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18/08/2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Meet between the two lodges, on either side of the Victoria Park gates, facing onto London Road. It is suggested that you park in the car park for Victoria Park, entrance off Granville Road. (LE1 7RY) The Car Park is Pay and Display and charges are £1 per hour. This year’s guided walk will be […]
01/09/2024 – 02/09/2024 @ All Day – Following the success of last year’s visit to RHS Bridgewater with an overnight stay, we have asked Winsons to organise another overnighter, this time to Suffolk. There will be visits to two very special gardens on the Sunday and we are organising a visit to Helmingham Hall on the way home. The cost of this […]
12/09/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – About the talk Nick Bailey is a freelance horticulturalist, best-selling author, a regular presenter on BBC Gardeners’ World, garden designer and speaker and has recently been appointed as Director of the Leicester Botanic Garden (on a part time basis). His illustrated talk will provide audiences with a fresh new approach to designing and planting their […]
17/10/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – An illustrated talk by Garden Designer, Emma Scarborough exploring the history of a 400 year old Leicestershire garden before reflecting on its most recent chapter. Emma will describe her work of the last 5 years to restore, renovate and redesign the gardens with a specific focus on the design rationale & principles that have underpinned […]
14/11/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Friends Evening is going to be a similar format to last year. We will have three short presentations. Wine, soft drinks and mince pies etc. will be served, to give the evening a festive feel. Presentations: Gill Knight will be talking about a garden that she has recently visited in Japan Stephen Barker will […]
19/01/2025 @ 10:45 am – 3:45 pm – Hoby Village Hall (LE14 3DT) Sunday, 19th January 2025 Own transport – please do not park in the pub car park Following the success of the Winter Lunch and Film, we have decided to repeat the format of a film and lunch, in Hoby Village Hall, catered by Mrs Bridges. 10.45 am Doors open 11.15 […]
13/02/2025 @ 10:15 am – 5:45 pm – Winter Garden Visit by coach to Easton Walled Gardens with lunch Depart Glebe Road, Oadby (LE2 2LD) at 10.15am There will also be a pickup from outside Hoby Village Hall (LE14 3DT) at 11.00am approx. We are asked to wear footwear “suitable for a country walk.” Easton Walled Garden is a 400-year-old, 12 acre garden […]
06/03/2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Old orchards have an irresistible appeal. Their ancient trees and obscure fruit varieties seem to provide a direct link with the lost world of our ancestors, a time when the pace of life was slower, and people had a strong and intimate connection with their local environment. They are also of critical importance for sustaining […]
06/04/2025 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Afternoon Lecture ‘Sir Roderick Floud on “Purchasing Paradise: Paying for the great gardens 1600-1800” followed by a full English tea Sunday 6th April 2025 2.00pm Hoby Village Hall (LE14 3DT) (Please do not park in the pub car park) The great gardens created in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are beautiful, lovingly designed, built and […]