Category Archives: 2022

  Remember that word?  We like to challenge you!!!!! No-one in the Gardening Club is ever fazed by a situation!  Read on……. Cast your minds back to our usual lovely December meeting when Club members enjoy a splendid Buffet and … Continue reading →

We all enjoyed a fascinating and really informative talk on 7 th April: David Coopspoke to us about “Flowers and Bees – a Perfect Partnership”. He is a long-timebeekeeper and plant scientist with a wide-ranging knowledge about both plantsand bees. … Continue reading →

FOWLMERE & THRIPLOW GARDENING CLUB Guidelines for exhibiting at the Annual Show 2022 edition INTRODUCTION Exhibitors are encouraged to use these guidelines.  They are complementary to the Show Schedule and deemed to be best practice for the preparation and display … Continue reading →

After a gap of 3 years, 28 garden club members enjoyed a 3 day visit to Cheshire, with the new RHS Bridgewater as our highlight.  On the way up, our 1st stop was The Botanic Garden of the University of … Continue reading →

We looked for someone special to give our Diamond Anniversary talk and decided to invite Bunny Guinness.  A chartered landscape architect for over thirty years, Bunny has transformed so many different areas from inner city housing estates to golf courses.  … Continue reading →

On the evening of Thursday June 2nd, members of the Gardening Club gathered for a 60th Anniversary Soirée in the garden of The Dove House in Fowlmere. As the sun shone, guests sat round tables under the trees enjoying a … Continue reading →

On Saturday 17th September at 2 pm Fowlmere and Thriplow Gardening Club held its 60th Anniversary Show in Fowlmere Village Hall. Despite, the very dry summer, there were a record number of exhibits on show. The hall was brimming with … Continue reading →

Well, you missed a treat if you did not come to Mike Day’s talk on this agricultural/horticultural local expert mesmerised his audience with many, many pictures of a myriad of salad ingredients – all available from your friendly local supermarket!  … Continue reading →

At our November meeting, our speaker Peter Cranfield, gave us a window into the fascinating world of growing and showing vegetables. As a member of the National Vegetable Society, a grower himself and an established judge at both local and … Continue reading →

  The Fowlmere and Thriplow Gardening Club has continued to flourish since its inception in 1962. Our meeting on 1st December was the final hurrah in our 60th Jubilee Year. For this important event we welcomed back Andrew Sankey, one … Continue reading →