L&D Gardening Club

Events

L&D Gardening Club
Programme 2026
13th January
7.00pm

Grow the food you can’t buy! Katherine Crouch

  • Gold Medal winner at Chelsea.
  • Encouraging us to grow new veg and perennial crops.
10th February
7.00pm

Growing dahlias for the garden

  • Neal Hatch from west Lydford
  • Prize winning grower of dahlias.
10th March
7.00pm

Lindsay and Stephen Lister

  • Attracting pollinators to your garden in all seasons
  • An ecofriendly approach to growing plants
14th April
6.00pm

Visit to Brimsmore Garden Centre

  • Discount shopping and talk by the Brimsmore team
  • Brimsmore Garden Centre, Yeovil
12th May
7.00pm

Garden ponds and features for wildlife. Colin Higgins

  • Colin is a gardener and wildlife photographer
9th June
7.00pm

Amelia Williams

  • Trees for all Seasons
  • A fascinating, knowledgeable and enthusiastic speaker
14th July
7.00pm

Stourhead – Tim Parker

  • Tim is the Head Gardener at Stourhead
August

NO MEETING

8th September
6.00pm

BBQ and surplus vegetable, fruit & plant swap

  • St Peter’s Churchyard
13th October
7.00pm

Sally Nex

  • Gardening without peat
10th November
7.00pm

Club AGM and the Gardens Group

  • House plants for Christmas
8th December
7.00pm

Club Christmas Dinner

  • Details to be confirmed

Tea and coffee with homemade cakes and biscuits and an opportunity for friendly chat and banter are offered before the beginning of each meeting. There is a rota for volunteers to oversee serving refreshments and clearing up.

We hold a raffle at each meeting to supplement club funds and donations are always welcome.

Members are very welcome to bring along surplus plants, fruit and vegetables to swap or give away.

If you have suggestions for topics, speakers or visits, please speak to a committee member.

Previous Meetings
January 2026

Tuesday 13th January, being the second Tuesday in the month, was Gardening Club night and the first meeting of the year buzzed with life and enthusiasm. Subscriptions were paid and willingly, representing the best value...

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December 2025

The December meeting of the club has morphed into the annual Christmas Dinner, which was held at the marvellous village asset which is otherwise known as the Cross Keys. The...

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November 2025

For our November meeting of the Gardening Club, the speaker was Arthur Cole and he was talking about ‘The Newt’ with reference to its present form being the latest step...

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October 2025

Carole Edwards was poorly and could not attend her appointment as the speaker at our October meeting. However, Lynne did a grand job, and an able replacement was found and...

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September 2025

The Gardening Club barbecued in September. As is traditional in such situations the weather forecast was not good. E-mails flew, ‘pinging’ their way between the tired and ageing electronic devices...

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July 2025

At the last meeting of the Club the speaker was Sally Nex and she has ‘form’ for being an enthusiast. On this occasion the title of her offering was ‘Bust...

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