Please visit our Calendar Page to view our meetings and talks scheduled for 2018 and 2019. All meetings start at 8pm and doors open at 7.45pm in the Standlake Village Hall unless otherwise stated.
Interested in one of our talks? Then come along for just £3 entry fee on the door.
Or join our club for the annual membership fee of £18 and come along to all the talks for the year free of charge. Our members also enjoy discounts at several local Garden Centres.
FIND US at: The Standlake Village Hall, Rack End, Standlake Oxon OX29 7SB
email: lwgardenclub@gmail.com
Coming Up:
The Annual produce Show
A wonderful display of locally grown fruit and vegetables and flowers. Classes also include fresh local eggs, cookery, flower arranging, photography and children's craft.
Date: Sunday 8th September
Standlake Village hall.
2 - 4 pm
For more information about how you can enter the show, visit the show schedules page.
Next Meeting:
The Potluck Supper
On Tuesday 27th August at 7.30 pm Standlake Village Hall
Bring a plate, knife, fork, spoon and bowl and bring a dish to share!
The Garden Club 40th Anniversary Celebrations.
This year we celebrate our 40th Birthday.
To mark the occasion the Garden Club has given away 3000 daffodil bulbs. Thank you to everyone who has helped plant the bulbs!
Thank you Peter for hosting the the Garden club 40th birthday party for all club members and guests on Tuesday 2nd July. It was a fabulous evening.
Recently: The Summer Outing!
We had our annual summer outing this year on Tuesday 16 July to Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The coach was full and everyone thoroughly enjoyed their visit; the gardens were beautiful and there were 4 glasshouses to explore. The restaurant was excellent - all home cooked food. There was a good selection of plants for sale at reasonable prices such as dahlias, hydrangeas and many bedding plants. The weather was good but not too hot with plenty of shady areas. A most enjoyable day, thank you Paula for organising it!
NEWS by Christine Bone
At our meeting on Tuesday 25 June we held our annual Summer Show which was very colourful and well supported. Emma reported that the two judges were very impressed with all the roses; they looked fabulous; lots of colourful displays and good quality blooms. It has not been a very good year for the Sweet Peas because of a lack of sunshine in June.
After the show Judy Perry welcomed and introduced our guest speaker, Julie Grew, who lives in Standlake and who gave us a talk on 'Food from your garden'. She gave us an amazing cookery demonstration on how to make a vegetable curry with home grown vegetables from her husband's allotment and garden. She filled the hall with a wonderful aroma whilst cooking the curry and gave us all a tasting which was delicious! Judy gave a huge thank you to Julie for giving us such a lovely demonstration on how to make a curry from a glut of produce from our gardens. We all enjoyed listening to Julie whilst she was making the curry and also learnt some useful cooking tips and ideas by using up surplus vegetables.
The Club held its 40th birthday party celebration on Tuesday 2nd July at Yelford. We would like to thank Peter Fullerton our Secretary for being such a wonderful host and opening up his garden for the garden party to all garden club members. Peter welcomed us all to the garden party and gave us a brief talk on how he developed his garden and his interesting collection of 45 trees. He presented us with a tree list which he had numbered for us to find each species of tree.
Peter introduced Eva Rogers who has been our President for many years. She talked about the history of the club which was founded in 1979. Peter and Eva have produced a lovely booklet entitled the “History of the LWGC from 1979 – 2019”. Peter presented Eva with a David Austen specimen yellow rose in a pot for her to plant in her own beautiful garden. Again thank you Peter for allowing us all to explore your lovely garden. The evening was blessed with fine warm weather and was a great success with plenty of wine and soft drinks and the food was amazing! Thank you to all committee members for providing such a delicious array of food which we all enjoyed.
We will be having our annual Pot Luck Supper and Quiz on Tuesday 27 August at 7.30pm in Standlake Village Hall so make a date in your diary and come along and join us for an entertaining evening. All members and non members are very welcome! Please bring along a main course or a dessert for sharing. Remember to bring along your own plate, knife, fork and spoon. This should be an enjoyable evening with a glass of free wine and a quiz.
On Sunday 8 September 2019 we will be having our annual Autumn Produce Show from 2.00pm until 4.00pm followed by presentation of trophies, raffle draw and an auction of produce. This is open to all members and non members. Entry forms and schedules can be obtained from Emma Welch, our show secretary, on 01865 300204 or downloaded from our website see below. So start planning your exhibits of plants, fruit and vegetables ready for showing. We also have many other categories to enter such as flower arranging, cookery and photography. There are a total of 80 class exhibits in all
Members' Discounts
As a member of the Garden Club you can enjoy the following discounts on presentation of your Membership Card:
10% Cassington Nurseries, Cassington
10%Yarnton Nurseries and Garden Centre. Quote Number 60
10% Burford Garden Centre (Plants only). Collect Discount Card from Customer Services
10% A.K. Timms Brize Norton (Garden Centre Only)
10% Discount available also at Hill Top Nursery, Ramsden: On Tuesdays and Thursdays only – Members must enrol with the nursery to receive their own discount card.
The Club would like to thank all participating Nurseries for their continued support.
As a member of the Garden Club you can enjoy the following discounts on presentation of your Membership Card:
10% Cassington Nurseries, Cassington
10%Yarnton Nurseries and Garden Centre. Quote Number 60
10% Burford Garden Centre (Plants only). Collect Discount Card from Customer Services
10% A.K. Timms Brize Norton (Garden Centre Only)
10% Discount available also at Hill Top Nursery, Ramsden: On Tuesdays and Thursdays only – Members must enrol with the nursery to receive their own discount card.
The Club would like to thank all participating Nurseries for their continued support.
