Bridport Gardening Club

Let’s help double tree cover Our tree-planting year has ended with two high notes – putting in 140 saplings behind the Medical Centre and a pioneering apple grafting session – branching out into new skills.Organised by Steve Meek, who runs the community allotment, and part-funded by us, a small group got together on a Saturday morning and each came away with a ready to plant self-grafted apple tree. Now read the rest of the news in the March 2025 issue[…]

Following successful Plant stalls at both the Spring and Harvest shows we raised combined funds of £1,010 for charity. This year the money raised was in aid of Stepping Out, a Bridport-based cancer rehabilitation scheme.The overarching aim of the Group is to help members with their recovery, during and after their cancer diagnosis. The group is run by Jo Perfect and Richard Walsh, who are both specially trained level 4 cancer rehabilitation instructors. Early in October a cheque was presented[…]

Ten members were in Riverside Gardens to plant over 1000 bulbs donated by the club. This year we planted 100 Camassias – whose tall blue flower spikes emerge in late April –as well as daffodils:- Early Sensation, Tamara, and King Alfred. Thank you to Gillian, Sarah, Delia, Ian, Ann, Gordon, Vivienne, Sibyl and Dave. As in the two previous years, we are grateful to Groves for providing the bulbs at cost price. We are also giving 150 bulbs each to[…]

We are in a quiet phase, with no more plantings after April/May but lots of weeding. We planted some nice conifers at the Golf Club in the last of the wet weather. People keep giving us little trees in pots – we found homes for some sweet chestnuts, oaks and hazel, then someone came knocking with some more oaks. That is what the Bridport Tree Planting group are here for – we’ll find somewhere for them to grow.