung and Sarah Corston describe how they started Frog Lane Flower Farm (froglaneflowerfarm.co.uk). They take us through the all the “behind the scenes” bits — the successes, setbacks, steep learning curve and other joys of what it takes to bring …
Medicinal Herbs in Your Garden. October 17th 2.30 pm.
By Caroline Sheldrick. Caroline has been in practice in rural Gloucestershire for more than twenty years, and is now retired. She will talk to us about which common garden plants are used in herbal medicine, how to grow and use them, and which ones to avoid. Some of the traditional uses of favourite garden flowers …
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In the Garden with Rekha Mistry and Newsletter.
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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September Gardening Tips with Rekha Mistry.
Saturday 19th September - 2.30pm at Powick Parish Hall Rekha Mistry from Gardener’s World will talk about seed sowing, propagating & extending the season in September and care in the garden & greenhouse. Rekha is an organic kitchen gardener, writer, blogger and regular presenter on Gardeners World. She lives in the Peak District, where she …
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Exploring Pete and Jackie Ager’s Vibrant Garden.
We had a good turnout for the visit to Pete and Jackie Ager’s garden in Worcester. A town garden packed with different plants for year-round interest. It is full of inspirational ideas. I was delighted to see that the model train was still running in the garden. Everyone was amazed at the number of plants …
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RHS Spring Garden Show Success: Plant Creche Overview
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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Plant Hunting Insights from Holidays
Our next meeting is on April 18th 2.30pm. Plant Hunting on Holiday A presentation by Ingrid Millington A look at plants that Ingrid and her husband have seen when on holiday that they would like to share with us. Many we know as houseplants or half hardy perennials. Ingrid and her husband run Hillview Hardy …
Exploring North West Germany’s Best Nurseries and Gardens
Our next meeting is on Saturday, 21st March - 2.30pm at Powick Parish Hall. Amazing Nurseries & Gardens of North West Germany. A presentation by Ian Sadler. March 2026Download
Highlights from Our Recent Meeting on Italian Villas
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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Next Meeting January 17th. Italian Villas, Lakes & Gardens.
A presentation by Robert Bryant A selection of gardens on Lakes Maggiore, Garda and Como Mr Bryant re-trained as a garden designer at Pershore College 1997-99 and worked in this field until 2014. During this time he developed and maintained the garden of Sheephouse in Painswick as well as designing gardens in the UK and …
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Join the Black Pear Gardening Club Meeting
Saturday November 15th - 2.30pm at Powick Parish Hall AGM followed by Garden Visiting A Very British Tradition A presentation by Margie Hoffnung A light-hearted look at the many aspects of garden visiting, covering a wide range of topics from stately parklands to small backyards, flower shows, plant mania, giant veg, gnomes, lawn-mowing fanatics and …
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Explore Cotswold Gardens with Mandy Bradshaw
Black Pear Gardening Club Meeting Saturday October 18th - 2.30pm at Powick Parish Hall Beyond the Garden Gate A presentation by Mandy Bradshaw The Chatty Gardener My guide to Cotswold Gardens. A look at around a dozen gardens and the stories behind their creation Mandy is an award winning journalist, gardening writer for ‘Cotswold Life’, …
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Next Meeting Saturday May 17th 2.30pm.
Visitors welcome.
Newsletter.
Chairs Notes and Notices Dear Members I hope you are enjoying this lovely gardening weather. I certainly am. The trip to Colesbourne garden in February was enjoyed by 36 of our gardening members and friends even though the weather could have been better. Although I was not able to be there I am told that “The …
Next meeting details and poster.
Explore Self-Sowing Plants with Derry Watkins
Our next meeting is on January 18th at 2.30 pm Derry Watkins, owner of Special Plants Garden and Nursery, will talk about Self-sowing Plants. Allowing nature to help design your garden. Derry last visited us in 2019 her talk was enjoyable, informative and very popular. About Special Plants Special Plants is a garden, nursery and online seed …
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Upcoming Meeting: AGM & Talk on Land Girls.
Dear members, Our next meeting is on Nov 16th at 2.30 pm. AGM followed by “The Land Girls” - a talk given by Fiona Warin - Fiona will speak about the Women's Land Army and the part the Land Girls played in keeping the home fires burning during World War Two. Christmas Lunch. You can download a copy of the menu and …
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Preserving Harvests: Kevin’s Guide to Year-Round Food
Kevin gave us a very entertaining and informative talk on preserving the harvest from our gardens using his experience to produce and provide food all year from his five acres for his family of five. Many of his slides showed his children enthusiastically getting involved in the different processes. Besides jam and chutney this also …
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Next Meeting & Latest News.
Next Meeting April 20th 2.30pm No Dig and Poly Culture in your garden by Nicola Hope. A welcome return by Nicola who entertained us last year with 'Tales From The Potting Shed' About Nikki Nikki runs a successful organic gardening consultancy and garden design service. She holds the prestigious title of Royal Horticultural Society Master …
