Bridport Gardening Club

Outing to Forde Abbey in March

A group of us enjoyed the spring sunshine in our first visit of the year to Forde Abbey. Swathes of crocuses and daffodils naturalised in the grass enlivened the lawns in front of the Abbey while in the woodland arboretum several magnificent Magnolias, particularly M. sprengeri  impressed with their huge pink flowers. Another attractive seasonal element was a tapestry of blue anemones and cyclamen growing out of beech mast. As ever the Centenary fountain drew visitors at midday to view[…]

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RHS E-Newsletter – March 2022

I hope you are all well and looking forward to getting stuck into planning visits and planting your gardens.  Given what we have all been though over the last couple of years it is heart-warming to see so many groups return and now starting to book visits and shows. Don’t forget, if you need insurance and haven’t ordered it yet please contact rhsgroups@sports-insure.co.uk who will be able to set it up for you ready for the show season and all[…]

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Bulb Planting Campaign For Bridport

The Gardening Club will be giving away daffodil bulbs for planting this autumn 2022.Individuals and groups are invited to put forward places such grass verges and public spaces (but not roundabouts) where they could plant bulbs which can be enjoyed by the most people.The campaign is announced now so that suitable places can be identified where there aren’t any daffodils at the moment.Please contact BDGC by email at bridportgardeningclub@gmail.com with locations and photographs of your suggested site for planting.BDGC will[…]

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New Year, New Trees, New Hope

Three tree saplings per household plus canes, are being offered free of charge to people living in Bridport. The varieties available in February are: Silver Birch, Downy Birch, Green Beech, Rowan, Bird Cherry, Goat Willow, Hawthorn, Dogwood, Grey Willow, Alder and Hornbeam. Does anyone need free tree guards? We have some which look like this … length is 60 cms, so good for rabbits but not deer. Inquire and we can deliver. Please contact Joe Hackett, Co-Ordinator, Bridport Tree Planting[…]

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Our fund-raising Christmas Tree

A small group of members have been busy decorating the Club’s allocated tree in the Bridport United Church’s Christmas Tree Festival. We are again collecting for Perennial, the only charity which supports those working in Horticulture; many of whom have been hard hit in the pandemic due to furlough, jobs being lost, etc. Our theme is ‘Waste not, Want not’. We hope our quirky tree will attract support for this worthy cause! Pam Cant Opening Hours Wednesday 8th to Sunday[…]

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Millennium Green Cheque Presentation

On a brisk October morning a group of garden volunteers from Friends of Millennium Green and BDGC met together to hand over a donation of £100 from the Garden Club. Our President, Mrs Monique Pasche, the chairperson of Millennium Green, Miss Sandra Brown MBE, are pictured alongside some of the volunteer gardeners.  The money given will be spent on plants and seeds to enhance the area.    This popular place is maintained solely by volunteers for the enjoyment of both[…]

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Killerton in early Autumn

The final outing of 2021 to Killerton House was blessed by a beautiful sunny autumn day. Twenty five of us enjoyed the house, park and garden originally laid out by John Veitch, plantsman and landscape designer for it’s owners the Acland family. Veitch was in the forefront of the great drive to find and import exotic trees and shrubs from around the globe, which is why Killerton is host to plants from six continents. We saw the original mother-tree of[…]

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