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We
are a friendly and very active society in the North West of England, located in a small
village between Bolton and Blackburn,
but with members attending our meetings from a 20 mile radius.
We
have meetings most months of
the
year (see Programme),
together with day
and evening visits
to gardens large and small. Every summer, many of our members and
friends take part in our long weekend
mini-holiday, visiting gardens
in other parts of the country.
Our
big event of the year is the Annual Show,
which takes place on the
third Saturday of August. As well as the traditional horticultural
classes of flowers, fruit and vegetables, we have classes for cookery,
art and crafts, photography and flower arranging. See our Show Schedule
for full details.
Please
have a look round our site,
and if you have any questions or comments, contact our committee via
the contacts
page.
 Keep
in touch
& talk to us on Twitter
& Facebook
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THE MONTHLY
EMAIL
Irene
(our secretary)
intends to continue sending out an
email bi monthly for the time being. She tries with
all
our help to fill it with news and articles of garden and local
interest.
She is keen to receive articles from everyone - all members!
Have
you read, heard, or know something that might interest or
amuse
others? Perhaps you have an interesting horticultural experience
to relate? Jot down a few sentences and send it to her
New
ideas give variety and keep it interesting for everyone!
If
you know of
anyone who isn’t on the internet or on email please
try to
help us to keep them in touch with what the Society is doing.
If
members want, but
are unable to
see these
reports and the subsequent AGM minutes please help if you can. Instead
perhaps a
friend or
relative could print them.
Otherwise
members can ring Phil Broughton 01204 300541 or Jean Turner 01204 309394.
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An
active
committee is vital
to
our Society
Please consider
joining
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Next
Meeting at The Barlow
Wednesday 16th July
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Fantastic Food and Drink from Garden Herbs
Barbara Depledge, Macclesfield
Barbara is a pharmacist by profession, qualifying
in the '70s from the Manchester School of Pharmacy in the days when
students still read prescriptions in Latin and learned how to prepare
every conceivable form of pharmaceutical product at the lab bench. Back
in those days pharmacognosy was a large part of the syllabus, thestudy
of the chemical and biological properties of drugs and potential drug
substances from plant sources all around the world. After qualifying
Barbara had a variety of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry,
eventually setting up her own consultancy company and working as a
guest lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University.
Barbara grows grow culinary, medicinal and fragrant
herbs and writes on simple home medicinal remedies,
recipes and how to have fun making simple cosmetics from herbs and
flowers.She is a former Chairman of the Herb Society UK, served on the
Council governing this charity for three years and has been a member
for 22 years.
Now retired, Barbara is filling life-long
ambitions to travel to as many parts of the world as possible, including the island of Rarotonga in the
Cook Islands which is just about as far as it is possible to go from the
UK.
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Outings in
2025
Details
are now
available and booking is open for:
4 -day Holiday to
Gardens
of Cambridgeshire
There
are still a few places left but the holiday is filling up. Don't miss
out.
Autumn Day Trip to Scampson Walled Garden, September 7th
Contact Janet Faulkner/Phil Broughton Tel 07947 332823 / 01204 300541 outings@edgworth-horticultural-society.co.uk
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Annual
Show 2025
We
welcome volunteers to steward or to help in the show cafe. If you
would be interested in helping out this year please let one of our
committee members at the next meeting.
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 Edgworth
and District Horticultural Society Grant
Awards
In
2024 several grants have been offered and we await completion of the
Bowling Club work before paying the award.
- Barlow
Bowling Club - the green edges
- Top
of Hob Lane in bloom
- TT
Kitchen Garden plants for the new Bothy bed
In
2023 there was a
wonderful
response to our invitation to apply for a grant towards
the
cost of horticultural projects that would benefit the community. A
group of committee
members visited all the sites before choosing 6 as listed below.
- Belmont
Community Garden, Belmont
- Fairy
Garden, Hob Lane, Edgworth
- Eyrie
Scout Hut, Bromley Cross
- Walmsley
Church Garden of Remembrance, Egerton
- Woodland
Edge, Chapel Grange/Greens Arms Road, Chapeltown
- Edgworth
Primary School, Edgworth
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