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Gardens and Historic Houses of Yorkshire Tour – June 2020

This is a four day tour, departing on 19th June. The tour includes Belton House, RHS Harlow Carr Garden, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden, Scampston Hall & Walled Garden, Breezy Knees Gardens and Elton Hall & Gardens. For … Continue reading

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Welcome to another Gardening Club Year

Our first meeting will be at 7.45pm on 6 February in Fowlmere Village Hall. We start with our popular Group Quiz evening when Glen Link poses a variety of questions from General Knowledge, Brain teasers etc to plant identification. Do … Continue reading

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Hedgehog Plants Talk

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Flower and Bees – A Perfect Partnership

David Coop David impressed and charmed our members a couple of years ago when he gave a talk about compost. Who knew that such a subject could be so fascinating?! He is now the research, development and marketing director at … Continue reading

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Latest News

Hello readers! As you have probably guessed our programme of talks has been suspended until at least October. Sadly, too, our Annual Show will no longer take place in September. However, we have optimistically booked Fowlmere Village Hall for our … Continue reading

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Cancellation of 2020 meetings

Fowlmere and Thriplow Gardening Club Cancellation of 2020 meetings With regret the Club has taken the decision to cancel our remaining meetings for 2020 – October, November and December.  Although village halls may be opening up for small meetings your … Continue reading

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The Perennial Mr Potter

Our November meeting was something completely different, it was titled “ The Perennial Mr Potter” Our guest, Bryan Thurlow, was a professional actor, and he retold the story of a man called Horace Potter. Potter’s dream was to restore a … Continue reading

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Trees & Shrubs by Barry Gayton

The March meeting saw the return of our loyal Barry Gayton, who spoke on the subject of “Trees & Shrubs”. He explained that the garden is far from boring at this time of the year, with many shrubs in flower … Continue reading

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December 2022 – Colour in the Garden

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 of … Continue reading

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