Riseley Gardening Club
Tuesday
13 February – 7.45pm Riseley Village Hall
Michael
Brown – “Death in the Garden”
Michael Brown, garden historian and
creator of the medieval gardens at the Prebendal Manor at
Nassington, Northamptonshire, will come to give us his talk
entitled “Death in the Garden”: poisonous plants, myths, magic, passion
and murder. Be warned, some of these plants may be
growing in your garden! Members free,
visitors £3.
Tuesday
13 March 2.30pm, visit to Debby Horsman’s garden in
Pavenham. The snowdrops may be over, but
there will be plenty of spring flowers.
Price per person £4 plus cost of refreshments. We will organize shared transport. If you would like to join this visit, please
let Sue Davies know – 708614, sue@daviesps.co.uk – indicating whether you would like a lift or can offer transport
to others.
Debby’s garden, together with her
friend’s, will be open for the National Garden Scheme fund raising scheme on 5,
11, 14, 15, 22 and 24 February should anyone wish to visit independently in
time to view the snowdrops. 1 – 4.30pm https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/35479/
Future
dates:
Tuesday
24 April 2018 – morning
Spring walk guided by Andrew Gell, to end with pub lunch – details to be
arranged
Tuesday 29 May 2018 – Joint event with Riseley Historical
Society. Andrew Sankey will come and
talk to us about the history of the “Harvest Festival”.
Friday 13 July
2018 - Riseley garden walk and social – cheese and wine (provisional date)