Friday, 18 April 2025

Wisley outing - 31st May 2025

 Our big day out! - an absolute bargain not to be missed

We’re going to RHS Wisley on Saturday 31 May 2025.
The flagship of the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley is one of the great gardens of the world. We will see such highlights as the celebrated 128m long and 6m wide Mixed Borders, the Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden with its 4,000 roses and 5,000 shrubs, the famous Rock Garden, and the £7.7million Glasshouse opened by the late Queen in 2007 covering an area equivalent to 10 tennis courts and built to celebrate the RHS’s 200th anniversary.
We have a 53-seat coach booked to take us there and back and to make the trip viable we need to fill it. You can be picked up from the usual stops: Fordingbridge (8.15am), Ibsley (8.30am) and Poulner (8.45am). The cost will be a fantastically reasonable £15 for members and £20 for non-members.
Do book early to avoid disappointment as we were oversubscribed last year.
To book your seat please email me on vicky.coral@hotmail.co.uk specifying your preference for pick-up location, number of seats required and method of payment. Or you can call me on 01425 472034.
Payment preferably by BACS into our account:
IDHS Account No.42436068. Sort Code 30-96-26.
Alternatively, to the treasurer at a meeting.


Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Sow and Grow February

 


 Our February meeting is another afternoon one. Come and hear about the wonderful garden at Russell Cotes Bournemouth.



Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Christmas social 12th Dec.

 Dec 12th. at 2pm - don't forget it's our Christmas social. quiz and wreath competition.



Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Guy Deakins

You’ve committed the perfect murder, but how can you put the body to good use in the garden? In this popular and amusing talk, Guy presents a new spin on feeding your soil to feed your garden, by inviting the audience to put themselves into the mind of a murderer.



Sunday, 13 October 2024

October meeting

You’ve committed the perfect murder, but how can you put the body to good use in the garden? In this popular and amusing talk, Guy presents a new spin on feeding your soil to feed your garden, by inviting the audience to put themselves into the mind of a murderer



November and December meetings

 Ibsley and District Horticultural Society

 

Winter Meeting Times

 

Please note that due to darker evenings and possible inclement weather our club meeting times for the coming months are as follows:-

 

OCTOBER 31st 7.30pm

 

NOVEMBER 28th 2pm

DECEMBER 12th 2pm

  JANUARY 30th 2025 2pm

 FEBRUARY 29th 2025 2pm

 

We hope that you can make our meetings and look forward to seeing you. 

Saturday, 14 September 2024

Gertrude Jekyll - her plants and designs.

Come and hear the story of a truly remarkable and slightly eccentric woman. Many of the design ideas and plant combinations we know and love come from the lively mind of Gertrude Jekyll. Dave Usher knows her story well and will share it with you.



Monday, 12 August 2024

Hands on Pruning

Chris Bird is a great speaker, both informative and entertaining. Even experienced gardeners will learn from Chris but beginners will find him easy to follow.... something for everyone.



Friday, 19 July 2024

Caring for People Caring for plants

 Our next evening talk will be by Maria Tidy from Cherry Tree Nursery.




Message from our Show Secretary

Just a little info...our Show is rapidly approaching and schedules are available from all our lovely sponsors and a few other outlets around....or if they have none left just message me.

Hockeys, Baskets and Blooms , Carman, Tesco and Belindas (Poulner), Paper Mountain, Avilys and Crow Farm shop, Wolvercroft,
Ibsley garage, Englands, Ibsley Village hall, Treemenders, Royal Oak pub, Carman .....Schedules have classes for every one, not just gardeners! Di.

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Barry Newman's crib sheet.

 Barry had a few copies of a variety and sowing hints list - not everyone was able to pick one up so here is a link to view/download it as a pdf.

Those vertically trained Courgettes were quite something!




Our annual Plant Sale - May 4th 2024