Please visit our Calendar page for a full schedule of Meetings, Events and Talks.
Non members are welcome to attend any of our monthly meetings and talks for a entrance price of £5
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🏵️Coming Up🏵️
Saturday 11th May
Plant Sale
on Church Green (Standlake) from 9am - 11am
Summer bedding, Annuals, Perennials and Vegetable plants.
Please do bring down any plant dentations to sell if you have seedlings to spare.
Plant Sale
on Church Green (Standlake) from 9am - 11am
Summer bedding, Annuals, Perennials and Vegetable plants.
Please do bring down any plant dentations to sell if you have seedlings to spare.
Tuesday May 28th
Standlake Village Hall at 7.30 pm
Club night with speaker Mandy Bradshaw "Four Seasons Cotswold Style"
Mandy is a local garden journalist and has her own gardening blog “The Chatty Gardener”
Everyone welcome - Free entry for members, £5 on the door for non-members.
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Your Membership Oct 2023- Sept 2024
Membership is just £20 for the year.
Membership will allow you to come to all our talks and meetings free of charge, give you discounts in local garden centers, discounts at all RHS gardens, and subsidise your place on the summer outing.
We accept cash or cheque on any club night or
To pay online our bank details are:
lower windrush garden club
51-70-15
Acc No 85722820
If you pay online please send us an email to confirm that you have made the payment:
email: [email protected]
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We are proud to support
Root&Branch Therapeutic Garden
and
Bridewell Gardens
Both are local Oxfordshire Charities that use gardening to support people who experience significant mental health difficulties..
For more information about both of these fabulous charities (including information about their open days and plant sales) please visit their websites using the links below:
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Recent News:
April 23rd 2024
We were joined in the village hall by Anna Steven
Anna is is a NAFAS qualified national judge, speaker and Gallery lecturer at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. She spokeg to us about the many gardens and designs of the well known Victorian designer William Morris.
26th March 2024. The Spring Show.
Congratulations to all our exhibitors the judges were impressed by a beautiful array of spring flowers and plants. It has been a particularly good year for daffodils! Well done to the show winner Denise Blackwell who will be awarded the trophy at the Annual show in September.
The show was followed by Andy Mills who gave a brilliant talk on “The Gardens of Blenheim Palace”
Andy became the new head gardener at Blenheim in August 2022 and he talked us through his plans and vision for this UNESCO World Heritage site.
Congratulations to all our exhibitors the judges were impressed by a beautiful array of spring flowers and plants. It has been a particularly good year for daffodils! Well done to the show winner Denise Blackwell who will be awarded the trophy at the Annual show in September.
The show was followed by Andy Mills who gave a brilliant talk on “The Gardens of Blenheim Palace”
Andy became the new head gardener at Blenheim in August 2022 and he talked us through his plans and vision for this UNESCO World Heritage site.
February 27th 2024
We 'Zoomed' with Michael Marriot who spoke to us about 'Getting the Best from your Roses .'
Thank you for a very interesting talk. Michael is one of the worlds leading rosarians. He has worked for David Austin roses for 35 years where he became an expert on all matters relating to roses and he gave us lots of practical advice. We must choose varieties carefully to get the best out of our plants (and select for disease resistance), buy bare root where possible and plant with mycorrhizal fungi. Keep them moist, mulched and well fed, and we must not worry too much about pruning. Species roses do not need pruning at all, and other roses we must just prune to maintain size, shape and balance in the plant. He also recommended planting them, not as a mono-culture, but in mixed borders - this will prevent to much infection with common diseases.
We 'Zoomed' with Michael Marriot who spoke to us about 'Getting the Best from your Roses .'
Thank you for a very interesting talk. Michael is one of the worlds leading rosarians. He has worked for David Austin roses for 35 years where he became an expert on all matters relating to roses and he gave us lots of practical advice. We must choose varieties carefully to get the best out of our plants (and select for disease resistance), buy bare root where possible and plant with mycorrhizal fungi. Keep them moist, mulched and well fed, and we must not worry too much about pruning. Species roses do not need pruning at all, and other roses we must just prune to maintain size, shape and balance in the plant. He also recommended planting them, not as a mono-culture, but in mixed borders - this will prevent to much infection with common diseases.
January 23rd 2024
We 'Zoomed' with Katherine Crouch who spoke to us about 'Plants that should be better known .'
Thank you Katherine for a very entertaining and informative talk. We were introduced to new plants and new varieites but also heard about interesting benefits of some plant varieties that we rather over look! Katherine's list of plant vairities can be found on our 'Practical Gardening Tips' page.
November 28th 2023
We welcomed Allison Oldershaw who came to talk to us to demonstrate Willow Weaving.
It was a lovely evening, with lots of practical advice about willow and how to work with it. Alison demonstrated a willow ring and a plant support, but also brought along some examples of other beautiful things she has made for her garden. Alison has kindly sent us some useful fact sheets with lots of information about where to source willow rods and how to get started. These can be viewed on our 'Practical Garden Tips' page, click the link below. Alison runs workshops from her home in Gloucestershire.
We welcomed Allison Oldershaw who came to talk to us to demonstrate Willow Weaving.
It was a lovely evening, with lots of practical advice about willow and how to work with it. Alison demonstrated a willow ring and a plant support, but also brought along some examples of other beautiful things she has made for her garden. Alison has kindly sent us some useful fact sheets with lots of information about where to source willow rods and how to get started. These can be viewed on our 'Practical Garden Tips' page, click the link below. Alison runs workshops from her home in Gloucestershire.
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Members' Discounts
As a member you are entitled to discounted entry into any RHS Garden. (This does not include entry during Flower Shows and Glow Illumination events). If you would like to borrow the club RHS discount card please contact us via our email.
As a member of the Garden Club you can also enjoy the following discounts on presentation of your Membership Card:
10% Cassington Nurseries, Cassington
10%Yarnton Nurseries and Garden Centre.
10% Bampton Garden Plants. Buckland Road, Bampton. Discount given on plants only (not seed potatoes or items in the sale)
10% Burford Garden Centre (Plants only). Collect Discount Card from Customer Services
10% A.K. Timms Brize Norton (Garden Centre Only)
10% Freeland Nurseries, Wroslyn Road, Freeland, Witney.
10% Discount available also at Charlbury Garden Centre (Used to be known as Hill Top Nursery, Ramsden) On Tuesdays and Thursdays only – Members must enrol with the nursery to receive their own discount card.
The Club would like to thank all participating Nurseries for their continued support.
As a member you are entitled to discounted entry into any RHS Garden. (This does not include entry during Flower Shows and Glow Illumination events). If you would like to borrow the club RHS discount card please contact us via our email.
As a member of the Garden Club you can also enjoy the following discounts on presentation of your Membership Card:
10% Cassington Nurseries, Cassington
10%Yarnton Nurseries and Garden Centre.
10% Bampton Garden Plants. Buckland Road, Bampton. Discount given on plants only (not seed potatoes or items in the sale)
10% Burford Garden Centre (Plants only). Collect Discount Card from Customer Services
10% A.K. Timms Brize Norton (Garden Centre Only)
10% Freeland Nurseries, Wroslyn Road, Freeland, Witney.
10% Discount available also at Charlbury Garden Centre (Used to be known as Hill Top Nursery, Ramsden) On Tuesdays and Thursdays only – Members must enrol with the nursery to receive their own discount card.
The Club would like to thank all participating Nurseries for their continued support.