Meeting Details
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Time | 10.00 am on first Monday of the month |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Location | Members’ Gardens |
| Coordinator | Jennifer Armitage |
What we do
We meet on the first Monday of every month in a different member’s garden, swap advice, plants, seeds and produce. We have a mix of experienced and less experienced gardeners and it has been both interesting and inspiring. However, with 17 members this group is now over full.
Reports
February 2010
We have only had one meeting this year because of the snow. This was at Preston Patrick Hall for the three gardening Groups and was a talk and slides by Kevin Preston.
Our programme for next term is:
- May 10th: Visit to Gilly Newberry’s garden in Barbon
- June 7th: Jane Willis Discussion on Compost making
- August 2nd: Holehird Picnic in the garden
Jennifer Armitage
November 2009
Our group has been meeting now since 2006. So that next year we are having a few changes to our programme and are joining up with the Thursday and Friday gardening groups for the first three months.
Jennifer Armitage
March 2009
The group has participated in more joint activities with the Friday group, including visits to gardens such as Farleton View, a picnic at Preston Patrick to which members of the Thursday group were also invited, and a mini cruise to the Dutch bulb fields. A bonus has been all the U3A garden groups becoming an affiliated society of Lakeland Horticulture Society at Holehird. At meetings there has been plenty of plant swapping and exchange of tips and techniques for better growing. The artistic aspect of gardening has been explored with a site-specific session on ideas for garden design and a visit to 'an artist's garden' by kind permission of Frances Winder.
We shall continue to meet on the first Monday of every month, 10am to 12 noon, but are currently full.
Margot Agnew