Our speaker this month is Sharon Hadley, who teaches horticulture at Hollesley Bay open prison. Sharon has first hand experience of the benefits of gardening for good physical and mental wellbeing, and will be talking about her role at the prison.

Would you like to learn more about bees and beekeeping, and the plants we should grow in our garden to attract pollinators? This month, we have a beekeeper from the local Beekeepers Association talking about beekeeping, together with our own passionate plantswoman, Deborah Pratt, talking about the best plants for pollinators.

Our speaker this month is local man Kevin Rogers, who is an enthusiastic advocate of encouraging wildlife into our gardens and how we can benefit from them. Perhaps he will even have a solution to how we can enjoy watching the deer without them ruining our precious plants!

How to get plants for free - what's not to like about our topic this month? Our expert speaker from Woottens of Wenhaston will be giving us hints and tips on how to propagate successfully. Woottens is a traditional plant nursery that specialises in Herbaceous Perennials and grows some of the largest collections of Iris, Auricula, Pelargonium and Hemerocallis in the UK.  

As a thank you for the support and fund-raising efforts of our members, we will be offering a free buffet during the evening to celebrate a successful year. Entertainment will be provided and this is a members only event, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Bring your own soft drinks or tipple of choice.

Our new membership year starts on 14th January with the AGM and Cheese and Wine Social. Come along and have your say. Membership renewal for the year is just £12.  

Our speaker this month is Karen Kenny, an environmentalist and freelance Garden writer, Broadcaster and Lecturer. Karen occasionally writes articles for gardening magazines and is regularly heard on BBC Radio Suffolk’s Saturday Gardening programme.  Karen is one of the founder members of the Ipswich Organic Gardeners group and is a keen advocate of a chemical free approach to gardening. Karen was for many years involved with The Britain In Bloom Campaign as a judge for Anglia in Bloom and is…

Test your gardening knowledge with a quiz compiled by Matthew Tanton Brown of The Place for Plants, East Bergholt.

Our speaker this month is Geoff Hodge, garden writer, book author, local radio & TV broadcaster. A former Web Editor for the RHS and Gardening Editor for Garden News & Garden Answers, Geoff will have plenty of information to give us on how to control pests and diseases in our gardens.

Our popular speaker, Simon White of Beales Roses, will be giving an interesting talk this evening on the Gardens of East Anglia. Some gardens you may have already visited, but others are hidden gems, just waiting for you to discover them.

To celebrate the longest day, we have a full day of garden visits planned for you. Starting with Barry Gayton's Desert World near Thetford in the morning, we will visit the 1¼ acre garden created by the Radio Cambridgeshire gardener specialising in tropical and arid plants. We will then travel to nearby Fullers Mill Garden, an enchanting and tranquil waterside and woodland garden, situated on the banks of the River Lark at West Stow.  It combines a beautiful site of…

Do you have an ugly wall or fence to cover? Perhaps you just need a bit more height in the garden? Barry Gayton is our speaker this month and will be giving us advice on the most suitable climbers and shrubs to decorate our boundaries.

This year, we will be visiting the Flower Show rather than the Autumn Plant Fair at Hyde Hall. Join us for this floral extravaganza set in the beautiful surroundings of the RHS garden. The show provides a fabulous day out with specialist nurseries, gardening sundries, expert advice, craft and gifts, live music and tasty food and drink, as well as the chance to explore the garden in full summer bloom. The coach will depart from Deben Swimming Pool and times/cost…

People have used herbs for thousands of years, for cooking, perfumes, disinfectants, currency and medicine. Our speaker this month, Karen Kenny of BBC Radio Suffolk, will be giving us tips on how to grow, store and use the herbs in our garden.

This event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus.

Our speaker this month is local wildlife expert, Kevin Rogers, who will be giving us advice on how to help our garden wildlife survive the forthcoming winter, whatever the weather may bring.