Next Meeting:

 

Tuesday 14 November, 7.45 pm Village Hall – Margaret Easter will come to talk to us about The Garden in Autumn and Winter.  Margaret is an experienced garden photographer and speaker to horticultural societies. 

 

Further dates:

Tuesday 5 December am - Breakfast at Beckworth Emporium NN6 0DL– an opportunity for Christmas shopping as well as good food – shared transport.

Tuesday 23 January 2018, 7.45 pm Village Hall – Debby Horsman from Pavenham will come and talk to us about her snowdrops.  We hope to arrange to visit Debby’s garden in March to see the snowdrops in flower.

Tuesday 13 February 2018, 7.45 Village Hall – Michael Brown will come to give us his talk entitled “Death in the Garden”:  poisonous plants, myths, magic, passion and murder.

Tuesday 24 April – 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)

Did you miss the Riseley Gardening Club Plant Sale? 

 
Plants are still available on the High St opposite Dodds Close.
Pay what you think they are worth to you.

Tuesday 14 March – Lamport Hall Gardens a talk by Andrew Mikolajski

7.45 pm Riseley Village Hall

Andrew Mikolajski is a writer, horticultural consultant and lecturer.  He will talk to us about Lamport Hall Gardens in Northamptonshire which we plan to visit on 16 May.

“The Hall is set in approximately 10 acres of tranquil gardens, the result of over 450 years of love and dedication, enclosed by a spacious park. …Today the gardens include extensive herbaceous borders and shrubbery walks containing some rare and interesting plants, providing year round interest. The walled cutting garden was replanted in 2010 and is full of unusual tall perennial plants, many sourced from Piet Oudolf’s nursery. Thought to be one of the largest cutting gardens in England, a vibrant array of colour and variety of plants are intersected by gravelled pathways. Hidden doors and relaxing benches are to be found“

Future Dates:

Late April – Spring morning walk guided by Andrew Gell to end with pub lunch – date and location to be arranged.

Tuesday 16 May – visit to Lamport Hall Gardens – talk and guided tour.  Followed by pub lunch.

Tuesday 13 June – evening visit to Walnut Cottage, Chawston, Bedfordshire. Over 2000 species give year round interest. Bulbs, herbaceous, water, bog plants, ferns, grasses, shrubs, trees, coppiced paulownias. Rare, exotic and unusual plants. Large pond, level grass paths. 1 acre young trees and shrubs. 2500sq metre glasshouse growing Chinese vegetables.

Friday 14 July - Riseley Garden walk and social – cheese and wine

Sunday 25 June or Wednesday 19 July - Possible visit to Susan Young’s garden Park End Thatch in Stevington – to be confirmed

Riseley Gardening Club AGM

Tuesday 11 October 2016 – 7.45pm Riseley Village Hall

Cheese and Wine

We do hope you will be able to join us for this year’s AGM.  Please note that we have changed our day again and plan to meet on Tuesday evenings from now on.  Nominations are invited for committee members – please use form below or if you would like to join the committee call Sue Davies.  Cheese and wine will be served and there will be a viewing on DVD of “Behind the Scenes at Gardeners’ World” - a behind the scenes tour of TV’s famous garden Berryfields.  Annual subscriptions will be payable on the night.  Please pay your subscription by cheque if possible.

We are still working on the programme for the year, but below are the events already booked:

Tuesday 22 November, 7.45 pm Village Hall – Andrew Sankey will talk to us about Gertrude Jekyll: “a look at this fabulous lady in hob-nailed boots who made such an impact on English gardening and gave the courage for women to make gardening a profession. We`ll look at the making of Munstead Wood, her relationship with Edwin Lutyens and the gardens she designed.”  Andrew is a garden designer/landscaper, nurseryman and lecturer. His passion is working with plants and being out in the garden – whether dividing and potting up plants, constructing herbaceous borders or lecturing on companion planting

Tuesday 6 December am - Breakfast at Beckworth Emporium NN6 0DL– an opportunity for Christmas shopping as well as good food – shared transport.

Tuesday 14 March 2017, 7.45 pm Village Hall – Andrew Mikolajski is a gardening author, lecturer and speaker. Most recently, he has been a horticultural adviser on the new edition of the RHS A–Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants.  He will talk to us about Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire which we hope to visit in May with Andrew as guide.

Late April – morning walk guided by Andrew Gell to end with pub lunch – date and venue to be arranged

Tuesday 13 June 2017 – evening visit to Walnut Cottage, Chawston, Bedfordshire. Over 2000 species give year round interest. Bulbs, herbaceous, water, bog plants, ferns, grasses, shrubs, trees, coppiced paulownias. Rare, exotic and unusual plants. Large pond, level grass paths. 1 acre young trees and shrubs. 2500sq metre glasshouse growing Chinese vegetables.

Friday 14 July - Riseley Garden walk and social – cheese and wine

Nomination form for Riseley Gardening Club Committee

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I would like to nominate ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

For the position of chairman/treasurer/secretary/committee member (delete as applicable)

Signed …………………………………………………….……..  Seconded …………………………………………………

Date……………………………

Please return to Sue Davies, 160b High Street, Riseley, Bedford, MK44 1DR