POTS Gardening Club
Enjoying gardening and wildlife
Enjoying gardening and wildlife
POTS Gardening Club meets in Coney Weston Village Hall.
Last Thursday of the month - Coney Weston Village Hall - Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm
In January we meet for a social evening meal.
February /March/April we have speakers on the last Thursday of every month.
Doors open at 7pm and the talks begin at 7.30
The evening also includes a raffle and refreshments and speakers often bring plants for sale.
May/June/July and August we visit gardens and go on a coach trip to a garden further afield.
Talks begin again in September with a break for Christmas.
You can become a member of POTS by paying a £10 annual membership fee and £2 on the door.
Less frequent guests pay £4 on the door.
Subjects for talks focus on flowering plants, vegetables, garden design, famous gardens.
(2025-26 Events Programme below)
We have had talks about bees, butterflies, birds and bugs (friends or foes).
Also talks about specific garden plants (eucomis, sweet peas, roses etc) and gardening skills (pruning, propagating etc) … and many more topics.
We welcome new members - come and join us for friendly evenings.
For more information contact:
Penny Black: [email protected] 01953681506 or
Richard Dinnen: [email protected]
Last Thursday of the month - Coney Weston Village Hall - Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm
In January we meet for a social evening meal.
February /March/April we have speakers on the last Thursday of every month.
Doors open at 7pm and the talks begin at 7.30
The evening also includes a raffle and refreshments and speakers often bring plants for sale.
May/June/July and August we visit gardens and go on a coach trip to a garden further afield.
Talks begin again in September with a break for Christmas.
You can become a member of POTS by paying a £10 annual membership fee and £2 on the door.
Less frequent guests pay £4 on the door.
Subjects for talks focus on flowering plants, vegetables, garden design, famous gardens.
(2025-26 Events Programme below)
We have had talks about bees, butterflies, birds and bugs (friends or foes).
Also talks about specific garden plants (eucomis, sweet peas, roses etc) and gardening skills (pruning, propagating etc) … and many more topics.
We welcome new members - come and join us for friendly evenings.
For more information contact:
Penny Black: [email protected] 01953681506 or
Richard Dinnen: [email protected]
POTS Gardening Club - Programme for 2025-26 - POTS - enjoying gardening and wildlife
November 27th - Jim Payne Botanical Gardens: A Grand Tour. This talk explores the history and purpose of botanical gardens, illustrated with beautiful images throughout and then takes a closer look at a handful of gardens from far distant continents to the world-class Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the University of Cambridge Botanical Garden.
December 11th-Christmas Crafts with Jean. 2.30p.m.
2026
January 29th - Social Dinner
February 26th - Terry O’Donoghue. History of the Abbey Gardens
March-26th - Nigel Last from Suffolk Plant Heritage
SPRING OUTING -TBA
April-30th - Suffolk Tree Warden Network.
SUMMER VISITS -TBA
September 24th Karon Sanders ‘Autumn jobs for Spring Colour’
October 29th Annual General meeting preceded by:
‘Climate Change, Gardening, and Us’. Presented by the Climate Change Gardening Charity
November 26th James Bucher ‘A journey into farming without chemicals’.
Fed up with running an intensive, high-input farming operation and seeing the damage this can do, James adopted a ‘farming with nature, rather than against it’ policy in 2021. He’s now producing pesticide-free wheat and award-winning peas, among other crops, whilst seeing a significant upturn in wildlife numbers on the farm. James will be making links to gardening.
November 27th - Jim Payne Botanical Gardens: A Grand Tour. This talk explores the history and purpose of botanical gardens, illustrated with beautiful images throughout and then takes a closer look at a handful of gardens from far distant continents to the world-class Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the University of Cambridge Botanical Garden.
December 11th-Christmas Crafts with Jean. 2.30p.m.
2026
January 29th - Social Dinner
February 26th - Terry O’Donoghue. History of the Abbey Gardens
March-26th - Nigel Last from Suffolk Plant Heritage
SPRING OUTING -TBA
April-30th - Suffolk Tree Warden Network.
SUMMER VISITS -TBA
September 24th Karon Sanders ‘Autumn jobs for Spring Colour’
October 29th Annual General meeting preceded by:
‘Climate Change, Gardening, and Us’. Presented by the Climate Change Gardening Charity
November 26th James Bucher ‘A journey into farming without chemicals’.
Fed up with running an intensive, high-input farming operation and seeing the damage this can do, James adopted a ‘farming with nature, rather than against it’ policy in 2021. He’s now producing pesticide-free wheat and award-winning peas, among other crops, whilst seeing a significant upturn in wildlife numbers on the farm. James will be making links to gardening.