Category Archives: 2026

Our last meeting in 2025 was a jolly festive event. Julie Woods came to deck the halls, demonstrating a range of floral arrangements suitable for table and doors. A raffle was held with a sum of £130 donated to the … Continue reading →

In March we saw the return of Jim Paine, who is an environmentalist, horticulturalist and for decades ran a nursery in Attleborough. His talk was titled “Gardening in the shade”.  He gave us an insight into the seasons and how … Continue reading →

In April we had an amusing and informative talk by Brian Carline, based on one of his books “Soil, Sweat & Tears”. The book is geared at people who are reluctant gardeners and are negative about it. Brian was a … Continue reading →

Due to the elections in May occupying both village halls, we held our meeting at St Mary’s church in Fowlmere. David & Claire Hinckley delivered a very interesting talk on the benefits of growing heritage tomatoes, their history, varieties and … Continue reading →

Gwenda Kyd came in June to give a presentation on “Incredible Edible and Drinkable Plants”. Gwenda is a chemist by training but got interested in all aspects of plants and herbal medicine. Plants form a very big part of people’s … Continue reading →

Our annual soirée was held this year in Fowlmere, by courtesy of Rick & AimeeMearkle. We all enjoyed an extensive finger buffet culminating in strawberries &cream. Aimee had prepared a very interesting quiz, which included a pictureround of British gardens, … Continue reading →

At the end of July, a small group of us went for an interesting “garden experience”.  The owner of the property near Stowmarket worked for many decades for the seed company Thompson-Morgan. On retirement he continued his passion for wanting … Continue reading →

We held our biennial garden show on the 19th September at Fowlmere village hall. There were some amazing exhibits of tomatoes and dahlias that brightened up the tables beautifully. There were also delicious looking cakes, scones, jams, beautiful items of … Continue reading →

Our October speaker was Nic Wilson on a very topical subject “Gardens for ClimateChange”. She’s a writer, editor and has work published across many journals, magazines &lately written a nature memoir called “Land Beneath the Waves”. Nic showed us whathappened … Continue reading →