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Christmas Social and The Lady in the Hobnailed Boots: Garden Club Updates

Andy Speller Published: 04 December 2024

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A black-and-white photo of a well-dressed lady sitting in a garden with her walking stick and cat
The Lady in the Hobnailed Boots.

Whilst Gardens slumber under the British winter, there’s still plenty to occupy Wymondham gardeners – from pouring over gardening catalogues, to planning what to grow once winter is over to coming, to talks at Wymondham Garden Club meetings!

We have our Christmas Social on December 9th, 7:30pm, at Town Green Centre. We would love to have you - please email us at wymondhamgardenclub@gmail.com if you are interested.

The Garden Club has an exciting programme of talks lined up for 2025, kicking off on Monday, January 20th, with a talk about Gertrude Jekyll, the influential garden designer, photographer, artist, plant breeder & author. She was the genuine doyenne of Victorian & Edwardian gardens – aka, “The Lady in the Hobnailed Boots”.

The speaker is Andrew Sankey, who gave a wonderful talk on “Colour in the Garden” last May. The club are delighted to welcome him back. Expect to learn fascinating insights into Jekyll’s life and the many plants she grew. As she famously said, “the love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.”

The 2025 club programme has a variety of talks, with some familiar and some new speakers. These include Dr Ian Bedford (Bugs – Who on Earth Needs Them?), Guy Barker (Spring Treasures), Jim Paine (Secret Life of Plants) and Neil Thomas (The Very Varied Life of an Arborist).

If you would like to know more about the club, please come along to a meeting. Inflation has caught up with the club & we have had to increase the membership fee to £25 – still a bargain price for 12 meetings a year. Guest admission has also had to increase to £4 (which does include complimentary tea/coffee). As ever, meetings are held on the third Monday evening of the month at the Town Green Centre, Wymondham.

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