Our Programme
What we do
As well as arranging for guest speakers to give talks at our monthly meetings, as part of its annual programme, the club organises social events and group visits to gardens.
Gardens we have visited recently include: Painswick Rococo Garden; Coughton Court Garden; Stanton NGS Open Gardens; Wollerton Old Hall and Dorothy Clive Gardens, Market Drayton; Picton Garden, Malvern.
During the year the club has several social evenings and takes part in an Intervillage Quiz, when we compete with teams from other local garden clubs to win a coveted shield.
Bretforton Garden Club’s Annual Programme begins in February each year, when we hold our Annual General Meeting followed by a talk (see below).
2025 - 2026 Programme
The Club holds Meetings on the First Thursday of the Month
At Bretforton Village Hall (Refer to the programme For other venues)
2025
6 February 6.30pm
AGM followed by Andy Pedrick - Plants in season
22 February 10.00am SATURDAY
visit to Upton wold Garden GL56 9TR, snowdrop displays.
own Transport. Meet at garden. cash only for entrance
& plant sales
6 march 7.00pm
Pip Smith - The Fragrant Garden - How to create a
fragrant garden throughout the seasons
20 march 7.00 for 7.30pm THURSDAY
inter village Gardening quiz Crawford Hall, Bidford on
Avon, B50 4EZ
3 April 7.00pm
Vanessa Berridge - Untold Story about Kew
4 May 11.00am SUNDAY
visit to Tulip Festival Morton Hall Gardens, Redditch
B96 6EJ. Own transport. book early to guarantee a ticket
8 May 7.00pm
Philip Aubrey - Keeping them in shape - Pruning
1 June 11.00am - 5.00pm SUNDAY
Bretforton Open Gardens - at Bretforton Manor
3 June 7.00pm TUESDAY
Members see village gardens - Refreshments at the
Fleece
22 June 2.00pm
Chipping Campden Open Gardens. Meet at gardens. Own
transport
8 July 10.00am TUESDAY
Return visit to Upton Wold Garden, Moreton-in-the-
Marsh. Meet at the garden. Own Transport
7 august 2.00pm THURSDAY
day visit to Willow Pond, Eckington WR10 3AX. own
Transport
4 September 7.00pm
Katherine Kear - Tales from the Potting Shed
13 september 2.00pm SATURDAY
bretforton Show at Bretforton Manor. Club plant stall
2 October 7.00pm
Rob Evans, exhibitor & grower talking about - Tulips -
Bulbs for sale
6 November 7.00pm
Jez Taylor - daylesford Organic Garden
2 december 7.30pm TUESDAY
Members Potluck Supper & quiz Honeybourne Village Hall
2026
8 January 7.00pm
Lucy Hartley - Plant Choices & Combinations for a Year-
round Garden
5 february 6.30pm
AGM followed by Howard Drury - A-Z of House Plants
