Wickham Market & District Gardening Club

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Our Club

Anyone interested in learning a little more about gardening is most welcome to come and join us.  Club membership is neither expensive nor in any sense exclusive.  Our Membership Secretary will be pleased to give you more information.  You can contact us by email .

We hold meetings in Wickham Market Village Hall (IP13 0HE) at 7.30 pm on the third Thursday of most months, with speakers on all sorts of garden related topics.  We resorted to Zoom during the various COVID lockdowns and we are wondering if Zoom has a place in our future, perhaps during the cold wet winter months.  We make no charge for occasional interested visitors to our meetings, so why not come along and give us a try?

We also arrange visits to interesting gardens and nurseries during the summer months.

On the second Saturday in September we hold a Flower and Vegetable Show in the Wickham Market Village Hall.  This is open to the public from 2 – 5 pm on the Saturday and the Sunday. We are always keen to attract new exhibitors to our Show: both experienced growers from the surrounding area and those who may be new to the idea of Showing their produce.  Our Autumn Show page has much more information.

There is a monthly newsletter called Rake’s Progress that all members receive.  This has reports on recent activities and details of future attractions, together with news of local events, gardening tips and weather reports. The Club is affiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society. 
 
The list of events for 2025/26 are on the Programme Page of the website.  During 2027 major work will be carried out to improve the Village Hall.  The Club intends that it’s regular schedule of events will largely continue as planned, with some different venues and possibly more meetings on Zoom.
 

Upcoming Events

October Meeting

Our speaker for October Is Dr Ian Bedford and his topic is ‘Bugs! – who on earth needs them?’.  Ian has visited us before and he is well remembered as an excellent speaker.  What he has to say will be well worth hearing.

We can now confirm that this meeting will be in the Village Hall.  It’s at 7.30 pm on Thursday 15th October.  As usual visitors will be made most welcome.  We make no charge for an initial visit.

November Meeting

Our November speaker is Katherine Couch who will be telling us about  ‘Gardening with Ornamental Grasses’.  Following our hot dry summer this year it may gives us some fresh planting ideas for 2027.

In the Village Hall at 7.30 pm on Thursday 19th November.  Visitors are always welcome.

December Christmas Quiz

In December we have our Annual Christmas Quiz – with the usual Prosecco, Mulled Wine and Mince Pies.  This is a Members only event and full details will be included in Rakes Progress.

We’re pleased to announce that it has been confirmed that this event will take place in the Village Hall prior to its closure for major renovations in the new year.  So Thursday 17th December at 7.30 pm.