Speaker: Master Composter Rod Weston on home and allotment composting, and compost creatures. Seed Swap.
Speaker: Brian Waters. How local problems with our gardens are a microcosm of what is happening to the wider planet. Brian worked for the Environment Agency looking into the increased risk of floods and droughts.
Zoom Talk only. Speaker: Margaret Easter, organic and wildlife garden expert and an authority on thymes (holder of national collection). Sponsored jointly with Barrow Garden Club for the Tendershoots Network.
How to use willow in your garden and demonstration of making willow sculptures. Speaker: Rutland Willows.
Speaker: Robert Barlow who holds the National Collection of Hostas (British Introductions), some 4000 plants of over 350 varieties. Plants for sale.
Coach trip with Barrow Garden Club
7pm at 82A Leicester Road, Quorn, LE12 8BB
Ingarsby, near Houghton on the Hill (7 miles E of Leicester). 2 acre country garden with roses, perennials, herbs, orchard, wild garden and lake. Teas and plants for sale. Make own way.
near Oakham, Rutland. A family run nursery with an extensive collection of herbs (plus wild flowers and cottage garden plants) 95% of which are grown on site. A regular at Specialist Plant Fairs. Make own way. Teas and plants for sale.
Speaker: By Dr Andrew Ward of Norwell Nurseries. Plants for sale.
Barrow Hedgehog Rescue.
Speaker: Sue Saunders. Story of a historic garden and its restoration.
Quiz,refreshments, raffle, house plant swap.
Guest: £3 per meeting - Membership Fees: Individual £20, Couple £30
7:15 pm in the Church Rooms, Quorn, LE12 8DP (map)