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15th August
Beth Chatto Gardens
A coach outing to Beth Chatto’s world-renowned gardens in Essex .
Leave from the former Plinston Hall Letchworth at 9:15am and arrive back approx. 6.00pm. Members £23, non-members £26. Highlights include: Gravel Garden, Water Garden, Woodland Garden, Reservoir Garden and Scree Garden. You may also like to visit the Nursery or Gift Shop and have lunch in the Gravel Garden Restaurant.
Thursday evening meeting
There is no regular Thursday evening meeting this month. See you in September.
18th August
Get involved in National Allotments Week at the Norton Allotment Site:
Seedlings Late
Summer Workshop
Activities include: harvesting potatoes, planting a mini herb garden and listening to stories.
This is our fourth 'Seedlings' workshop of the year for young gardeners aged 4 to 14 years old. During the workshop, children will:
Shared Harvest Picnic
All members and fellow allotmenteers are welcome, just bring something to eat that you have grown or made from your produce.
As part of National Allotments Week we are having shared harvest picnic. All members and fellow allotmenteers are welcome, just bring something to eat that you have grown or made from your produce. We will provide bread and soft drinks. It would also be helpful to bring your own chairs, plates and cutlery.
4th September
Coffee Morning at Tapps
It's time to be getting your entries in for the Autumn Show. Why not come along this month and chat with fellow members about what they are planning to do. LDGA members are entitled to 10% discount off all items from the garden centre and tea room.
14th September
Autumn Show
Come and see our displays of flowers, fruit, veg and handicrafts– better still why not put in an exhibit or two yourselves; you don’t have to be an expert to join in. Both members and non-members are welcome to enter and there is a trophy for best newcomer.
There will again be demonstrations and a produce sale including cakes, jams & chutneys as well as home-grown produce.
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19th September
‘Supper and a talk about
‘Fuchsias’ by Nick Dobson’
A supper of lasagne, salad and chips is followed by a talk about ‘Fuchsias’
A supper of lasagne, salad and chips is followed by a talk about ‘Fuchsias’ by Nick Dobson. Nick, a former librarian and national fuchsia champion has been a keen gardener for over 40 years, his talk this evening is an introduction to fuchsias and includes live plant demos.
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Welcome to LDGA
Letchworth District Gardeners Association (LDGA) was formed in 1906 to promote horticulture to the residents of Letchworth Garden City and the surrounding areas. Today, we have around 700 members with a keen interest in gardening of all types – flowers, fruit and/or vegetables, grown either at home or on an allotment.
Take a look at some of the things around at the moment.
Become a member
What can we offer you?
- monthly evening talks on wide range of garden related topics
- summer outings and events
- monthly coffee mornings
- two produce shows per year
- quarterly Compost Heap newsletter
- best prices on all your gardening products at our members only trading store
- 10% discount off all items from the garden centre and tea room at Tapps
- ‘Seedlings’ children’s gardening group.
- ‘Mini Plot’ allotments for hire.
- All for only £5 per household per year
Member’s pic of the month
Latest News
Store News
For information about ordering next years seed potatoes and changes to how New Horizon All Purpose Peat Free compost is supplied go to the Trading Store page.
posted 11/08/19
Compost Heap
Keep up with all the news and info with the association newsletter
Summer 2019 edition now available
posted 25/07/19
Summer Show
Thank you to Show Sec. Paul Heydon and everyone who helped to prepare for and stage the Summer Show on 13th July.
Exhibits & exhibitor numbers were down slightly on recent Summer Shows but the quality of our displays was still excellent.
See the recipes from Meg Hewett’s culinary demonstrations.
Take a look at more of the pictures on our facebook and gallery pages.
updated 19/07/19
Store Opening
Now that we have passed the half way point in the season the Trading Store opening times have changed:
Wednesday afternoons – CLOSED
Sunday Mornings – 9:00 – 12:00
posted 3/07/19
Seedlings Workshop
Gardeners, young and not so young all enjoying our most recent Seedlings Workshop on the 9th June.
posted 16/06/19
Cambridge Botanic Gardens
See some of the photos from our visit to the Festival of Plants Day.
