ESTABLISHED 1892

Our Society was formed in the 1890's, with annual spring plant sales, and summer “Garden Produce and Craft Shows".
The Society meets monthly, mainly on the second Thursday evening of each month at at 7.30.pm. at Stalbridge Hall, DT10 2NF, mainly with visiting speakers. (See 2022 schedule below). In July, the meeting is replaced with an evening outing for a garden visit. December's meeting is often a social evening with a sometimes garden related quiz!

​You may be surprised to see Stalbridge residents' gardens and individual features on the Facebook page "Stalbridge Gardens Photos". Stalbridge residents are very welcome to post photos on the Facebook Page. 

Stalbridge Garden Photos

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Our next event will be on Thursday 9th February 2023 at 7.30.pm at Stalbridge Hall: "Remarkable Trees of Stourhead", a talk by Emily Utgren.


​For more information please telephone 01963 365848 / 07967 592849

 Classes for the members' Spring Competition: (March)
​1. DAFFODILS - 3 blooms of trumpet daffodils, the trumpet to be as long or longer than the petals.
2. LARGE CUP NARCISSI - 3 blooms of narcissi, the cup to be less than the length of the petals, but  more than one third the length.
3. SMALL CUP NARCISSI - 3 blooms of narcissi, the cup to be less than one-third the length of the petals.
4. NARCISSI - 6 blooms of one or more varieties of narcissi, arranged with their own foliage.
5. MINIATURE DAFFODILS - 5 blooms of any variety
6. SPRING BULBS - growing in a pot or a bowl.
7. CUT SPRING FLOWERS - a vase or bowl of any cut spring flowers other than narcissi,  number optional.
8. SPRING BULBS - one variety of cut flowers, other than narcissi.
9. Society -supplied Narcissus. 
10. Single Narcissus growing in a pot  (bulb supplied by the society).

Rose Competition: (June)
Class 1. A single Rose.   
​Class 2. A stem of cluster roses.


Dahlia Competition: (September) Four classes:
Decorative;
Cactus/semiCactus;
Ball;
Pompom.



Apple Competition:  (October)   four classes: Desert, 1 apple or 3.     Cookers, 1 apple or 3.

​Our programme for  2023 :           
12th JANUARY    Christmas Dinner
9th FEBRUARY   "The Remarkable Trees of Stourhead" (Emily Utgren)      9th MARCH       AGM  & Spring Competition.  (See above for ten classes.)
13th APRIL         "Companion Planting" (Mike Burks, of Gold Club)
11th MAY          "Wild Flowers and Cultivated Plots" (Richard Warren)
13th MAY           Plant Sale
8th JUNE          "Walking in May's Wood" (Linda Lamon)    
                         Rose competition.  
(TBA) JULY           Evening outing
10th AUGUST      "How to Exhibit"  (Chris Wiles)
19th AUGUST       Flower and Produce Show
14th SEPTEMBER "From Nothing to Something" (Tony Davies) 
                          Dahlia Competition.                    
12th OCTOBER   "Coping with Too Much Water" (Sally Morgan) 
                          Apple Competition     
9th NOVEMBER    "Low Maintenance Gardens" (Roy Cheek)            
14th DECEMBER    Christmas Buffet and Quiz   (Martin Young)                          ​

THIS PAGE IS EDITED BY TONY MOORE FROM STALBRIDGE GARDEN SOCIETY