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We have booked a tour of the University of Bristol Botanical Gardens  on Saturday 11th June at 2pm (to follow on from our talk by Nick Wray, Botanic Garden Curator, at our May meeting).  We will need a minimum of ten people to book a group tour; in the event that we get less than…

Our proposed date for visiting Prior’s Wood is Saturday 23rd April, 2pm.  Of course, this is not an exact science and if we are unfortunate to have a cold snap, my proposed reserve date is Saturday 30th April.  Please note there is an incline involved and some of the terrain is a little rough.  There…

February 12th, 13th, & 14th – 11am & 2.30pm. February 16th – 11.30am & 2.30pm Join Brackenwood Garden Centre on one of their Snowdrop walks in their private woodland trail. You’ll also get a look behind the scenes in one of the nursery tunnels as they prepare for Spring. Walks last approx 1 hour. Cost…

South Bristol Gardening Club is holding its AGM on Tuesday 1st February, commencing at 8pm at St Paul’s Church, Southville. All members, and anyone thinking of joining, is welcome to come along. Once the business session has taken place, there will be time for tea, cake and socialising in the spacious church area.

We are slowly taking steps to reopen the club and here is our planned programme of events: 6th July: Members’ BBQ 3rd August: Members’ Garden Party 7th September: Talk at At Paul’s Church, Southville on Seasonal Container Planting. 5th October: Propagation Workshop at Paul’s Church, Southville. 2nd November: A Talk on Plants to Attract Butterflies,…

*** PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CLUB ACTIVITIES AND TALKS ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ***   Feb 4th AGM followed by an informal discussion and Q&A with Wendy Desyllas about her work with BBC Gardener’s World March 3rd Rob Handy returns with more stories about his self-supporting eco system…

There have been some changes to the events published for June and July.  Please note the new schedule as follows: June 4th – Meet Rob Handy and hear his amusing tales of how he developed his forest garden. June 15th – Visit to a member’s garden. Members only. July 2nd – A summer’s evening guided…

The speaker at our next meeting will be Lynda Warren who will take us through the centuries, and  talk about the countries and people who introduced us to herbs and their uses in cookery, beauty products, household applications, medicines and more. Everyone welcome to join us for the talk, and for refreshments and cake afterwards. Free…

First of all we would like to give a mention to all the new members who joined us at our recent meeting: Sarah, Hilary, Gilly, Jo and Dawn. Welcome to all, and hope that you enjoyed the talk by Don Everitt. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd April, when we can look forward…