Compost in a month
by Mick Poultney
May 21st, 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start
By getting the recipe right and creating the ideal conditions to encourage a workforce of worms, Mike can make compost ready to use in one month earning him the nickname of the Compost King. Tonight he will tell us how it’s done.
Summer Outing - 19th June
Thenford Gardens
Northamptonshire
Evening Outing - 9th July, 6.00pm
Cropthorne Court Gardens
Cropthorne
Classy plants for classy gardeners
by Josh Egan-Wyre
July 16th, 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start
Josh is Head of Horticulture at Pershore College and tonight will guide us through a selection of old and new plants that everybody should consider finding room for in our gardens.
Botanical beverages
by Alison Foster
August 20th, 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start
Alison is a horticulturalist and chemist. Tonight she will take us on a journey that has seen our favourite botanical beverages, tea and coffee, go from wild species through domestication and cultivation to commercial production and becoming global commodities
18th December 2025
Invasive plants of the future - by April Webb.
15th January 2026
Rainbow Dust - by Roger Umpelby.
19th February 2026
A Taste of Chile - by Mary Fenton.
17th March 2026
Inter-club horticultural quiz - hosted by Bretforton Garden Club.
19th March 2026
Not just my garden- nurturing a shared ecosystem - by Lucy Hartley.
16th April 2026
Spring outing to Highnam Court, Gloucestershire
21st May 2026
Compost in a month - by Mick Poultney.
19th June 2025
(Friday)
Summer outing to Thenford Gardens, Northamptonshire.
9th July 2026
Evening outing to Cropthorne Court Gardens, Cropthorne
16th July 2026
Classy plants for classy gardeners - by Josh Egan-Wyre.
20th August 2026
Botanical beverages - by Alison Foster.
5th September 2026
(Saturday)
Annual Show - Public viewing from 2.00pm, Awards presented 2.30pm.
17th September 2026
Dark and desirable - by Paul Green.
15th October 2026
Unusual fruit and veg - by Kevin Alviti.
19th November 2026
Social evening and AGM.
17th December 2026
55 Years of Bidford Gardening Society - by - Frances Freeman and Paul Reeves.