Nov 15, 2022 | News
Monday 14 November was an evening for the birds. We started with an introduction from Chrissie Harper to Ben, an Indian Eagle Owl. Ben was a reluctant star, slightly intimidated by the large audience after a quiet couple of years due to Covid. We all thought ourselves...
Oct 19, 2022 | News
At our October meeting we were very pleased to welcome back Rosy Hardy of Hardy’s Plants who came to talk to us about autumn perennials. Recommended tall plants for the back of borders included michaelmas daisies, miscanthus sinensis malepartus which produces...
Sep 15, 2022 | News
The Gardening Club had fabulous weather for their visit to Bourton House on 14 September. The borders were magnificent and the grass a lush green (they don’t water the grass!) Most people stayed for a light lunch (cake!)
Jul 15, 2022 | News
In spite of the power cut, or possible because of it, we had a good turnout for Monday night’s talk. Martin Catt spoke about gardening for wildlife. This focussed on enjoying the wildlife in your garden (a bench, glass of wine and binoculars) and methods of attracting...
Jun 29, 2022 | News
On 27 June, members gathered at 6.30pm in Pond Hill to start the garden walk. It was an opportunity for those working at Open Gardens to see some of the gardens which had opened the day before plus a special opening for one extra garden. It was also a good social...
Jun 29, 2022 | News
The weather was almost perfect for Stonesfield Open Gardens on 26 June… dry, sunny but not hot, however it was a bit breezy. This did not deter over 140 people, plus some children, from turning out to enjoy the 9 gardens opened for the afternoon. After walking the...
Jun 8, 2022 | News
Stonesfield Open Gardens is 2pm – 5pm on Sunday 26th June 2022; (gardens stay open until 5.30pm). We have a number gardens open to the public, many which have never been previously open. There is a wide variety including – pretty, bijou garden with good vieware – very...
May 23, 2022 | News
The gardening club had a stand at the school fete on Saturday 21 May. The weather was kind and the members of the committee were able to enjoy the afternoon sunshine talking to Stonesfield residents. We welcomed 3 new members. We also raised £104 by selling sunflowers...
May 16, 2022 | News
On Monday 9 May we had Harriet Rycroft visit us for a talk ’Summer Luxuriance’. This was a follow up to her 2021 Zoom talk which we all throughly enjoyed, hence there was a very good turnout of members to see her ‘live’. Harriet started by showing us photographs...
Apr 24, 2022 | News
Fortunately Saturday 23 April was a dry day. However it was a little cool and windy but this did not discourage the many visitors to our annual plant sale at Four Acres, Pond Hill. As in 2021, a small queue had formed by the time we opened just before 8.30. From then...
