The Bridport & District Gardening Club have been invited by The Friends of Millennium Green to assist in the maintenance of the flower beds around the Council Offices. They meet for a 2 hour session at 10am on Tuesdays. Bring gloves, a fork, & enthusiasm and join a small team (a shorter period is also acceptable]. Let’s keep Bridport Blooming !
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Read moreOn March 10th a collective of Garden Clubs met digitally from across the country; Wales, Derbyshire, Dorset and elsewhere joined together to see and hear the remarkable story behind the RHS new venture near Manchester, RHS Bridgewater – headed up by Marcus Chiltern Jones of the RHS who enthusiastically gave his presentation. Started by Francis Egerton 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, called the Canal Duke as his nearby canal was dug on his orders to service and transport the nearby coal[…]
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March 2021 December 2020 – February 2021
Read moreIn February 2021 we were able to meet for the first time in a year – on line – to view and hear a talk entitled Delightful, Delovely , Deranged by Nancy Stevens in Glasgow. Her audience in the balmy south enjoyed seeing and hearing about some of the amazing wonders of nature. The Japanese hold Iris celebrations where weddings are conducted whilst couples are rowed through waterways lined with Iris. Hydrangeas in all their glory, flowering at the start of the rainy season, attract[…]
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Dear Member, Once it became clear that we would not be able to hold our monthly meetings, run a Spring Show, or go on outings, the committee decided not to collect subscriptions for 2020-2021. About half the members were on a email list and we hoped to reach the other members by a message in the Bridport News. Meanwhile, Groves agreed to accept the 2020-21 membership card up until May 2021, for the usual 10% discount. I don’t think any[…]
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Everyone who replied was in favour of Cllr Bark’s suggestion. The over-riding theme from them was that plastic pots are definitely not single-use plastic. They are used and re-used for years, “until they fall apart”. People also used yoghurt/margarine/cream pots/plastic bottles – examples below: A lot of plastic-trays for supermarket fruit and veg are the same size, so the clear trays can be used on top of opaque ones as propagators. A cream pot becomes a ‘vase’ to hold cuttings[…]
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We have received a letter from The Groves Lockdown Team saying: “Hello Bridport Garden Club “My colleagues and I would like to say a bit THANK YOU for the tea urn and for sticking with us through the lockdown. “It was a trying time and constant cups of tea and coffee kept us going, with a small serving of cake now and again too. The meal you arranged for us was so lovely and very much appreciated. “The tiny kettle[…]
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