Venue and Time: On the last Tuesday of the month (see programme below). When not visiting local gardens or garden centres, the group meet from 10:00-11:30 at Eccles Congregational Church.

The Gardening group is popular and if you are interested in joining, please contact Sheila.

We are a group of people with varying abilities and skills, who are interested in growing plants. We exchange cuttings and also perennials when they need to be divided. It is lovely to be reminded of friends by plants as you walk round your garden.

The visits to gardens are very enjoyable, mostly ones which look good all the year round; we usually go by coach in late spring or summer and these trips are much appreciated. Sometimes we use each other’s cars for a nearer garden like Fletcher Moss or Bents private garden.

We are a very friendly group and you can be sure of a warm welcome.

Gardening Programme 2022

Date	Topic/Venue
28 Jan	Planning meeting
22 Feb	Bents Garden Centre and Weeping Ash Garden
29 Mar	Flower arranging using Spring flowers
26 Apr	Discussion – taking cuttings and pest control in the garden
31 May	RHS Bridgewater
28 Jun	Cleavley Community Forest Garden, Winton
26 Jul	Plants and climate change
30 Aug	Ideas for bulb planting
4 Sep	Outing to Ness Gardens
27 Sep	Plants for indoor and outdoor containers
25 Oct	Guest speaker: Elizabeth Charnley on the subject of Freccles (Friends of Eccles Station) gardens
29 Nov	Christmas lunch; venue tba
Dec	no meeting

You may also be interested in:

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) website has a wealth of gardening related information or, for information on the largest gardening project in Europe, why not go directly to the RHS Bridgewater page.

Also, the National Garden Scheme website contains over 190 wonderful gardens that can be visited virtually.