| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: | |
| When: | Bi-monthly. Various times and venues |
The Garden Lovers group started off as a Gardening group, but we found that our true passion was visiting gardens, rather than digging them. The Garden Lovers group visits gardens both locally and further afield. Local locations are reached by public transport or self-drive/car share, other visits are day trips by coach.
The facilitator for this group is Rob C.
Upcoming events
Our next coach trip will be on Friday October 16th to Croft Castle (NT) and Hergest Croft Gardens. There are still a few seats remaining for this and the cost is £30 for members of National Trust or £47 for those not in National Trust.
Future Dates
More details of future trips and events will be published soon.
Little Moreton Hall and Tatton Park
On 14th August we visited two National Trust properties, Tatton Park in East Cheshire and Little Moreton Hall on the Cheshire Staffordshire border. Tatton has some lovely gardens and also beautiful interiors. Little Moreton Hall is a wonderful early 16th century black and white timber-framed house with a moat and a knot garden. It was a lovely day which everyone enjoyed.
Stockton Bury Gardens and Berrington Hall
On 12th June we visited Stockton Bury Gardens and Berrington Hall by coach. It was a lovely day which everyone enjoyed. In addition to two lovely gardens we set our coach driver Darren some challenges by finding the narrowest roads and the most difficult entrances to the sites!
Tulley's Tulip Garden
On Friday 17th April the garden lovers group visited Tulley's Tulip Garden at Hatton Country world. The weather forecast was not very encouraging, but we were very fortunate to avoid the rain, and everyone who visited was very impressed by the spectacular display.
In November last year 750,00 tulip bulbs were planted, this included 100 different tulip varieties. At the end of the season, all the bulbs are dug up and destroyed, as they are exhibition tulips that will only flower once. It was a wonderful display, not to be missed.
Previous trips
Here is a list of just a few of the places we have visited over the past few years. If you have any suggestions for future trips, please contact the Group Facilitator via the link above. We would love to hear from you.
- Bridgemere Garden Centre and Biddulph Grange
- Charterhouse, Coventry
- Hampton Castle, Herefordshire
- Winterbourne Gardens
- Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens
- Thenford Arboretum
- Waterperry Gardens
- Hill Close Gardens
- Westonbirt Arboretum
- Erddig (National Trust)
- RHS Wisley
