Welcome to the Earlsdon Gardening Club – a long-established, friendly club for gardeners of all levels in Coventry and beyond. We meet 10 times a year on the 2nd Monday of the month for talks and demonstrations on a wide variety of gardening topics. (see Contact Us for more details)
🌿 April 🌿
Earlsdon Gardening club welcomes Darren Rudge
Join us on Monday 13th April at 7:30 pm for a special evening as Darren Rudge, a local garden designer, who will be giving a fun and practical talk titled:
Teabags, bras and tights
An introduction to how everyday household items can make gardening more cost effective and sustainable.
Darren will share plenty of top tips, clever ideas and a bit of gardening trivia thrown in for free, all focused on re using what we already have and gardening more sustainably without spending a fortune.
This promises to be an entertaining and inspiring session, whether you are an experienced gardener or just getting started.
We hope you can join us and look forward to seeing you there.
🕢 Doors open at 7:30 PM
🎤 Talk begins at 7:45 PM
🌸 Flower Feature
Bring along three stems from your April garden to share and admire. Let’s celebrate what’s growing locally and enjoy the beauty of our own gardens.
👋 Visitors (£3.50) and new members are always warmly welcomed.
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just getting started, come for the flowers, stay for the friendship.
We can’t wait to see you there!
🌿 Join Us for a Garden Getaway! 🌿
Future Adventures Ahead!
We’re making plans for upcoming trips and outings.
Watch this space for updates, and as always, we look forward to sharing these experiences with you.
🌸 Friendship, flowers and fresh air await!
🌸 The Monthly Three Stems Challenge 🌸
Happening at every club meeting!
Think your garden’s got the goods? Bring along 1 to 3 stems, flowers or foliage, big or small from your garden, window box or even a humble pot.
💐 No pressure, no perfection needed, just something you’ve grown and love.
🎁 What’s in it for you?
A chance to win a bottle of wine or another lovely prize! 🍷🌿
Whether it’s a bold bloom, a quirky leaf or a delicate sprig, we want to see what’s growing in your patch this month.
So snip, clip and show off your stems and we can’t wait to see what you bring!
Latest News:
🌿 Earlsdon Gardening Club – Monday 9th March 🌿
We had a thoroughly entertaining and fascinating evening with Matthew Symonds, who joined Earlsdon Gardening Club to take us on a journey through the beautiful gardens of India.
Matthew shared captivating stories, stunning imagery and a real sense of place as he explored the gardens of the sub continent. From grand landscapes to quieter garden spaces, the talk was full of inspiration and insight, and kept everyone engaged throughout the evening.
It was a wonderful opportunity to travel through gardens far from home, learn something new and enjoy great company, and we would like to thank Matthew for such an enjoyable and memorable talk.
🌿 Earlsdon Gardening Club – 10th November 🌿
November marked our Annual General Meeting, where we reflected on the past year and looked ahead to the next. Following the AGM, Rachel Pepperdine presented a beautiful showcase of our members’ gardens through photographs and stories – a celebration of creativity, community and the joy of gardening.
- Camilla AndersonMonday 12th May 2025. Doors open 7.30pm.. Joining us on Monday is Camilla Anderson who is an independent researcher in Garden History. She will be speaking about Arts & Crafts Gardens. Camilla has developed a website listing hundreds of the finest gardens in the UK which includes a short history of each garden. Doors open… Read more: Camilla Anderson
- Wayside WillowThis month we have invited Chaz Friend, founder of Wayside Willow based in Nuneaton, to come and talk to us on Monday 9th December.At our evening meeting Chaz will tell the story of his journey into willow, talk about some of the processes of his craft, looking at some of the seasonal elements and talk… Read more: Wayside Willow
- Stan SucklingWe were sorry to hear that Stan, who was a long standing committee member, died recently.There will be a celebration of Stan’s life on the 1st of November at 1pm at Queens Road Baptist Church.
- Club trip to Broughton GrangeAmazingly the trip to Broughton Grange Gardens and Arboretum was a dry and rain free day. After the recent heavy rains, 34 of our member were fortunate to enjoy walking round the impressive gardens surrounded by the rural landscape. The gardens consists a woodland garden, stumpery, water meadow and an arboretum, The orangery and beautifully… Read more: Club trip to Broughton Grange
- New Facebook page for EGCWe’ve just set up a new Facebook page for the club which will give details of upcoming meetings, trips and other news. Please follow and share with friends family and interested gardeners. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564822805185