| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| When: | Monthly on Wednesday mornings 9:45 am 2nd Wednesday each month |
| Venue: | Marple Methodist Church (use side door) |
Marple Bridge and Mellor Open Gardening Group
All U3A members welcome. £3 per meeting. Do come along
The group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Marple Methodist Church Hall, Church Lane.
Talks on all aspects of gardening and horticulture are presented at our Gardening Group meetings together with practical demonstrations on such topics as increasing your plant stock by cuttings, or how to fill hanging baskets to make a fabulous display, and there are occasional outings to gardens of all kinds.
You don’t have to have an acre of land or even a garden. Perhaps you only have a window box or a plant pot or none of them. If you have any interest in gardening at all – even if it is simply watching Gardeners World while Monty Don does the work, then why not come along and join us. A charge of (currently) £3.00 per meeting is made which includes coffee or tea. Refreshments are served from 9.45am., the meeting proper commencing at 10am.
As this is an Open meeting, members from other local U3As are welcome to attend. You do not have to feel obliged to come to each meeting but as we run a plant stall, if you don’t come you might miss the plant vital for that odd bit of garden!
Convenor: Margaret - telephone 0161 449 8571.
Forthcoming events
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Cheshire Bee Keepers
We had a really interesting talk by Alan Towse from Cheshire Beekeepers Association in the Gardening Group. He taught us a lot about bees as well as sharing the process of getting the honey from the hive to our table. Ulla
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Visit to the Eaton Estate of the Duke of Westminster on Sunday 15th June.
The gardens were immaculate, chapel beautiful, organ recitals during the afternoon, choirs in tune and the sun shone for us. Extremely enjoyable visit.
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Outing to Powis Castle
We all really enjoyed a sunny and warm day trip to Wales to visit Powis Castle with an amazing garden and a castle full of history. Whilst the Castle goes back to medieval times it has been restored at different times. We were able to explore some of the magnificent rooms with murals and ceiling…
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Visit to Bodnant Gardens
With not a cloud in the sky, our gardening group day trip to Bodnant Gardens was a wonderful day, enjoyed by all. The magnificent magnolias were at their best, as were the azaleas. The majestic trees on site are always a pleasure to see. Many of us walked down through the beautiful gardens to the…