Our next meeting on Thursday February 8th will be our AGM starting at 7.00pm. This will be followed at 7.45 by a talk from Jeff Bates on the Royal Gardens at Windsor.
February is snowdrop month and many places will have a ‘snowdrop walk’ between now and March. The National Trust Gardens often have these as do many of our local gardens – this photo was taken in Trentham Gardens back in December but there will be plenty more out by now.
On Sunday Feb 18th between 2 and 4pm you can visit the grounds of Eccleshall Castle to enjoy the snowdrops (by kind permission of the Carter-Motley family). Buy your ticket on Feb 3rd from Eccleshall Library – £2 available from 10am – 12noon. Unsold tickets will be available at the gate on the day. Refreshments available and proceeds to local charities.
Don’t forget that the Tender Shoots Garden Club Network (TSGCN) has a variety of talks via Zoom organised by other garden clubs which you can join in with. Sign up on their website to be notified of these and the log-in details. Coming up this month are three talks, although the date of one has yet to be confirmed –
Feb 2nd Fri – Alec White – Primrose Hall Peonies (8pm start time)
Feb 14th Wed – Dr Ian Bedford – Companion Planting for a Balanced Garden
Feb TBC – Francesca Page-Smith – Snowdrops
Next month, at our meeting on March 14th, Philip Aubrey will be giving us some pruning tips with practical demonstrations.
Stone Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society 