Outings 2023

The Paddocks, Hungarton 2 acre garden with mature and specimen trees, rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolia grandiflora, wisterias, ponds and stream. Lawn areas surrounded by herbaceous and shrub borders. Woodland walk, pergola, roses, clematis, hostas, ferns. 

Large well established semi-permanent plant stall in aid of local charities. Some steep slopes, and a flat terrace by the main lawn provides a good viewing area. The garden is open for the NGS in early June.

Photos from the owner.

Gates Garden Centre, Cold Overton, Oakham

Gates Garden Centre

A well established and reputable garden centre providing all your needs, indoor and outdoor displays, showrooms, gifts, well stocked farm shop, large stocks of plants, trees, shrubs for sale. 

Sheffield Botanic Garden The website states, SBG is run by the Trust (SGBT), located a short distance from the City Centre and covers 19 acres on a sloping site. The gardens are registered with English Heritage as a site of special historical interest. Highlights include; the glass Pavilions; the imposing Gatehouse entrance; a rare Bear Pit; the South Lodge, all Grade II listed; a Victorian Curator’s House (now a cafe) and a fossil stump around 310 million years old. 

The gardens provide interest and variety throughout the year, ranging from traditional to prairie style planting designed by Professor Hitchmough. Photos from their website show a Judas tree flowering in May 2022, The Rose Garden, Prairie Garden, the Four Seasons Garden, mixed planting and the South African Bed. www.sbg.org.uk  Sheffield Botanical Gardens 

Owing to the size, a guided tour has been arranged, provided by the Friends of Sheffield Botanic Garden (FOBS). We will probably be split into two groups. There will be time to wander after. 

Firvale Perennial Garden owned by HPS South Yorkshire member and National Collection Holder, Don Witton, our speaker for the February meeting this year. 

An unusually large plot featuring 13 island beds displaying 500+ herbaceous perennials including the National Collection of hardy euphorbias with over 100 varieties, flowering between March and October and an organic vegetable garden. The coach drops off outside the Gate. The garden is a short walk along a grass path. Photos by Sandra Denham

We return to the coach to visit Don and Dot’s home, at the other end of the village for refreshments, included in the trip and there will be plants for sale.

Mynd Hardy Plants at Delbury Walled Garden A two acre early Victorian Walled Garden with large herbaceous borders, vegetable and herb garden, shrubbery and very old fruit trees. In addition there is a large Penstemon and Hemerocallis collection.

Included in the visit will be a talk on the Walled Garden, tea/coffee and home-made cakes and a guided tour of Delbury Gardens, providing no private event is taking place on the day. Delbury Gardens are not open to the public. There is a Vineyard on site and Plants for Sale. Gravel and grass paths. Photos below are by Richard Rallings © www.myndhardyplants.co.uk

Richard Rallings will be presenting a talk at our November meeting this year. (Richard was not able to come, so is postponed until a future date)

Wildgoose Nursery Munslow A small independent nursery and garden housed within a former kitchen garden in the beautiful Shropshire hills. The nursery originally specialised in hardy perennial violas, but branched out to include a wide range of perennials and grasses including many new introductions. The garden showcases the wonderful plants in exuberantly planted borders, as seen on Gardeners World last year when Carol Klein visited. The garden functions as a stock bed for propagating plants and testing their garden worthiness. www.wildgoosenursery.co.uk Wildegoose Nursery