Mid Anglia

• Subscription

  £2 per annum.

• Contact

  Hon. Secretary:  Mrs Jenny Clarke, Pentlow Mill, Cavendish,

  Suffolk CO10 7SP    Tel: 01787 281072 jenny.clarke@alpinegardensociety.org

  Programme Secretary: Dr. Lynne Joyce

  Hon.Chairman: Ruth Jones

  Hon.Treasurer: Margaret Rufus

• Programme of events

  Tuesday 24th January at 7:00pm

     Zoom meeting with the Bedfordshire AGS group Paul Cumbleton “ Crevice Gardens”

  Tuesday 7th February at 7:00pm

       Zoom meeting with the Bedfordshire AGS group Ian Christie “ Our garden: Spring and Summer”

  Thursday 16th February at 11:00am

  Fullers Mill Gardens,West Stow,
  Bury St Edmunds IP28 6HD

  A private visit for our members to see the snowdrop display.

  Sunday 26th February 11:00am

  Long Melford Village Memorial Hall Long Melford  CO10 9JQ

  Mid Anglia AGS group AGM and Members’ contributions

  Saturday 18th March 2:30pm

  Long Melford Village Memorial Hall Long Melford  CO10 9JQ

  Jamie Blake from Bressingham Gardens “ Around the World in 80 plants.

       Sunday 30th April at 11:00am

  Arger Fen and Spouse’s Vale
  near Assington, Sudbury Suffolk CO8 5 BN

  A guided walk around this reserve with Richard Hobbs.

         
  Saturday 20th May from 11:00am until 4:00pm

  Hullwood Barn, Shelley, Ipswich, IP9 5RE

  A visit to the garden of Jim Marshall and Sarah Cooks garden to see Sarah’s collection of Cedric Morris irises and also displays from fellow Suffolk National Iris collection holders Steve Baker and Lucy Skellorn. Steve has a collection of Suffolk bred irises, pre 1985 and Lucy has a collection of Sir Michael Foster irises.

  Thursday July 27th at 2:00pm

  “Dragons”‘ Boyton Cross, Chelmsford, CM14LS.

  Our Annual ‘Strawberries and cream’ Social held in the garden of Margot Grice.Margot has a 3/4 acre garden which is planted for all year round colour and to encourage wildlife. Margot has some wonderful plant combinations with specimen plants, a fernery, clematis, mature dwarf conifers, grasses, a pond and a scree. There are two summerhouses, one of which overlooks a stream and farmland.

  Sunday 20th August from 2:00pm

  Plant and Bulb Sale at Pentlow Mill, Pentlow Lane,Cavendish, Sudbury,  Suffolk, CO10 7SP

  Guest Nurseries, Monksilver, Pottertons and Dersirable plants.

  Also Riverside Bulbs, the members Bulb and Plant stall and a stall selling quality cards for all occasions.

  There will also be a Raffle and Auction.

  Friends and family welcome.

  There is plenty of parking and free refreshments served from 2:30pm.

  Thursday September 7th at 2:00pm

  Garden visit to Ulting Wick, Crouchmans Farm Road, Ulting, nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6QX

  The eleven acre garden is centred around three listed black Essex barns and a 17th century farmhouse. The buildings provide structure, shelter and a canvas for exuberant, colourful and vibrant planting of thousands of tulips in box-edged beds followed by a tropical display of dahlias, bananas, grasses, cosmos, hedychiums, rare exotics, salvias and annuals to provide late summer interest.

  Saturday October 14th at 2:15pm

  Long Melford Village Memorial Hall Long Melford  CO10 9JQ

  Bob Gibbons  “In Search of European Alpines”

  Saturday November 11th at 2:00pm

  Long Melford Village Memorial Hall Long Melford  CO10 9JQ

  Mid Anglia AGS group AGM and Members’ contributions

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Photos from Margot’s wonderful garden.

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A few photographs from this year’s Mid-Anglia Bulb and plant Sale.