Welcome to the Llanthony Valley and District Garden Club
The Club brings gardeners here together to share their experience of gardening in this difficult Black Mountains location - with its special problems of gardening at higher elevations and shorter growing seasons.
It runs a series of meeting in Cwmyoy Memorial Hall at 8.00pm on the second Monday of each month, between September and May. The meetings are chosen to cover a really wide range of subjects: everything from herbs to historic gardens; from pests to propagation; as well as having visits by well known garden celebrities.
Membership is £10 per person per annum.
Guests welcome, at £5 per event.
Programme of visits Summer 2023
Friday 16th June Llowes Court, Glasbury near Clyro. Meet at 6pm
It's a medieval house similar to Allt y Bela and is the home of Ken & Susan Briggs. It has a fabulous grotto decorated by Susan with thousands of sea shells. There are formal and informal areas some with stunning features commissioned by the Briggs. Arne Maynard advised on the layout but the planting is by Susan.
Cost £10 for members, £15 for guests
Friday 7th July Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Blagdon, near Bristol Meet at 10.30am
Quick refreshments followed by a tour by one of the gardeners
“It’s six and a half acres of Soil Association certified ornamental and edible plants in a seasonal patchwork that we’ve been constantly evolving since we started more than 30 years ago. There is a strong emphasis on confident planting and quirky fun.”
There is plenty of information on the whole set-up on their website.
Plus optional afternoon diversion to:
Pan Global Plants Nursery The Walled Garden, Frampton Court, Frampton-on-Severn GL2 7EX
For well over two decades, Pan Global Plants has been supplying gardeners, collectors, arboreta and public gardens with one of the most inspiring and desirable collections of plants available in the UK.
Every variety is chosen and vetted by Nick Macer, owner and well-known plantsman/plant explorer, who has travelled the temperate world extensively for inspiration.
Cost for Yeo Valley £10 for members, £15 for guests
Friday 11th August White Castle Vineyard, NP7 8RA Tour start 6pm
Guided tour by the owner, Robb Merchant, of White Castle Vineyard at Llanvetherine to find out what developments are in train at the vineyard (on site processing due to start this year) and the pitfalls of growing grapes in our part of the world.
Cost £10 for members, £15 for guests
All visits will be in private cars. Please car share whenever possible.
It is very helpful to know how many are coming on these visits so please could you let Rupert know if you are interested and book as early as possible.
rupertotten@gmail.com
It runs a series of meeting in Cwmyoy Memorial Hall at 8.00pm on the second Monday of each month, between September and May. The meetings are chosen to cover a really wide range of subjects: everything from herbs to historic gardens; from pests to propagation; as well as having visits by well known garden celebrities.
Membership is £10 per person per annum.
Guests welcome, at £5 per event.
Programme of visits Summer 2023
Friday 16th June Llowes Court, Glasbury near Clyro. Meet at 6pm
It's a medieval house similar to Allt y Bela and is the home of Ken & Susan Briggs. It has a fabulous grotto decorated by Susan with thousands of sea shells. There are formal and informal areas some with stunning features commissioned by the Briggs. Arne Maynard advised on the layout but the planting is by Susan.
Cost £10 for members, £15 for guests
Friday 7th July Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Blagdon, near Bristol Meet at 10.30am
Quick refreshments followed by a tour by one of the gardeners
“It’s six and a half acres of Soil Association certified ornamental and edible plants in a seasonal patchwork that we’ve been constantly evolving since we started more than 30 years ago. There is a strong emphasis on confident planting and quirky fun.”
There is plenty of information on the whole set-up on their website.
Plus optional afternoon diversion to:
Pan Global Plants Nursery The Walled Garden, Frampton Court, Frampton-on-Severn GL2 7EX
For well over two decades, Pan Global Plants has been supplying gardeners, collectors, arboreta and public gardens with one of the most inspiring and desirable collections of plants available in the UK.
Every variety is chosen and vetted by Nick Macer, owner and well-known plantsman/plant explorer, who has travelled the temperate world extensively for inspiration.
Cost for Yeo Valley £10 for members, £15 for guests
Friday 11th August White Castle Vineyard, NP7 8RA Tour start 6pm
Guided tour by the owner, Robb Merchant, of White Castle Vineyard at Llanvetherine to find out what developments are in train at the vineyard (on site processing due to start this year) and the pitfalls of growing grapes in our part of the world.
Cost £10 for members, £15 for guests
All visits will be in private cars. Please car share whenever possible.
It is very helpful to know how many are coming on these visits so please could you let Rupert know if you are interested and book as early as possible.
rupertotten@gmail.com