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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, John Berry on 07812 544 851. He will take your payment and issue your membership card and programme.  John holds the list of members so, if in any doubt, please do check with him that you are on it.

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@gmail.com.

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 more 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
Carter’s Yard,
Sibford Gower

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
The Long House,
Sibford Ferris

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 Manor and West View House

Priors Marston Manor has a garden full of interest with surprising sculptures, a wonderful walled kitchen garden, herbaceous flower beds, a sunken garden, a lake and much more.

West View House is a delightful jewel of a garden with one or two surprises.

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?