Halstock & District Gardening Club
2023
The Halstock & District Gardening Club organise talks on gardening and related topics. It also arranges visits to gardens which may be using members' own transport if local or coach if the visit is further away. The membership fee is £5 per year which entitles you to attend any of the talks and visits and as we are a member of Castle Gardens Gold Club there is a discount evening at Castle Gardens and discount vouchers at other times of the year. A summer Flower Show is held each year on the same day as the Village Fete.
We are affiliated to the RHS, the Somerset Federation of Gardening Clubs and the Dorset Federation of Horticultural Societies.
We welcome non-members to all of the talks and visits, the entrance fee for the talks is £2 for members and £3 for non-members. The cost of visits will of course vary but there will be a lower cost for members. If you would like to join the club, or become a member of the committee, please contact Diana Staines distaines19@gmail.com for more information.
Programme 2023
January - No Meeting.
February 20th (Monday) Talk by Mike Burke
‘Companion Planting’
Halstock Village Hall 7.30pm
March 20th (Monday) Castle Gardens discount evening
6.00pm Sherborne
April 17th (Monday) Talk by Alan Eason
‘Madeira Island Flowers’
Halstock Village Hall 7.30pm
May 15th (Monday) Talk by Martin Young
‘Make a Butterfly Garden’
Halstock Village Hall 7.30pm.
June 22nd (Wednesday) Visit to Yeo Valley Gardens. Details TBA
July 19th (Wednesday) visit to Sculpture by the Lakes.
11.00am, Own transport.
August Garden Tea Party
Details TBA
September 2nd Flower Show & Village Fete.
Halstock Village Hall 1.30pm.
September 18th (Monday) Talk by Tony Davies
‘The original Flying Gardener’
Halstock Village Hall 7.30pm
October 16th (Monday) Talk by Colin Varndell
‘Garden Birds’
7.30pm Halstock Village Hall.
December - No Meeting.
2022
In the light of the number of active members of the club being quite low (thank you if you responded to our questionnaire) we have decided to run a reduced programme this year.
At present the calendar looks like this:
FEB 21. Plants That Changed The World – Talk in Halstock Village Hall at 7.30
MARCH 21 Discount visit to Castle Gardens – Sherborne at 6pm
MAY 21 Coffee and Plant Swap and buy – Saturday 10.30 am Halstock village Hall
JULY 18 Own Transport Visit – TBA
AUGUST 14 Members Tea Party – 3.30 Venue Russell House. Hosted very kindly by John and Trisha Bright
SEPT 3 Village Fete – NO flower show
SEPT 19 Speaker from The Bishops Palace Gardens 7.30 Halstock Village Hall
OCT17 AGM followed by chesse and wine and members gardens discussion 'Share problems -find solutions'
ALSO we have kept our Gold Club membership for another year so there are 25% discount vouchers from Castle Gardens for use during January and February, if you would like one please let me know.
EMAIL: gardenclub@halstock-village.co.uk
Pictures from Members Tea Party at Hector's New Field
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