Burton Leonard Gardening Club
Talks by visiting speakers in St Leonard’s Hall in winter and autumn
Visits to gardens in spring and summer
Plant stall at village May Fest
Annual subscription £5
Chairman John Dawson (677289)
Secretary – Stafford Crossman (677516)
Treasurer – John Wood (677878)
Burton Leonard Gardening Club
2009 Diary of Events
Wednesday 11th February
Speaker: – Ann Stark “Gardening in the Shade”
7.30pm St. Leonard’s Hall
Monday 4th May
2pm Plant & Cuttings stall on the Lower Green during May Fest.
Please inform Trevor Thomas (676383) in advance what plants you are giving.
Thursday 25th June
Visit to Ann Stark’s Garden. Woodlands, Summerbridge, Harrogate, HG3 4BT
6.30pm Private tour with Ann Stark
1-acre plantswoman’s garden in Nidderdale. Garden is designed to harmonise with the surrounding countryside and has several differing areas of planting with many unusual plants, natural rock outcrops, wild flower meadow, productive fruit and vegetable garden.
Saturday 19th September
Visit to Garden at 130 Prince Rupert Drive, Tockwith, York, YO26 7PU (£4 Fee for Charity)
10.30 am Private tour with owners Anne & Barry Wright
½-acre enthusiast’s garden planted for year-round interest from early hellebores, cyclamen and bulbs to late perennials and grasses mixed with our large fern collection, in beds connected by gravel paths. Many plants grown from seed, incl wild-collected seed. Rock and bog gardens, pond and pergola, glasshouses, shade house, kitchen garden with vegetables and trained fruit, small nursery.
Wednesday 7th October
Speaker Ben Emmett “The Sex Life of Plants”
7.30pm St. Leonard’s Hall
Please Note: -
Talks
Please show membership cards at the door
Visits
Please let Stafford Crossman (677516) know if you wish to come and if you require transport or can offer transport to others
Non-Members
Non-Members are welcome at all events (£3 fee per event)
