Sibford Horticultural Society (The Horti)
We are an enthusiastic, friendly society, offering regular meetings, outings and plant sales. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month – see the programme below for details. The village hall will be open from 7.10pm and you can enjoy refreshments before the formal meeting begins at 7.30pm.
All are welcome and no gardening experience is necessary. Membership is £10 per annum and non-members pay £3 to attend a talk.
We hold two shows, one in the Spring and one in the Summer.
Come along, bring a friend and enjoy our programme of speakers and garden visits.
Contact Gil on 780 543 or Helen on 780 380 for more information.
If you are not currently a member and would like to join please contact our Horti Treasurer Paul Harffey on 07841 011 403 or email paul_harffey
Plant sales
Plants can be bought at our shows, or all year round from Sue Bannister by prior arrangement. If there is something you are looking for or if you would like help with choosing the right plant, please contact Sue on 780 365 or sebannister
You don’t have to be a Horti member to take advantage of this.
Programme 2024
Unless stated otherwise, meetings begin at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. For details of each event, click on the date.
| Wed 13 March | Talk | Tom Duncan – Mount Stewart Garden – “Politics & Plants in Ireland” The magnificent Mount Stewart Garden is owned by the National Trust and is one of its most unique and unusual gardens. The climate allows for a huge diversity of experimentation and planting. |
| Wed 10 April | Talk | Tim Huckvale – The Swifts of Sibford Tim will show photos and videos of the secret lives of swifts in their nest boxes at his home in Sibford Ferris and explain how we can encourage these amazing birds to take up residence and delight us during the summer months. |
| Sat 11 May, 10am – 1pm | Plant Sale | An opportunity not only to buy plants but to see many of them growing in situ in this beautiful garden. |
| Sat 18 May | Spring Show | With plant sale and refreshments |
| Sat 8 June, 8am | Morning visit | Moths: Andy Newbold will run a couple of moth traps overnight on Friday night in the Long House garden and then go through the traps on Saturday morning starting at 8am. |
| Wed 12 June | Afternoon visit | Priors Marston: West View House and Hardwick Hill Garden |
| Wed 26 June | Evening visits | Five gardens open in Sibford Gower |
| Wed 10 July | Afternoon visit | Pasture Farm and Banks Barn, Oddington |
| Sat 24 August | Summer Show | With plant sale and refreshments |
| Wed 9 October | Talk | Diane Clement – Alpines in the Wild and Cultivation Diane Clement will take us on a journey through glorious alpine scenery observing where and how these specialist plants grow and how we can adapt our gardens to grow them here too. |
| Wed 13 November | Talk | Timothy Walker – Plants for shade and woodland Which plants can be grown in the five different types of shade in a variety of different soils such as dry or damp? |