Our next meeting is on Thursday July 10th at 7.30pm. Our speaker will be Maureen Sawyer and her talk Flower Power considers treasures and other valuables, for long-lasting colour in the garden throughout the year. We meet, as usual, at the Christ Church Centre in Stone.
Before we get to July there are some gardens open locally during June. This weekend – June 21-22nd is Eccleshall Open Gardens which is always worth a visit. Meanwhile for the NGS on Friday (20th) 23 St John’s Road in Stafford is open and The Secret Garden in Little Haywood will open on Friday 27th.
There are two local(ish) Plant Hunters Fairs in June (details on website) – June 22 at Middleton Hall, Tamworth and June 29 at Whittington Castle, Oswestry.
We start July with a very local event. You may remember Ruth Plant came this time last year to give a talk on Dieramas. The National Collection in her garden will be open on July 3rd, 10 and 17th at Yew Tree Cottage, Haughton, Stafford ST18 9JR, from 11am – 4pm. Admission is £5.
There are many other gardens open in July for the NGS in Staffordshire as well as the surrounding counties – do have a look on the NGS website for these and gardens open where and when you are on holiday. Yew Trees in Eccleshall opens on weekend July 12/13; and Springfield in Bishops Wood near Stafford opens on the 19th. then Cheadle Allotments are open on 13th and The Bungalow, Woodfarm in Tean opens on 20th. In Shropshire there are many gardens open this month including Hodnet Hall on 6th and Goldstone Hall on the 9th.
Also coming up and maybe worth travelling for are the RHS Show at Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham on July 16th and, following our talk from Sarah Haisley last November, you may like to visit the Sweet Pea Society Show, at Wem Town Hall 28-32 High Street SY4 5DG on July 19 – 20 10am – 3pm.
There are no local Plant Hunter Fairs this month but on July 27 there is the Flower Power Fair at Sandon Hall – details on website
Stone Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society 