Welcome to South Bristol Gardening Club
We’re a membership club that meets on the first Wednesday of the month at St Paul’s Church, Coronation Road, Southville, BS3 1AS.
Membership costs £30 for a year, membership runs from February – January. If you join part way through the year, the membership fee reduces pro-rata (see below). Guests are welcome to attend our meetings, the fee is £6 on the door.
Join the club
Fill in the membership application form
Membership fees
Join in Feb / March / April – pay £30
Join in May / June – pay £20
Join in July / August / September – pay £15
Join in October / November – pay £10
Join in December – pay £6
Gift membership – the perfect present for someone who enjoys gardening
Click here to guy a gift membership
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Gift membership
The perfect Christmas gift for gardeners Order your South Bristol Gardening Club gift membership here Gift membership costs just £30, it will be delivered in a card to your chosen recipient with a personal message from you. For Christmas delivery buy online by Thursday 15 December 2025.
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2026 Gardening Club Annual Meeting
Notice of the 2026 South Bristol Gardening Club annual meeting Our annual meeting will take place on Wednesday 4 February 2026, 7.30pm at St Paul’s Chuch. The meeting will include a review of 2025, a report on club finances, the appointment of our steering group members and details of our 2026 speakers and visits will be…
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Hidcote Garden visit
Trip to National Trust Hidcote Garden This summer’s South Bristol Gardening Club Trip is to National Trust Hidcote Garden on Saturday 12 July. Hidcote is a beautiful Arts and Crafts-inspired garden with intricately designed outdoor spaces set in the rolling Cotswold hills. The booking for our summer trip to National Trust Hidcote Garden in Gloucestershire…
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2024 Gardening Club Annual Meeting
Notice of the 2025 South Bristol Gardening Club annual meeting Our annual meeting will take place on Wednesday 5 February 2025, 7.30pm at St Paul’s Chuch. The meeting will include a review of 2024, a report on club finances, the appointment of our steering group members and details of our 2025 speakers and visits will be…
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Kew Gardens Trip 2024
*** We only have a very small number of spaces remaining. Please contact us by email if you would like to book a place, please email southbristolgardeningclub@gmail.com *** This year’s South Bristol Gardening Club trip is on Sunday 14 July to Kew Gardens. Founded in 1840, Kew Gardens botanic garden in southwest London houses the ‘largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections…
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2024 South Bristol Gardening Club Annual Meeting
The annual meeting took place on Wednesday 7 February at St Paul’s Church. Meeting notes 2024 annual meeting notes South Bristol Gardening Club Annual Meeting 2024 Wednesday 7th February 2024 St Paul’s Church, Southville BS3 1AS Present: Matthew Symonds, Jenny Bhambri-Lyte, Elizabeth Dale. Sophia Richards, Rita Cormack, Angela Chudnicki, Anne Dockery, Peter Loy-Hancocks, Chery Loy-Hancocks, Sue Blacklaws, Claire Crowsley, Kevin Steer, Sarah Slade, Jenny O’Neil,Elizabeth Jackson, Lynn Clarke, Elaine Beckett, Olive Esposito, Margaret Luton,Alison Hancock, Jennifer Wakenshaw, Medea Walker, Nicola Howell. Apologies: Shirley Downey. 1. Appointment of the steering committee…
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Your gardening club needs you!
South Bristol Gardening Club is not a big gardening club, (we only have just over 50 members) but we pride ourselves on being one of the friendliest! Our meetings and visits are open to non-members, and our after-talk tea and cake is a lovely time to get to know each other. For a small (as…
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November meeting
We’ll be welcoming podcaster and horticultural expert Joff Elphick as our gardening club speaker on Wednesday 1 November with the intriguing talk entitled ‘ Crayfish on the Lawn and other gardening stories. There will also be a free raffle and tea and cake. We have a gluten free cake, but if you would like to…
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Tobacco Factory Plant Market – volunteers needed
South Bristol Gardening Club annual plant stall will be at the Tobacco Factory Plant Market on Sunday 7 May (10-2.30). We need volunteers to help use cover the stall. Please let us know here if you can do an hour or two – complete the form below https://bs3ln.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/plant-market-volunteers
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Summer trip to RHS Wisley garden
This year’s summer trip will be to the Royal Horticultural Societies flagship garden at RHS Wisley. About RHS Wisley George Fergusson Wilson, a keen grower of fruit and orchids, bought the Surrey site in 1878 and established his ‘Oakwood experimental garden. After Wilson’s death in 1902, Sir Thomas Hanbury, founder of La Mortola garden in…
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