We hope you can all join us for our Spring Show on Thursday 9th April

We would like as many entries as possible, its always great to see what everyone has been growing. 

The classes can be found on the Spring Show page and we would encourage you to find something to enter - it doesn't have to be perfect.
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We also need entries for our photographic competition - either digitally or in print. We need to choose our collective favourite to be next years cover, but its always lovely to see new gardens and plants in print.

Whilst the event is being judged, there will be refreshments and a quiz.

 The next club meeting at Stoke St Milborough village hall is on February 12th when Nancy Lowe will be talking about ‘The Secret Life of the Soil’.

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The Secret Life of the Soil
Find out all about the hidden life of the soil and what every gardener needs to know about this fascinating realm of life. Learn about recent studies into plant to plant communication, how to cultivate self-feeding flower beds and how to harness healthy soil for increased drought tolerance and for plants with natural pest and disease repelling qualities.
This talk includes up to date science, along with tales from Nancy’s home project, bringing the near-dead and heavily compacted soil beneath a concrete covered farmyard back to life, creating from it a thriving garden, full of food, flowers and wildlife.

We first met Nancy last February, when she gave her talk on ‘Gardening with Wildflowers’. We enjoyed it so much that we are looking forward to welcoming her back again this year.

​More about Nancy can be found at https://www.thenaturalgardener.org.uk/

If you would like to join us at our next gardening club meeting, then please come along to Stoke St Milborough Village Hall on Thursday 12 th February. Nancy’s talk will begin at 2.30pm, but there is tea, coffee cake and biscuits available beforehand and a chance to chat with other gardeners, so do come early. The hall is open at 2.00pm.

​ In January we do not hold a meeting, but instead we have lunch together. This year we are going for the first time to The Swan in Aston Munslow.

​So our next meeting in Stoke St Milborough Village Hall will be on Thursday 12th February when we are again joined by Nancy Lowe, who will be talking to us about ‘The Secret Life of the Soil’. If you would like to join us, we meet at 2.00pm. If you would like more information then contact us at [email protected].

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There is also the chance to share your gardening Knowledge - Jill is going to do a quiz to get us all thinking.

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We also have the opportunity to share your creative skills and bring along a Christmas decoration  (See competition guideline page for full entry requirements www.stokestmilborough.info/burwarton-gardening-club-184556.html )



There will be the usual raffle, tea, coffee and cake, but don't forget to bring some food goodies to share 

The meeting will be held at Stoke St Milborough Village Hall at 2.00pm on 11th December
If you would like more information about our gardening club, then contact Bev Harris on [email protected] or 07933724728.

If you wish to join us, our next speaker will be Katie Briggs Thomas.
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Katie Briggs Thomas, who has a small flower farm based in Monkhopton near Bridgnorth, will be telling us about her mission to help reduce the carbon footprint of cut flowers by offering beautiful blooms locally. Katie is going to tell us about her journey from bush perfectionism to cut flowers at her sustainable farm in her talk; ‘From Lady Gardener to Flower Farmer’.

​The meeting will be held at Stoke St Milborough Village Hall at 2.00pm on 13th November.
If you would like more information about our gardening club, then contact Bev Harris on [email protected] or 07933724728.

​Here we go again… October is an exciting time for the gardening club as it is the first meeting of the new programme.
The format for the year remains the same, but we have some new and exciting speakers to look forward to.

Our first speakers on October 9th are Jill and Alun Whitehead, who live and work on Aulden Farm which is in a very small hamlet in Herefordshire. The property dates back to the mid-17th Century, Jill and Alun purchased the property in 1996 with a plan to develop a garden on the 3 acres surrounding the farmhouse. After much hard work the house was refurbished and a plan for the garden was drawn up. They now have a beautiful garden that is home to a wide variety of plants, wild and cultivated, and an abundance of wildlife, together with a thriving business.

Self confessed plantaholics Jill and Alun, have over the years developed a depth of knowledge especially of irises. In 2007 they acquired a collection of Siberian Irises and they now own a National Collection. Jill and Alun offer a wide range of talks including how they developed their garden and business, Irises and on a selection of gardens including in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Cornwall. So it was difficult deciding which talk to choose but I went for: Coast to Coast via Gardens . . . . . by Car! which is Jill and Alun’s leisurely alternative to Wainwright's idea. We are looking forward to seeing and hearing about the amazing gardens that they have experienced and noting some destinations for future trips away.

In November Katie Briggs Thomas, who has a small flower farm based in Monkhopton near Bridgnorth, will be telling us about her mission to help reduce the carbon footprint of cut flowers by offering beautiful blooms locally. Katie is going to tell us about her journey from bush perfectionism to cut flowers at her sustainable farm in her talk; ‘From Lady Gardener to Flower Farmer’.

February’s speaker is Nancy Lowe, an RHS qualified organic gardener, ecological garden designer, permaculturalist and writer with a passion for sustainable and eco-friendly gardening. Nancy grows food, makes beautiful wildlife gardens and writes with an infectious joy for all things plant related. Nancy talk; The secret Life of the Soil, will give us an insight into what goes on beneath our feet.

Our final speaker in March is Samantha Hopes, initially a Geologist who became more interested in plants than rocks and so became a student at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and Pershore College and then moved to RHS Garden Wisley, specialising in Rock and Alpine plants. She has worked at Kew, Great Dixter and alongside John Massey at Ashwood Nursery in Stourbridge. Samantha’s talk ‘Plants with a story’ promises to be fascinating.

If you are interested in joining our small and friendly gardening club or just visiting for one of our talks, then come along to Stoke St Milborough Village Hall. We meet on the second Thursday of the month at 2.00pm.
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Details can be found on our website; www.stokestmilborough.info/burwarton-gardening-club or by contacting me at [email protected] .
Everyone is welcome regardless of gardening knowledge or ability.
Bev Harris Secretary

Our next meeting is on Thursday 8th May 2025 14:30  

The meeting is the AGM which summarises the year's events and, allows members to raise issues and make suggestions for improving the programme for the following year.

This is followed by the plant sale, it is a bring and buy event, so please bring along any plants, seeds or other gardening items for us to sell to help raise funds for the club.  Other suggestions include;  ceramic/terracotta plant pots (not plastic), gardening books, hazel sticks, bags of manure etc.  Any unsold items must be removed at the end of the sale.  If you are happy to do so, we will donate your unsold plants to the SSM plant sale which is taking place at St Milburga’s Church on Saturday 17th May.

Refreshments will be served from 14:00.