Godstone Gardeners' Club

Founded in 1974, the Godstone Gardeners Club goes from strength to strength with a membership now of over 100.
We meet every first Wednesday in each month in the White Hart Barn at 8.00pm
We have a guest speaker – different every month – on a variety of topics, followed by time for socializing over a cup of tea and biscuits.  

Top drawer speakers have included Roy Lancaster, Tom Hart Dyke (of Lullingstone Castle fame), and such subjects as “Gardening without aches and pains” to “Up the garden Path” and “Gambling, Gardening and Exotica” - a very varied programme  of interest to all who take pleasure in anything growing.

In the spring we have a “Daffodil Challenge” against our friends at Hurst Green Gardening Club, for displays of daffs and other spring flowers. In late spring we hold our very popular Plant Sale for the Village and towards the end of summer hold our Flower and Vegetable Show. During the year we also have trips by coach to visit both private and well known gardens and even go away for a couple of longer distance trips, staying overnight. This year we go on tour to Barnsdale (the late Geoff Hamilton’s Gardeners World TV garden) and in June tour Devon & Somerset to visit a number of special gardens in that part of the world.

As a Club we regularly enter competitions at both Hampton Court Flower Show and Chelsea and hold Silver and Bronze Medals to prove it !! But do not get the wrong idea -we are a down to earth, friendly bunch and take great joy in sharing “know-how”, tips and information with visitors and new members alike.

This is our programme for 2010 :

3 March - Planning a Small Garden Geoff Ace
7 April - The Back Gardens of Britian Matthew Biggs
14 April - Spring Challenge at Hurst Green
5 May - Aspects of Fuchsias Ronald Holmes
Saturday 8 May - Annual Plant Sale  -  9 - 12 noon White Hart Barn
2 June - Around the World in Your Garden Brian Deaville
7 July - Saltwood Summer the Orchid Foxglove Susan Scrivens
4 August - Rhododendrons & Associated Plants Richard Thornton
1 September - Plants for the Winder Garden Patricia Liechti-Clarke
Saturday 18 September - Annual Flower and Produce Show White Hart Barn
6 October - Barnsdale the Television Years Nick Hamilton
3 November - Wildlife Through the Seasons John Buckingham
1 December - AGM and Christmas Social  

DO COME ALONG and JOIN US!!

 


For more information contact
info@godstone.net