Nov 12, 2019 | News
Rob Jacobs spoke to the Gardening Club on November 11. His targets for the talk were that we would learn about the history of Waterperry and its business, understand more about horticulture, the seasons at Waterperry and some of the characters to be found there. Rob’s...
Oct 15, 2019 | News
October’s meeting was a real treat, with Chrissie Harper from the village’s ‘Chrissie’s Owls’ talking to us about her bird sanctuary charity. She brought with her two delightful animals. A barn owl who flew silently across the room to collect her supper and swallow it...
Sep 10, 2019 | News
The Gardening Club’s autumn season kicked off on Monday 9th September with a talk by Chris Day from Buckingham Garden Centre and Nurseries, where he has worked for over 17 years. Chris’ topic was ‘Growing under cover’ which he illustrated with pictures and plants. He...
Jul 27, 2019 | News
On 23rd July Stonesfield Gardening Club committee members, past and present, gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Gardening Club. Not everyone was able to make it but overall it was a good turnout. The sun shone as past events were discussed. There have...
Jul 9, 2019 | News
On Monday 8th July over forty members of Stonesfield Gardening Club gathered outside the village shop to start their exploration of four of the Open Gardens venues. It was a warm, dry evening as we processed round the village. There was lots to admire and many ‘plant...
Jul 6, 2019 | News
Sunday June 30th arrived and so did the sun. It was a glorious day for Stonefield Open Gardens, sunny but without the baking heat of the day before. Over 200 people took advantage of the summer weather and explored the selection of eleven gardens that were open for...
Jun 18, 2019 | News
June is traditionally the month when many villages open their gardens to curious members of the public and Stonesfield is no exception. Every two years the committee of the Gardening Club manage to persuade some of the keen gardeners in the village to let us have a...
Jun 18, 2019 | News
June 18th found members of the Gardening Club in Gloucestershire, exploring the gardens of Miserden. After a short introduction from Alison we were able to wander as the mood took us. For a change the rain held off enough for us to see this Gloucestershire gem. The 9...
May 31, 2019 | News
The biennial Burford Festival is about to start in 10 days time, and on the opening weekend we open the Burford gardens (8th & 9th June from 1 – 5pm) and have 24 gardens open this time. You may have seen some of them – but there are others you have not...
Apr 27, 2019 | News
We held our plant sale on Saturday 27th April. It was very cold and windy… thanks Storm Hannah! In spite of that we had a huge turnout of buyers who came prepared for both the weather and to take away their purchases. Thanks to the impressive range of flowers, herbs...
