Please could you mention our Plant Sale from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th June.  It is at Oakdene, Petton, 5 miles from Wiveliscombe on the B3227. The Plant Sale is in aid of St Petrock’s Church Fabric Fund.  

To book a time slot to view the plant, please ring Angela or Jon on (01398) 361800.

If you don’t need any plants but would like a tour of garden for a small donation towards the church, we would be happy to show you around our third of an acre.  We garden on thick yellow clay and are happy to share our successes and challenges!

Thank you.

Best regards

Angela and Jon 

There are still a few seats available on our coach trip to Hereford and Worcester on Tuesday 7^th June.   Pick up from Taunton will be at 8.15 and from Burnham at 8.45.  Details of the gardens are in the latest newsletter and on the website, but hopefully people will also have been inspired by Tamsin Westhorpe’s talk in March.  

Stockton Bury is a good example of new ideas incorporated into a more traditional setting.  The garden and nursery at Stone Cottage is full of interesting and unusual plants and certainly has a unique feel about it.  We hope to be home at 6.00 and 6.30pm respectively.  

The cost was advertisied at £36 but we have been asked to pay a fuel supplement so hope that everyone will be willing to pay an extra £1.  

To book please contact Penny Berry Tel 01278 662 720 p.berry487@btinternet.com.  For any other information about the trip please contact Kate Harris 01984 624 615 nunnington@aol.com.  Full joining instructions will be sent out shortly.   

Mike and Jenny Spiller’s garden at Elworthy Cottage, Elworthy is open for the National Garden Scheme on Tuesday 31st May fron 11am to 4 pm admission £4.50. Their 1 acre plantsmans garden has many island beds planted in a cottage garden style and also interesting trees and shrubs.

Tea, coffee and cake available in aid of the Childrens Hospice South West. The adjoining nursery will also be open. Phone 01984656427 www.elworthy-cottage.co.uk Elworthy is on the B3188 12 miles NW of Taunton (postcode TA4 3PX)

Please could you mention the North Curry Open Garden weekend on 18th and 19th June? It includes 13 gardens for £6 within the centre of the village. There is free parking in the Manor Field, teas in the church and tickets and programme from the PO, the parking field or the individual gardens. Thank you!

Liz Gibbs

In response to demand from members, we have arranged a special summer lecture, given via Zoom, during our usual meeting “closed season”. The lecture is being given by Troy Scott Smith, head gardener at Sissinghurst on WEDNESDAY 6 JULY at 7.30pm. The topic is “The Delos Project” which is a recreation of a Greek-style garden that Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson tried to establish at Sissinghurst. 

Members

Zoom meeting joining instructions for members will be sent out nearer the date.

Non-members

If you are not a member and would like to attend the lecture, the charge will be £5. Please email via the contact page here on the Group’s website www.somersethps.com and someone will be in touch with information about how you can pay.

We’re opening our garden for the NGS on the 11th and 12th of June. I know the Sunday opening clashes with the group’s plant sale, but hope you might be able to give us a mention to members?

Plenty of hardy plants to see!!

https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/43089

Many thanks
Trish

Due to catching Covid there may be available 2 tickets to Chelsea for this Friday 27th May.  The tickets are in West Somerset (near Dulverton) and are non-Member whole-day (8am – 8pm) tickets at £85 each. 

It all depends on 2 negative Covid tests!  Anyone interested please call Rosie 01398 341855 / 07506 673 242  or email rosemarytree@hotmail.co.uk.

Regards, Rosie Treherne

Our Summer Plant Fair at Lower Severalls is now just a couple of weeks away. Keep the date – SUNDAY 12th JUNE – free! The Fair will run from 10.00am until 3.00pm and you can pay on the gate – no need to pre-book your tickets for this one. There will also be a range of delicious light refreshments available and a chance to see the garden at an earlier time of year. 

We have the following excellent nurseries and stalls coming along from various parts of the south-west (plus one coming from mid-Wales!), and of course the HPS Somerset Group plant stall, to bring you the best of their summer plant offerings:

• CB Plants
• Charles Chesshire Plants
• Exotic Earth Plants
• Floyds Climbers
• In Clover
• Gardener’s Blacksmith
• Heartsease Plants
• Japonica Plants
• Leesa’s Not Just Alpines
• Misfit Plants
• Pennard Plants
• Plant Wild
• Plants Galore
• Wild Thyme 

We do need a couple more members to volunteer to help on the gate for an hour or two, so if you are free please let me know.

Many thanks

Jane

Hello,

I have 2 tickets (one RHS member and one non member) for The Malvern Spring Show on Friday 6th May but I can no longer attend. I will send them via email free to anyone who can use them.

Regards, Lynda Whish (lyndawhish@icloud.com)