Coming Soon
28th April 2-5pm
Grow It yourself Organic – Spring Event
At 2:30pm Chris Collins head of horticulture at Garden Organic gives a talk about Urban Organics.
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2nd May
Coffee Morning at Tapps
With the season well under way now why not take a break from the garden and come along to meet fellow members at our monthly coffee morning. LDGA members are entitled to 10% discount off all items from the garden centre and tea room.
16th May at 7:30pm
‘My Devon Garden’
by Anne Swithenbank
As part of festival fortnight, Baldock Horticultural Society is hosting an illustrated talk. Tickets cost £9 and are available by calling 893418.
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17th May
‘Growing & Using herbs’
by Zsuzsa Serer of
Herbal Haven
Zsuzsa, chief propagator at Herbal Haven will be giving us an insight into the world of growing herbs on a large scale and how we can all use them in our cooking.
27th May 10:30am
‘Children’s Gardening Workshop’
Young gardeners aged 4 to 10 years old learn how to make their own paper plant pot, sow their own sunflower seed, cress head and wildflower pot.
We are very excited to announce the start of a new children's group called 'Seedlings'. It is aimed at young gardeners aged 4 to 10 years old. Our first event will be a ‘Children's Gardening Workshop’. During the workshop, which will be held under parental supervision on a real allotment in Letchworth, each child will learn how to make their own paper plant pot, sow their own sunflower seed, cress head and wildflower pot. Each child will receive a certificate. The cost is £3/child.
6th June
Coffee Morning at Tapps
21st June
Life & Times of a Gardener by Christine Walkden
Celebrity gardener and resident ‘One Show’ gardening guru, Christine Walkden visits to us to tell us everything we need to know about ‘The Life and Times of a Gardener’ – This talk tells of the thrills and spills of a life as a gardener and broadcaster. It is entertaining and inspirational, often making people laugh and cry during the same evening.
14th July
Summer Show
8th September
Autumn Show
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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
- All for only £5 per household per year
Member’s pic of the month
The Pasque Flower – county flower of Hertfordshire
Latest News
Willow Rods
Dunton Community Garden has bundles of willow rods for sale – 25 rods for £5. The rods vary in length; the longest is around 10ft but can be cut as required.
Email info@duntongarden.org for more information.
posted 16/04/18
Compost Heap
Keep up with all the news and info with the association newsletter
Spring 2018 edition now available
posted 15/04/18
Coach Outing
We have arranged an outing to West Dean Gardens, near Chichester on Saturday 9th June
We leave Letchworth from outside the former Plinston Hall at 9:00am and arrive back at approx. 5:00pm. LDGA members £19, non-members £22. You will see an impressive collection of working Victorian Glasshouses, a 300ft pergola, a spring garden with flint bridges and a walled garden. There is also a restaurant and the Gardens shop.
posted 7/4/18
Gardeners Questions
Around 150 people attended the recent Gardeners’ Questions evening chaired by Pippa Greenwood. It was a great evening with wide variety of questions for the panel to answer. Thanks to all members and friends who donated prizes for the raffle. Thanks also to Nuffield Health, Earl the chef at Letchworth Golf and The Fox and Duck pub at Therfield for their support. By the end of the evening we had raised £410 which we divided evenly between our two charities, Garden House Hospice Care (GCHC) and the local mental health charity Growing People.
posted 17/3/18
Trading Store News
For the first time in many a long year the Trading Store will be open on Easter Sunday (April 1st). To celebrate we will be having hot cross buns, they will be available to everyone who comes to the store while stocks last.
posted 10/3/18
