Garden Club

An evening of “mind, body and christmas spirit”, inspired by pantomimes –  Oh yes it is! Musbury Garden Club's annual party this year aims to kickstart your festive season in the company of friends and neighbours. Participants will enjoy a

It’s easy enough to grow veg in the summer – but what about keeping your garden productive through winter, and, even worse, the dreaded ‘hungry gap’ of early spring? In this talk garden writer Sally Nex will tell you  how

Musbury Garden Club welcomes Katherine Crouch, garden designer and former BBC Gardener of the Year. She says that, after 40 years of gardening, she is now becoming arthritic and lazy. In this talk she will demonstrate tools, shortcuts and techniques

The Garden Club welcomes Michael Pollock, a retired professional horticulturist with over 50 years experience as a horticultural adviser, researcher, lecturer and author. Michael was formerly Head of Education for the Royal Horticultural Society, based at the RHS Garden, Wisley. Whether your

The talk this evening covers the relationship of Rikky Apps with Poltimore House, a Grade 2* country house located just outside Exeter. Rikky, a retired quantity surveyor, keen photographer and heritage aficionado, has over 17,000 pictures of the house, the

The climate is changing so we'll need to adapt the way we garden.  For this evening's talk we welcome back Mike Burks  who will offer  ideas on which plants to grow in future as our weather conditions change. He'll also

10.15 am  Leave Musbury  11.15 -11.30 am Arrive Bernaville Nurseries, Cowley, Exeter –“Destination Garden Centre of the Year 2017/18” Bernaville Nurseries is a family run, independent business. The garden centre grows a wide selection of exceptional quality plants. It includes

Musbury Garden Club's new season of talks opens with a welcome return by speaker John Horsey. A garden in the winter doesn't have to be drab and brown. John will give tips about how to plan for and keep a

Throughout 2017 accredited beer sommelier Ben Richards tried to find out if it is possible to grow, collect and process all of the ingredients needed to make a beer from his small allotment in Colyton. A major project! Come along this

Local resident and semi-retired botanist, Mike Lock, will kick off the new year with a talk which will help us understand better how plant names are formed and what some of them mean. Latin names often confuse and irritate us