Previous Visits
We usually organise 3 visits per year; day visits in Spring and late Summer, and an evening visit instead of one of the Summer Wednesday evening meetings.Wentworth Castle Gardens
Our visits in the recent past are listed below, with links to a description of the visit. Pictures can be found in our gallery.
Year |
Date |
Location of Visit |
Gallery Link |
| 2025 | March 15 | John's Garden at Ashwood Nurseries, W Midlands | |
| June 18 | Evening visit to Chadwick Close Farm, Smithills | ||
| Sept 7 | Scampston Walled Garden and Plant Fair | ||
| 2024 | May 15th | Evening visit to Elaine Raper's Home at Croston | |
| June 8th | Visit to Chatsworth House and Gardens | ||
| June 22nd | RHS Harlow Carr Flower show | ||
| Sept 8th | Late Summer Visit to Yewbarrow House and Sizergh Visit Details | ||
| 2023 | April 1st | RHS Bridgewater | |
| May 17th | Evening visit to Jack Green
Cottage. Brindle PR6 8NS |
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| June 11th | Winton Park Gardens, Cumbria and Eggleston Hall Gardens, Visit Details | ||
| July 22nd | Norton Priory and Ness Botanic Gardens, Visit Details | ||
| 2022 | April 2nd | RHS Harlow Carr Visit Details | |
| May 7th | Gwydir Castle and Caerau Gardens Visit Details | ||
| May 18th | Evening visit to The Old Vicarage, Astley, Manchester | ||
| Sept 10th | Melbourne Hall and The Dower House Visit Details | ||
| 2021 | June 6th | Evening Visit to Southlands. in Stretford. | |
| Sept 25th | A visit to the new RHS Garden Bridgewater | ||
| 2019 | May 15th | Evening Visit to Bridge House, Bradshaw | |
| May 18th | The Himalayan Garden and Daleside Nurseries | ||
| July 7th | Lowther and Dalemain Gardens | ||
| Oct 10th | RHS Harlow Carr for the Alpine Week-end | ||
| 2018 | May 12th | Mount Pleasant Gardens and Sculpture Trails plus Stonyford Gardens | |
| June 20th | EVENING VISIT to Woodstock Brn, Mawdesley, Nr Ormskirk | ||
| October 14th | Abbeywood Garden plus Cholomondeley Castle Gardens | ||
| 2017 | April 29th (RHS) | Harlow Carr, Spring Festival | |
| May 20th | Temple Newsham | ||
| June 21st (Evening) | The Secret Valley at Worsley | ||
| September 9th | Trentham Gardens | ||
| 2016 | May 18th (Evening) | Cotes Farm, Broadhead Road, Edgworth | |
| May 15th | Wentworth Castle Gardens | ||
| September 3rd | Arley Hall and Gardens | ||
| 2015 | May 20th (Evening) | The Barn on the Green, Inglewhite | |
| June 28th | Wollerton Old Hall Garden and Hodnet Hall Gardens, Shropshire | ||
| September 5th | Holehird and more, Lake District | ||
| October 17th | Harlow Carr | ||
| 2014 | May 21st (Evening) | The Ridges, Chorley | The Ridges |
| June 7th | Plas Cadnant Hidden Garden & Crug Farm Nursery | Plas Cadnant | |
| September 6th | Scampston Walled Garden | Scampston | |
| 2013 | May 15th (Evening) |
Myerscough College Garden |
Myerscough Garden |
| June 22nd |
Breezy Knees Garden &
Yorkshire Lavender |
Breezy Knees |
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| October 26th |
Thorp Perrow Arboretum &
Wildlife Park |
Thorp Perrow |
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| 2012 | May 16th (Evening) | Waddow Lodge, Waddington | Waddow Lodge |
| May 26th |
Biddulph Grange & Little
Moreton Hall |
Biddulph Grange |
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| September 29th |
National
Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield |
NMA |
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| 2011 | June 15th
(Evening) |
Dorothy's Garden
Clayton-le-Dale |
Dorothy's Garden |
| July 2nd |
Powis Castle & Gardens |
Powis Castle |
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| September
10th |
Ripley Castle & Gardens |
Ripley Castle |
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| 2010 |
May 15th |
Bodelwyddan Castle and Bodnant
Gardens, North Wales |
Bodnant Gardens |
| June 16th
(Evening) |
Bluebell Cottage Garden, Cheshire |
Bluebell Cottage |
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| September 4th |
Newby Hall, North Yorkshire |
Newby Hall |
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| 2009 |
April 25th |
Harrogate
Flower Show |
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| July 15th
(Evening) |
Local gardens in Edgworth |
Edgworth Gardens |
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| September 5th |
Yewbarrow House, Grange |
Yewbarrow House |
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| 2008 |
June 18th
(Evening) |
Jacqueline Iddon's Garden Bretherton |
Jacqueline Iddon |
| July 5th |
Rydal Hall and Holehird Gardens |
Holehird Gardens |
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| October 4th |
Castle Howard |
Castle Howard |
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| 2007 |
May 16th
(Evening) |
John Bent's Garden Glazebury |
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| July 14th |
Normanby Hall Country Park |
Normanby Hall |
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| September
29th |
Ness Botanical Gardens |
Ness Gardens |
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| 2006 |
May 17th
(Evening) |
Claughton Hall |
Claughton Hall |
| July 8th |
Dorothy Clive Garden and
Bridgemere Garden World |
Dorothy Clive Garden |
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| October 14th |
Studley Royal & Fountains Abbey |
Studley Royal |
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| 2005 |
June 15th
(Evening) |
Cobble Hey Gardens
Claughton-on-Brock Garstang |
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| July 23rd |
Harlow Carr |
Harlow Carr |