Barrow upon Soar Gardening Club

In 1987 the Club undertook, as a service to the community, to cultivate and maintain 'Jerusalem' traffic island in the centre of Barrow. The object has been to create all the year round interest with variations in colour, form and texture. This has been an exercise in co-operation as well as imaginative effort. The Club welcomes interest in participation by new members.

A splash of spring colour!

April 2008 hyacinths in abundance!

In the Autumn of 2007 Sylvia retired from running the florist shop in the village. She had some hyacinths and daffodil bulbs left over and very kindly donated them to the garden on Jerusalem Island. Well, it is now April 2008 and these spring bulbs are looking absolutely stunning! What a bright and cheerful sight after the long winter months. Thank you for thinking of us Sylvia!

The shrubs that were hard cut back last Autumn are also flourishing, as we knew they would and are thanking us for the opportunity to renew their foliage with bright colours of yellow and lime green.

Something to watch out for ... in the Summer Barrow upon Soar is planning to hold open gardens again raising money for local charities. Those of us who tend the garden on the island as volunteers are hoping to enter the island into the open garden weekend. So, those who are brave enough to cross the road to take a closer look will be in for a treat! We will be selling plants for the benefit of Barrow upon Soar Gardening Club too. Watch this space!

Visitors and new members are very welcome!

Meetings of the Barrow upon Soar Gardening Club are held in the Humphrey Perkins Community Lounge beginning at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of each month between September and May. These are generally about plant related topics and in many instances speakers bring specimen plants for sale after the meeting. See the link below for the planned programme for this season.

Local visits to a specialist nursery or garden take place in early summer and an annual coach outing to an outstanding garden at a greater distance is arranged for July.

Visitors are WELCOME at all meetings.

The club has occasionally provided a venue for BBC Radio Leicester's programme Down to Earth.