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As spring gets ever closer, you’re probably thinking of what new plants you might like to grow in your garden. Here are some upcoming plant fairs and events happening locally that you might find interesting. Rare plant fair With nearly twenty specialist growers attending, you’re sure to find something special to add to your gardens.…

The South Bristol Gardening Club is organised by an Organising Team.  This consists of a Club Organiser whose duties include acting as Chairman of the organising team, a Treasurer whose duties include maintaining the books and financial records of the club, and a Secretary whose duties include keeping and distributing minutes of organising team meetings…

South Bristol Gardening Club Annual Meeting 2023 Monday 6 February, 2023 St Paul’s Church, Southville Present: Matthew Symonds (MS), Shirley Downey (SD), Jenny Bhambri-Lyte (JBL), Eunice Bliss, Rita Cormack, Olive Esposito, Barbara Hillman, Stephen Hurley, Elizabeth Jackson, Chery Loy-Hancocks, Peter Loy-Hancocks, Jenny Padfield, Jenny Wakenshaw, Elizabeth Wilson, Kevin Steer, Helen Bater, Lynn Clarke, Bev Moss,…

South Bristol Gardening Club Annual Meeting Monday 6 February, 2023 – 7.30pm The South Bristol Gardening Club annual meeting will take place on Monday 6th February, 7.30pm at St Paul’s Church in Southville.  As well as reviewing what we did in 2023, inviting people to join the club steering group and reviewing our finances, we’ll…

Join us for a trip to RHS Rosemoor, an enchanting 65-acre RHS garden in a Devon valley offering formal and informal plantings to magical effect.  Experience with us tranquility, spadefuls of planting inspiration and a marvellous day out.  Thanks to our success at the Tobacco Factory Plant Stall we are able to subsidise the cost of…

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,…