Welcome to our garden club. We are on hold until Covid 19 goes away. All our speakers who have had to cancel so far this year will be back next year. Our coach trips and other visits have also had to be cancelled but we look forward to enjoying them when we can. For up to date news please visit our Facebook page.
Llanrhaeadr Garden Club Facebook Page
to find out who's up the ladder check the 'About us' tab and click on the member's blog page. I'm trying to update it when I can. Sue
Our first speaker of the year was
Cathy Preston with
'Willow Plant Supports for the garden'
Kathy runs https://morethanwillow.co.uk/ at nearby Maesbrook and will talk all about growing willow, how and when to cut, to prepare the willow and then how to build your own obelisks. Get cutting your willow now in preparation.
Tuesday, February 25th at Llanrhaeadr Public Hall, Back Lane, off the Waterfall Road.
Llanrhaeadr Garden Club Facebook Page
to find out who's up the ladder check the 'About us' tab and click on the member's blog page. I'm trying to update it when I can. Sue
Our first speaker of the year was
Cathy Preston with
'Willow Plant Supports for the garden'
Kathy runs https://morethanwillow.co.uk/ at nearby Maesbrook and will talk all about growing willow, how and when to cut, to prepare the willow and then how to build your own obelisks. Get cutting your willow now in preparation.
Tuesday, February 25th at Llanrhaeadr Public Hall, Back Lane, off the Waterfall Road.
'The Invaders' -
John Scrace, Plant Pathologist
From ash dieback to longhorn beetles and box tree moths, Britain's plants have never been under greater threat from overseas invaders than they are today. Find out what is behind the increase in new pests and diseases, what some of the main threats are, and what we as gardeners can do to try and reduce the risk to our plants.
Tuesday 26th November 7.30. Memorial Hall SY10 0JY
The Extraordinary Flowers of Western Australia by
Dr Peter Llewellyn Tuesday October 22nd 7.30 at
Llanrhaeadr Memorial Hall, SY10 0JY
Dr Peter Llewellyn Tuesday October 22nd 7.30 at
Llanrhaeadr Memorial Hall, SY10 0JY
Ptilotus obovatus Gompholobium polymorphum Banksia cuneata
Our next speaker, Razvan Chisu with 'A spring walk in Greece'
join us on Tuesday 24th September at Llanrhaeadr Memorial Hall, 7.30pm visitors welcome.
join us on Tuesday 24th September at Llanrhaeadr Memorial Hall, 7.30pm visitors welcome.
Check our Facebook page and join us.
We enjoyed an extremely informative and interesting talk from Claire Backshall, a volunteer ambassador to talk about why our garden bird watching is important and even more so if we record and inform the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology). https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw
We enjoyed an extremely informative and interesting talk from Claire Backshall, a volunteer ambassador to talk about why our garden bird watching is important and even more so if we record and inform the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology). https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw
See our 'More' tab for news of Shropshire Organic Gardeners' Potato Day at a new venue on February 9th.
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We had a fabulous programme last year with speakers from Keele University, Yorkshire, Shropshire and Cheshire. Check this year's programme for more excellent talks.
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We had a fabulous programme last year with speakers from Keele University, Yorkshire, Shropshire and Cheshire. Check this year's programme for more excellent talks.
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Pictured below, members, Chris and Victoria Emmett who rode over to our summer social event last July. Chris was diagnosed with colon cancer and is now recovering from the operation to remove the offending bit. Previously healthy, this was not in his life plan so getting fit again was the way forward. Lots of cycling along the valleys and up the hills round here have been followed by various charity rides, such as Oswestry to Bala for Hope House and the Tour de France. Now to support the charity Beating Bowel Cancer/Bowel Cancer UK he is aiming to cycle the Prudential Ride London Surrey 100 mile sportive on the last Saturday in July. This starts at the Olympic Park and finishes about seven hours later (or less) on the Mall outside Buckingham Palace. Our garden club wish him the best of luck. We have already raised some funds for Chris with a snowdrop day held at their home near Llanrhaeadr and will be doing more with a tea party in their garden in August. If you wish to donate, contact me via the 'contact us' page.
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Our Annual Plant Sale 2019 Saturday May 18th
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Our last speaker of 2017 was botanist, Dr. Michael Jones. His passion is for parasitic plants and as Christmas approaches his splendid talk was all about mistletoe, the facts, myths and mysteries. We certainly learned a lot.
For those of you who missed the talk you might like to see an article from the December 2012 edition of the RHS Garden magazine about mistletoe.
OR follow this link to a fascinating website all about mistletoe
For those of you who missed the talk you might like to see an article from the December 2012 edition of the RHS Garden magazine about mistletoe.
OR follow this link to a fascinating website all about mistletoe
Here's our speaker for June 2016, Razvan, relaxing at Chelsea after helping at one of the displays and the picture below is him on the night. If you are a speaker secretary, google him and book him.
We are very pleased that he's coming back to speak in 2018. Keep checking the website for the programme update just after Christmas.
We are very pleased that he's coming back to speak in 2018. Keep checking the website for the programme update just after Christmas.
