Garden Society Events
Saturday 27th June: AN EVENING OF MIDSUMMER MUSIC AT EXBURY GARDENS 05:30pm - 10:30pm
£30 or £25 if booked & paid for before 1st of May
Live Music is back at Exbury! Enjoy an evening of music and song as Hatstand Opera presents Vocal Vices. Come early and bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawns, stroll through the gardens and take a ride on the steam train or the hot air balloon.
Vocal Vices, where vice is nice - and the singing simply divine...Take seven deadly sins, a fistful of modern vices, a pride of singers
and an almost penitent pianist, for a night of pure entertainment heaven.
Exbury is a spectacular 200-acre woodland garden set in the New Forest National Park, world-famous for the Rotschild collection of rhododentrons, azaleas and camellias, rare trees and plants.
Visitors can enjoy exploring twenty miles of pathways, or 'let the train take the strain' on a 20 minute journey to see the best of the gardens planted with herbaceous perennials, grasses and wild flowers.
You could also enjoy a wonderful guided walk about aspects of this famous garden with Exbury's knowledgeable and entertaining head Gardener, John Anderson. The refreshing and inspiring 30 minutes talk, to be held in the Five Arrows Gallery, is guaranteed to help you work up an appetite for your picnic on the lawn.
To book tickets, please click here
To download a flyer, please click here
Friday 19th June. SHAKESPEARE'S LONDON AND BOROUGH MARKET - A WALK WITH DIANA KELSEY
This is through the Tudor red light district, banished from the City of London in the 16th century but easily accesible over the river in Bankside. With theatres, taverns, cock-fighting, bear-batting, a motorious prison and plenty of prostitutes, it's an area rich with stories. Nearest tubes: from London Bridge walk along the river, or from Monument walk over London Bridge. Meet at 10.00 in the refectory of Southwark Cathedral if you want coffee, and the walk starts at 10.00 and takes 2 hours, finishing in Borough Market. Cost £14. To book, please ring Diana Cave on 01379 870272 or email dinkscave@hotmail.com and then complete the booking form.
Thursday 25th June: GARDENS IN OXFORDSHIRE.
Fully booked. The coach will leave Parsons Green at 08.00 and return about 19.00. Caroline Ground's phone number is 020 7736 0131, email is post@carolineground.com
Full details of later trips and other events will be in the next newsletter.
All our trips are carefully planned but may be subject to last minute change due to events beyond our control.
REFUND POLICY
Refunds are not available for day events: a) Costing less then £15 b) When cancellation is less than 14 days before the event and there is no one on a waiting list who can take the place. A 20% administration fee will be deducted if a refund is due. For overnight trips, members are required to take out insurance to cover cancellation as well as medical expenses and loss of baggage. Deposits for overnigh trips are not refunded.
It is essential that, first, you book your place for the event and give your name and phone number. Then after confirmation that you have a place, complete the booking form, and send it with a cheque made out to the Faribridge Garden Society to Dottie Lundell, 1 Edenhurst Avenue, London SW6 3PD (Tel. 020 7731 0128). Please include an s.a.e if you would like a receipt. Tickets are not issued.
Membership of the Fairbridge Garden Society costs £20 per annum per person or per couple. Pick up a form from the Garden Centre or ring the Membership Secretary on 020 7736 7854.
All profits go to Fairbridge.
