Author Archives: Carol

  Garden Designer, Louisa Gilhooly, an expert on the Perennial Speaker Panel, believes that beautiful, natural outdoor surroundings are a priority for healthy living. She is the founder of Supernature a Garden Design company based in Cambridge. There was a … Continue reading →

The end of year talk was given by our local professional photographer, John Deed. The topic was “Photographing the natural world”, where John talked of ways how we can improve our images. After retiring from his job in the car … Continue reading →

The Fowlmere and Thriplow Gardening Club holds its AGM in February eachyear. This year we heard reports from our Chairman, Rosemary Jones, from ourTreasurer, our Membership Secretary, our Garden Show Co-ordinator and ourProgramme Secretary. Overall 2024 was a very positive … Continue reading →

Our first speaker this year was Lucy Skellorn from Suffolk. Lucy grew up inStowmarket and a picture of her great- great-grandfather Sir Michael Fosterhung on the wall in her parents’ home. “ We knew he was involved in Irisbreeding but … Continue reading →

Over the last 30 years David Livermore has become an expert on Alpine plants and gave us a very interesting and comprehensive talk. He explained that Alpine plants can be defined as those that grow above the treeline, or those … Continue reading →

Our speaker in May was Alan Mason. He is one of Europe’s top garden designers and founder member of the Professional Gardeners Guild. One of his great successes in the UK is Harewood House near Leeds. He has produced many … Continue reading →

Our annual tour took us to Northumbria this year. 28 members enjoyed 4 days of visiting quite a variety of gardens. On the way up we stopped at Newby Hall near Ripon, where some of us took a barge trip … Continue reading →

3rd July 2025 A number of our members enjoyed a delightfully sociable evening in the lovely garden of Hilary and Martin Arthur. The weather was perfect and the garden was looking beautiful. We arrived for welcome drinks then had a … Continue reading →

A group of us visited The Manor in Hemingford Grey at the end of July. The 1st written record of the house is in 1041 and it is steeped in history. We were given an extensive and comprehensive guided tour … Continue reading →