Ding Gardening Club Trips

Updated 18 May 2012

Little Ash Bungalow Coach seats available full waiting list
Bristol Botanic and Rococo Coach seats available 13
Lift The Latch Coach seats available 23

Ding Gardening Club Trips List 2012
 
Little Ash Bungalow Honiton, Devon, EX14 3BL
Thursday 5th July Evening Visit Depart Horton 6.00pm Return 9.30pm £13.00 Refreshments Included
The garden is 1½ acre garden packed with different and unusual perennials, shrubs, bamboos. Designed for year round interest and owners' pleasure. Inspirational colour co-ordinated mixed long borders provide interest in late spring, summer and autumn. Natural stream and damp woodland area with wildlife meadows and gravel/alpine garden. New bridge and shade border was made for 2011.
Bristol Botanic and Rococo Details below
Saturday 21st July Day Visit Depart Horton 8.30am Return 7.00pm £24.00
Bristol Botanic The Holmes Stoke Park Road Stoke Bishop Bristol BS9 1JG
Refreshments available not Included Tour Included
The gardens of 3 acres are filled with a huge diversity of plants, including many exotic species set in inspirational displays against the backdrop of a striking Victorian house. The University of Bristol Botanic Garden is the first new university botanic garden to be created in the United Kingdom for nearly forty years. The garden has been designed to tell stories about plant evolution and is home to four core plants collections: 1. Evolution, 2. Plants of Mediterranean Climate Regions, 3. Useful Plants, and 4. Local Flora & Rare Native Plants. These collections are planted in educational displays that convey the drama of plants in the wild, aspects of their evolutionary biology and immerse the visitor in the display, transporting them to many different habitats. The large glasshouse provides the right climatic conditions for many exotic plants including cacti, orchids, carnivorous plants and unique within Bristol the Giant Amazon Waterlily and sacred lotus collection.
Rococo Garden Painswick Gloucestershire GL6 6TH
Refreshments available not Included
The gardens of 6 acres are situated outside the beautiful Cotswold town of Painswick, and famous for its snowdrop display, the Rococo Garden is a fascinating step back to a flamboyant and sensual period of English Garden Design. This gem of a garden, which was originally laid out in the early 18th century, is set in a hidden Cotswold valley with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.
Lift The Latch Forton Chard TA20 2NF
Saturday 13th October Afternoon Depart Horton 1.30pm Return 4.30pm £11.00
Refreshments Included
Stunning country garden of ¾ acre, densely planted with wide range of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and perennials to produce spectacular colour throughout the year. The planting is arranged in descending terraces around large wildlife pond bordered by small stream, and also includes a raised ornamental Koi pond

Pick up Points: Five Dials Bus Shelter, Memorial, Pound and Ilminster Market Square.
Payment for afternoon, day and evening trips will be cash collected on coach, prices depending on numbers and prices on this sheet are maximum.
Contact: Stuart Davey Orchard Cottage Church Lane Horton Ilminster Somerset TA19 9RN
Tel:01460 55069 Email studavey56@gmail.com SD 12 February 2012