The villages of Great Bourton and Little in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire

Clubs & Groups

This informal, very friendly club warmly welcomes new members from the Bourtons, local villages and Banbury.

For 2025 the annual individual membership fee (Jan to Dec) is £12. This entitles members to a 10% discount at both Harefurlong Garden Centre at Farnborough which runs from March to February and the National Herb Centre.

We meet on the first Wednesday evening of each month throughout the year. Five visits to gardens and estates of particular interest, are made from May to September inclusive and we try to keep these to a maximum 45 min drive and aim to arrive at the venue at about 6.45pm. Occasionally group visits are arranged to venues which would otherwise be inaccessible. Past trips have included visits to Highgrove House, Michael Heseltine’s estate at Thenford, the RHS Malvern Show and RHS Wisley.

Visiting speakers are recruited for five of the remaining months leaving December for our Christmas Party and January for the AGM. Subjects covered by speakers are wide ranging and have included topics such as encouraging wildlife, planting designs and general horticultural techniques. We also hold an Autumn Social plus a Garden Party and Plant Sale in May.  The venue for the talks is the Bourtons Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm, finishing, after refreshments at about 9.45 pm.

Speakers’ costs are normally paid wholly from club funds but visits to third party gardens are subject to a variable charge levied by the garden owners and must be paid in cash. This usually includes light refreshments.

If you have any queries please contact the Chair Ann Brooks by emailing annbrooks100@gmail.com

 

The Bourtons Gardening Club

The Bourtons Gardening Club was founded in the mid 1990s and has been well supported by residents of the Bourtons and surrounding villages from its inception. It is for those who enjoy exploring gardens and wish to gain inspiration and information to increase the enjoyment they, their families and friends get from their own garden.  

There are many wonderful gardens to visit which are within easy travelling distance from the Bourtons and you can see a list HERE .

Our programme for 2025 – 2026  can be found HERE

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