Members AGM News

AGM Monday 27 January 2025 7.30 pm @ Church Rooms in Back Lane.

Membership opens for the year and the coming year schedules available with even more fun classes to enter. The night of the year where the much sort after award is presented, the Banksian Medal. Of course mulled wine will be severed & a fun quiz at the end of the evening. We welcome suggestions for the society events.

Please do bring along anyone interested in becoming a member.

Membership £5 Single, £10 family  BASC payments are available or cash is still accepted.

Sort code—30.94.46

Account no– 00104525

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Suggestions can be made at any time via email hortsoc@ramsbury.org

Next week we start with a talk from Ben’s Berkshire Bees.  3rd February

Ben, the Head Beekeeper, started beekeeping in 2014.  After getting his first hive he was hooked and has increased his number of hives each year. Now Ben’s Berkshire Bees is running over 100 hives and expanding each year.  It is small beekeeping business based in West Berkshire, producing high-quality honey and wax products from their own hives. They are  members of the British Bee Farmers’ Association.

Ben will talk to us about different types of bees, what they do over the year and how we can plant to help them.

Doors on 7.30pm  starts at 7.45pm raffle & tea as usual. £1 Members & £2 Non-Members please do share the details with anyone who may be interested.

​​ Friday 21 February  Coach outing to Windsor Castle & St George Chapel £61 per person. A Barnes coaches trip which we are able to reserve seats for and be collected from Ramsbury. Please contact Di to book which we need to do fairly promptly. Protecting natural resources is the foundation of sustainable development.

diannbarnett@hotmail.com  or by phone  521363   or 07833306916

moving forward march see a talk from Val Bourne  on Bombproof Roses for The Modern Gardener

Val Bourne is an award-winning garden writer, organic gardener and lecturer an organic gardener. Val, unable to spray for the fungal disease black spot, has identified some super-healthy roses and uses them in her garden at Spring Cottage. Bourton- on-the-Water. Many of the old roses have Gallica blood somewhere in their lineage, but she can also grow Albas, Hybrid Musks, Ramblers and some climbers. In her mixed peony, rose and phlox borders she has added some modern shrub and floribunda roses. She is a hands on gardener and a committed plantaholic. The talk covers the roses, their companions, rose pruning and feeding.

Monday 3 March  Doors on 7.30pm  starts at 7.45pm raffle & tea as usual. £1 Members & £2 Non-Members please do share the details with anyone who may be interested.

The website will be updated this week for all our events & images please use the subscribe to calendar button this will import all our fixtures into your online calendar.

We look forward to seeing you all on Monday evening.

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Our Next Talk

Monday 2nd September 2024 Church Rooms, Back Lane  Doors Open 7.30 pm Talk starts at 7.45 pm

Ailsa will be talking to us about

Gardening for Wildlife: how to make your garden attractive to wildlife, especially birds.

The Birds in Your Garden : what they are, why they’re doing what they do and how to encourage them.

£1 Members £2 non members

Tea & Coffee

Ramsbury Horticultural Society

Open Gardens

This year we are raising much needed funds for

 Wiltshire Air Ambulance & Prospect

This is a CASH ONLY event.

Check out the map and make a plan of the gardens you would like to visit. You can visit as little or as many within the openings times.

At the first garden you will need to buy your ticket this will gain you entry into all those gardens.

The number within your party will be written on the ticket so please stay in your party when entering the next garden.

Isles Court Estate Gardens 2 – 4pm ONLY

27 Oxford Street Pimm’s will be on sale.

18 The Paddocks  Tea & Cake will be on sale.

Raising funds for Axford Village Hall.

Tickets Adult £7.50 per person

accompanied under 18’s FREE

Assistance DOGS ONLY

Enjoy xx

Plant Sale

Please note this event can only continue with plant donations. 

Donations can be made Friday 17 th may between 6 pm & 9pm or 8 am – 10 am Saturday 18th.

If you are unable to bring your donations please call Dee on 0786 792 1878 or email hortsoc@ramsbury.org 

Stop by and buy a plant or three and then why not enjoy tea & cake from the ladies fund raising for Axford Village Hall.

Please be advised this is a CASH ONLY event.