Oliver Spacey – 13 Nov

On Monday 13 November, members braved Storm Debi for our speaker, Oliver Spacey from Oxford University Department of Biology. As well as providing us with mistletoe tea. Oliver took us through the ‘Magic, myths and mysteries of mistletoe’. Oliver outlined the...

Pub garden work progresses

Members of the Gardening Club have been busy at The White Horse. Members have formed working parties, sometime twelve or more people. Over four sessions (and two bonfires) they have cleared the garden of rubbish and overgrown areas. All the ivy has now been removed...

Return to the pub garden

On Monday 16 October a SGC working party undertook more tidying and clearance work in the White Horse garden. 14 people x 3 hours = 1 very full skip! The rear part of the garden is now fairly clear although it will look a load better once the wall has been rebuilt....

Andrew Wood – 9 Oct

On Monday 9 October, Andrew Wood entertained members (and guests) with a talk ‘Bordeaux: A Story From Vine to Wine’. This was a fascinating tour of Bordeaux history and viniculture accompanied by six wines (details attached). There were lots of questions...

Pub garden clearance

On Friday 15 September, Gardening Club members volunteered for a work afternoon at the White Horse. A dozen people spent the afternoon clearing ivy and cutting back overgrown vegetation bonfiring the cuttings and redundant garden furniture Everyone went home tired...

Lorraine Brodrick – 4 Sept

Gaye Olesen (Chair) introducing Lorraine Brodrick On Monday 4 September Lorraine Brodrick, a local garden designer, spoke to the Club on ‘Gardening in a changing climate’. Lorraine asked gardeners to considering alternative plants that will survive heat, such as...