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
SOCIAL MEETINGS CALENDAR 2016/17
Annual Skittles and Buffet Supper Friday 15th Jan 2016 – 7.30pm Start Burbage Constitutional...
Newsletter Articles
Happy new Year
Hello everyone, Firstly may I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2016 and I trust you all had a good Christmas. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the distributors for giving their time to deliver the club’s...
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...
Flower show 18th August 2018 – Show Schedule and Entry form
Please find below the show schedule for the flower show to be held on Saturday 18th August 2018....
Plants in Literature by Patsy Raynor
Our June meeting began with a big thank you to Pat Wood who has been our Chair person for 11 years and has carried out wonderfully this vital role for the club. Our speaker for the evening was Patsy Raynor. Patsy took us...
Summer hanging baskets for Burbage Parish Council
Tuesday morning 22nd May we had a lovely sunny day for replenishing the hanging baskets for the Parish Council. There were 13 plants in each basket including a mix of begonias, geraniums, and trailing fuchsias. The team worked...
Love That Slug by Andrew Mikolajski
For our monthly meeting in May we welcomed Andrew Mikolajski who is an expert gardening author, lecturer and speaker. Andrew has contributed to several RHS reference works, he also runs a series of courses on garden design....
Joseph Paxton celebrated head gardener at Chatsworth House, by Danny Wells
Last night it was good to welcome Danny Wells back to talk to us about the brilliant landscape gardener Joseph Paxton who was born in 1803. Danny’s presentation focused mostly on Paxton’s time as head gardener at...
Annual General Meeting and this years charity The Silver Line
On 6th March 2018 we held our AGM. A chance to update members on all things financial and we were all provided with copies of the minutes from last years meeting. At the end of this meeting our Chairperson Pat Wood announced...
