Established 1959 – our club is one of the oldest in Yorkshire.
Interested in Gardening, no experience required! Husthwaite & District Gardening Club is the place to be!
Meetings
We meet at 7.30pm – 9.30pm on the second Thursday of the month (Sept, Oct, Mar, Apr, May and June) with annual membership at £10 starting in September or just drop-in as a visitor when you wish, £3.
Our meetings consist of a monthly speaker on a variety of gardening topics to suit as many people as possible followed by social time with tea, coffee and biscuits.
There are also club outings to gardens of interest and workshops throughout the year, discounts at selected nurseries and garden centres, an annual plant sale and an annual dinner.
2027 Speakers
18 March 2027 – Mike L’Anson: 20 principles of gardening
8 April 2027 – Peter Walker: Carnivorous Plants – love at first bite!
13 May 2027 – Janet Lathan: A year in Sledmere Garden
10 June 2027 – AGM followed by Tracey Parkinson: Dahlias; growing, showing and seeds
2026 Speakers
12 March – Tom Hook, from a Forest of Flowers, York (wild flower plants, seeds and honey to buy)
9 April – Suzie from Picked at Dawn, Kilburn – A brief glimpse into my floral world (plug plants to buy)
14 May – Mark Padgett from Skerne Alpines – Alpine plants and their uses
11 June – AGM followed by Suzie from Picked at Dawn – Flower arranging demo & guidance
10 Sept – Christine Pietrowski: Don’t plant under a walnut tree – garden folklore and superstitions
8 Oct – Sam Shipman: Gardens of the National Trust
19 Nov – Social evening – village hall
2025 Speakers
20 March – Doug Stewart The way we were
10 April – Ben Preston Cliff Bank Nursery – A new chapter
8 May – Julia Wade Thomas – Garden Design; planning for the future
12 June – Peter Mathers Royal gardens of Europe
11 September – Sarah Owen-Hughes Science & the garden
9 October – Peter Williams Propagation for grown up gardeners
More information: hdgardeningclub@gmail.com
Favourite Quotes
There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments. – Janet Kilburn Phillips
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. – Alfred Austin
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. – Doug Larson
Happy Gardening!
