Events
VISITS: We arrange a series of small group visits for our members from early spring to late autumn to gardens which we hope will inspire.
In 2025 members visited an extraordinary diversity of gardens both in Gloucestershire and just over our borders: 1 Church Cottage, Defford; Campden House, Chipping Campden; Hardy Amies’s Old School garden at Langford; Little Orchard, Slad; Ravelin, Gilberts End, near Hanley Castle, Worcs.
To view our planned visits for 2026, please consult our March 2026 newsletter available on this site in February 2026.
MEETINGS We use the Sudeley Room, Abbeyfields Community Centre, Back Lane, Winchcombe GL54 5QJ which has free onsite parking and good facilities. (Please view map lower down this page).
At our meetings we have plants for sale and some free, along with free seeds and information leaflets and, of course, refreshments!
In 2025/6 we will again be holding meetings at 3.15 on Thursday afternoons in winter months.
Entry: CGS Members free; visitors and guests £5 (includes refreshments). Children accompanied by an adult free.
SPEAKERS IN 2025 / 2026
4th December – Our December Meeting has been CANCELLED as the speaker has decided to retire from garden group talks. As there is a major Winchcombe U3A event that day, we have decided to put an extra talk into the 2026 programme instead.
15th January 2026 – The Honey Bee and Bee Keeping with Brian Miller-Hall, a beekeeper for 16 years, currently with12 hives.
12th February 2026 – Auriculas and Primulas with Ingrid and John Millington of Hillview Hardy Plants, winners of an RHS Gold Medal and Master Growers title at Malvern shows.
19th March 2026 – The Story of Gotherington Nurseries
Mark will talk to us about his local family business, Gotherington Nurseries, and about his experience of growing and providing plants for both local customers and many shows including Hampton Court.
An online review of Gloucestershire nurseries described Gotherington as “one of those hidden gems that locals love to keep to themselves …where the focus is firmly on healthy plants and friendly faces.” The Nurseries stock a wide range of plants and horticultural products and online you will also find a store of very useful fact sheets to help you.
We also arrange some events jointly with similar bodies and we welcome visitors and guests to both meetings and visits and gained extra CGS members in 2024 as a result.
Place: Sudeley Room, Abbeyfields Community Centre, Back Lane, Winchcombe GL54 5QJ – Please view map below
Sudeley Room, Abbeyfields Community Centre, Back Lane, Winchcombe GL54 5QJ
OTHER EVENTS: Our monthly email newsletters publicise all kinds of events of likely interest to members, including visits, talks, exhibitions, and guided tours from a range of sources.
WHATSAPP: As well as our website, we have a WhatsApp Group for local gardeners to share ideas, as well as spare plants, produce or equipment.
MALVERN RHS SPRING SHOW 2025:
Our group again designed and built the CGS display stand at Malvern. The RHS theme was Plants and People. We celebrated the many health and well-being benefits of both gardening and plants for people and their environment, with a particular focus on growing typical cottage garden plants from seed.
The work involved in this took up much of our time in the preceding months, but was rewarded with a Silver Gilt medal and positive feedback from both judges and fellow gardeners.