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....
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...
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...
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...
The Gardening Club made a visit to the gardens at Sezincote on Thursday 13 July. Members had teamed up to minimise the number of cars and we made our way for an 11.30 rendezvous near Moreton-In-Marsh. In spite of it raining heavily on the drive over the weather dried...
On 12 June our talk was from Russell Attwood, telling us about his version of No-Dig Gardening. He also called it “Lasagne Gardening’ . On his allotment this entails covering any weedy patch with a layer of cardboard, which is then in turn covered with wood...
Our speaker on 15 May was Chris Day, talking to a good crowd of members about Gardening in a Changing Climate, looking at the way we garden, the plants we grow and how we deal with climate change. Obviously, a huge topic to cover in an hour and very topical as we all...
The sun shone and Stonesfield residents turned en-mass out to enjoy our April Plant Sale. As usual the queues started before 8.30. Fortunately we were very organised and ready on time so the sale opens slightly early to accommodate this rush. The first hour saw a huge...
Stonesfield Gardening Club will be holding their annual plant sale on Saturday 29 April. It will be at its usual location at Four Acres, Pond Hill (just down from the shop) between 8.30am and 11am. Members have been busy growing plants in spite of the unseasonably...
Our March talk, ‘Beyond the garden gate’, was from Mandy Bradshaw. For 25 years Mandy has been a Cotswold-based gardening journalist and is also know as the ‘Chatty Gardener’! Mandy took us into twelve gardens, some of which are not open to the...
