Welcome to the Burbage Gardening Club website
Situated in the Midlands, we offer gardening enthusiasts from all backgrounds the chance to meet up, socialise and share their horticultural wisdom and experiences. From coach trips and events, to trading and days out; there is something for everyone to enjoy.
The club meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Burbage Constitutional Club, Church Street, Burbage. Commencing at 7.45pm the meetings consist of Eight speakers, two social evenings an A G M and a Plant Auction held in aid of a local charity.
If you have any questions or would like to know more, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Events
COACH TRIP FEBRUARY 22nd 2020
Oldroyd’s Rhubarb Farm /Wakefield’s Festival of Food, Drink and Rhubarb Saturday, 22nd February 2020 Our first visit of 2020 is to Oldroyd’s rhubarb farm in the Rhubarb Triangle of Yorkshire where, after a fascinating talk by...
Newsletter Articles
Newsletter cut off dates
Newsletter cut off dates: Issue 169 Last date for articles 8th March 2020Delivery to...
History
Bill Greenway Remembered by Derek Wheeler
Bill died aged 81 on 13th December 2003. In his last year following his operation and subsequent infection he was in poor health. He came to Hinckley in 1964 with wife Gwen, children Helen and Neil. When Gloster Aircraft was...
Gardeners’ Question Time November 2019
TA = Trevor Allcoat, JB = Judy Buckell, DL = Derek Lloyd, DW + Derek Wheeler 1. Three years ago I was given some sweet pea perennial’s. Each year they have climbed to the top of the frame(6ft), produced plenty of healthy...
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
Alpine Garden Society https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/ Loughborough Show on March 7th 2020 at Iveshead School, Forest St, Shepshed LE12 9DA (Sat Nav LE12 9DB) 11.00am to 3.30pm Stalls will be selling plants. Plant Hunters...
Annual Skittles & Buffet Supper
On Friday 10th January 2020 we held our skittles evening. As always it was a lot of fun and a good meal was enjoyed by everyone. Thanks very much to Denise Kovarovic who kept the scores on the board. At the end there was one...
Dominoes Social
On Tuesday 3rd December 2019 we held our Dominoes Social event. Harry Meigh officiated and called out the starting domino for each of the 18 rounds. The winners in each group moved clockwise to the next table and losers anti...
Gardeners’ Question Time
On Tuesday 5th November we held our monthly meeting and our expert panel answered a variety of questions that had been put to them by other club members. We were pleased to welcome our expert gardeners to the panel including...
Preparing the Village Baskets for Winter 2019
On 1st October 2019 many gardening club members braved some rather torrential rain to help empty...
