Welcome to the Garden Club

photograph of the Sam Lee Trophy winner at the home produce show
The Garden Club has an average membership of 30 gardeners who regularly attend our meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month. We generally have eleven meetings during the year with guest speakers during the winter months in Granby Village Hall and visits to seasonally interesting gardens in the locality. We try to arrange a one day visit during the summer to a more nationally recognised property or gardens with details published in our annual programme. In December we have our Christmas Quiz at which we contribute towards the buffet meal. Due to the COVID restrictions, our meetings are currently held online.

The key event for the past 12 years has been the Home Produce Show, which was reluctantly cancelled in 2020. So, take the opportunity to prepare your ground and get ready for the 13th Home Produce Show in September 2021.

Annual Membership due in October, is extremely good value for money at £12 and there is no additional charge for meetings with guest speakers. Guests are always welcome to the Village Hall meetings at a cost of £2 per head.

So, if you are not a member but enjoy gardening, why not come along to our next meeting, we look forward to seeing you.

Notes of the Annual Meeting

At the annual meeting, held online this year, the programme for 2021, the annual show and away visits were discussed. Full details can be found here.

Next Meeting
Tuesday 1 December at 7.30 pm
Christmas Quiz
​John and Isabel
Virtual Meeting

Gardener's Winter Programme 2020 

Date

Venue

Speaker

Subject
5 Jan 2021
7.30 pm
Zoom
Nick Dobson
Summer Sizzlers
2 Feb 2021
7.30 pm
Zoom
Carrie Thomas
Welsh Gardens
2 Mar 2021
7.30 pm
Zoom
Stephen Lowell
The Trees and Shrubs of Britain.
Natives, Invaders and Introductions
6 Apr 2021
7.30 pm
Zoom
Victoria Loguel
Extending the Season in Your Garden

Village Plant Swap

Many people seem to be turning to their gardens for therapy during this time of enforced isolation and we are sure this is producing surpluses of vegetable seedlings and summer bedding plants. Regeneration of shrub and flower beds and splitting up overgrown plants also results in plants that can be potted up and passed on to others. Over the winter months, this facility will close at the end of October until the beginning of March.

The Bus Shelter on Church Green in Granby provides an ideal location for people to deposit their surplus plants and to search for plants they would like to have. 

Just a few good housekeeping suggestions to make this work effectively:
  • Please put a label on any plants placed in the swap so that it is clear what the plants are.
  • Plants should be well watered when placed in the swap and when you are there check other plants and water if necessary.
  • As always at present please observe the Social Distancing rules when at the swap.
  • Please wear gloves when delivering or collecting plants

Surplus Seeds

If you have any surplus seeds left over from your sowing for 2021 and are happy for them to be freely shared with other members, then email John Rainbow who will publicise the availability of surplus seeds on this site.