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Our meetings are normally held in Dreghorn Loan Hall (upper hall), Dreghorn Loan, at 8 pm.
Monday 28 September
Alpine Plants of Scotland Ian and Carole Bainbridge, Scottish Rock Garden Club
Saturday 10 October
Plant Sale & Coffee Morning at St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church Hall, Westgarth Avenue 10.00 –12 noon. Please note that bulbs will be for sale at this event.
PLANT SALE & COFFEE MORNING
10.00am—12 noon
(8.30—10.00am: Deliver plants. Plants can also be
delivered the previous evening to committee members)
Bring your membership card or obtain it at the door.
Monday 26 October
A Plant View of Climatic Warming Professor Robert Crawford,
University of St Andrews
The Redwood Trail, California and Oregon Ian Douglas, Scottish Rhododendron Society
Members' Christmas Party. See pictures of this event.
Monday 25 January
Creating a Country Garden Margaret Kilpatrick,
Honorary Member, CGC
Monday 22 February
Growing and Showing Roses Iain Silver, National Rose Society
Birds in Your Garden Stan da Prato, Wildlife Consultant
Monday 26 April
Annual General Meeting.
Open Garden Evening.
Ian & Mary Stewart
“ Hethersett”
571 Lanark Road West
Balerno EH14 7BL
Tel. 449 5232
Ian & Mary’s house is on the left, just after the road takes a
sharp LH bend (½ mile past the Balerno turn-off). The entrance will
be marked with a Garden Club banner. There is no parking permitted on the
main road. We ask you to share cars wherever possible.
With careful parking there is room for 8 cars in the garden. Click here for
a map.
The other three options are:
1. Ravelrig Hill (next L before bend) – 6 places. Adjacent to Stewart’s
garden.
2. Ravelrig Park (about 200yds) –10 places
3. Ravelrig Gait (about 400 yards) –12 spaces
Open Gardens
Pat & George Edwards
15 Munro Drive
EH13 0EG
Tel. 441 1707
Penny & Ian McKee,
37 Fernielaw Avenue
EH13 0EF
Tel. 441 5827
+ others!
(Plant sale and refreshments will be at the McKees house)
Summer outing. We will meet at Westgarth Avenue Colinton (just outside
the tennis courts)
and will leave at 9.15 am, returning at 5.00 pm. In the morning, we will visit
Stobo Japanese Water Garden (near Peebles) with coffee/tea and tour. Lunch
will be in Biggar. In the afternoon we will
visit Biggar Park. Cost will be £19.50. Tickets available from Christopher
on
441 2152 or by e-mailing chair@colintongardens.org.uk