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With National Trust volunteer, Roy Mitchell
Encouraging Bees into the Garden; with award-winning David McDowell, ‘The Bee Farmer’.
Sales at this meeting.
Dark & Desirable; with Paul Green of Green Leaves Nursery.
Sales at this meeting.
A diverse selection of 12 gardens will open during the Milton Open Gardens event this year. Gardens will be open on 2 June in the afternoon between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm in the normally quiet hamlet of Milton, South Derbyshire. There will be 9 along Main Street and 3 at The Waterworks. This year there are 3 gardens new to the event and one that has been ‘resting’ for a few years.
Sizes vary from a small courtyard to extensive gardens with styles ranging from cottage garden, low maintenance and some with more formal features.
There will be free parking in the centre of Milton and at The Waterworks. Admission is £5.00 for adults, and accompanied children under 16 are free. (Some gardens do not allow dogs). Tickets are available on the day adjacent to the car park.
Expect to find trees, shrubs, lawns, flowers, vegetables and ponds – something for everyone, and all the gardens, in Milton and at The Waterworks, are within easy walking distance of each other.
There will be live music courtesy of Boss&CO with refreshments including homemade cakes available in the Village Hall, with Tombola, stalls and plants for sale on the grass opposite.
Profits are in aid of the local Air Ambulance and Milton Community Lunch Club.
A warm Milton welcome awaits visitors old and new.
Growing Flowers & Floristry (with a demonstration); with Marie of The Flower Patch, member of ‘Flowers From The Farm’.
The Dower House garden has been actively developed over recent years and looks better each season.
Admission is £8, children are free, and the doors open at 10:00 am and close at 4:30 pm. There is no need to book in advance although if you wish you can do so by going to the NGS website.
The National Gardens Scheme receive all the proceeds from admissions and teas to support their charitable giving to (mainly) Macmillan, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, the Carers Trust and Parkinson’s UK.
The Dower House garden has been actively developed over recent years and looks better each season.
Admission is £8, children are free, and the doors open at 10:00 am and close at 4:30 pm. There is no need to book in advance although if you wish you can do so by going to the NGS website.
The National Gardens Scheme receive all the proceeds from admissions and teas to support their charitable giving to (mainly) Macmillan, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, the Carers Trust and Parkinson’s UK.
The Worlds Largest gardening Project; with returning favourite, Doug Stewart, Horticulturist and Professional Speaker.
A concert of popular, well-loved music, given by the music group from the Swadlincote Oasis.
A Bulb for Every Month of The Year; with Adam Kirtland, Garden Writer & Podcaster – @viewfromthepottingbench.
Alison Thornhill will examine how Ticknall Limeyards evolved from a warm sea to a tranquil woodland from prehistory to the present day.
The talk will reveal some of the natural gems in this intriguing place.
Tips For a Bountiful Garden; with Toby Buckland, gardener, author and presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners World. TICKETED EVENT.
Performed in Victorian Mourning dress we explore Warwick Castle and Calke Abbey’s “not so living history”.
The secrets that lie beneath and the inhabitants that still occupy the rooms, corridors and grounds of two very different Stately Homes as witnessed by myself, colleagues and guests.
A Hardy Planters Winter Survival Kit; with Don Whitton, National Collection Holder of Hardy Euphorbia. Sales at this meeting
Much of Melbourne’s history can be told by the story of individual houses in the parish and their occupants. This talk by Melbourne History Group Chairman Philip Heath, given on Saturday, 16 November, at 7:30 pm at Melbourne Assembly Rooms Main, selects twelve of the most interesting ones to prove the point.
Admission is £4 (Under 16s free if accompanied by an adult). Refreshments will be available.
Christmas time! A look back at some of our Christmas traditions, celebrations and favourite toys!
Enjoy a cracker joke or two, as we reminisce on our Christmases past!
MEMBERS CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
A Prize Quiz & Festive Supper; For Ticknall Garden Club members and their guests.
The Pigeon – from the gods to the gutter. Dove of peace or rat with wings? A look at our perceptions and complex relationship with this remarkable bird throughout history.
The Derwent Valley: The Story of a Photo Book – Ashley Franklin tells the story of how he assembled the first-ever photo book to celebrate the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site published in November 2023.
Ashley’s talk will take us through the book’s three thematic sections – Industrial Heritage, People and Places and Wildlife – and show how the book encapsulates the valley’s historical significance, its communities, and its rich biodiversity.