The gardening club meet on the second Thursday of the month at Sutton cum Lound village hall @7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. New members are always welcome as are children supervised and accompanied by an adult.
Membership is £20.00 per person per annum (April-March), or £2.50 per person as a guest visitor on a meeting night; refreshments and biscuits are included (bring your own mug!).
If you are interested in joining the gardening club, please contact us at: gardeningclub@suttoncumlound.net
Recent Club Activity
Members of Sutton cum Lound & Barnby Moor gardening club and some of the local community embarked on a coach trip to RHS Harlow Carr, where we spent a most enjoyable day. The weather kept fine after a cloudy start, and lots of plants were brought back.
September’s talk was “Orchids, how to make them blooming flower” by Ray Creek who gave an excellent presentation about how to care for our orchids and dispelled a lot of myths surrounding their care. Members were also able to purchase orchid compost and feed.
In October, we welcomed Janice Bradley (MBE), who is Head of Nature Recovery (North) Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust based at the Idle Valley Rural Learning Centre. She spoke about “Return of the beavers” from both a local and national perspective. This was an excellent talk and highlighted how much work and research our nature reserve contributed to national scientific research.
November will be “All about chocolate” a talk by Alan Dickson who will be talking about cocoa pods, plants its growth and ultimately providing some wonderful chocolate to buy.
In December, the gardening club will be contributing to the Sutton cum Lound Christmas tree festival in St. Bartholomew’s church (13-14th December) and celebrating with a Christmas meal for gardening club members in the village hall.
Gardening Club Guest Speakers for 2026
The list for 2026 speakers will be published on the village website and posters will be put up in the information boards around Retford.
The Sutton cum Lound and Barnby Moor Gardening Club have produced a list of guest speakers for next year.
- 8th January: Winter garden birds – Steve Pynegar.
- 12th February: The National Garden Scheme – Andrew Young
- 12th March : A.G.M.
- 9th April: local trip to oasis community garden – Longfellow Drive, Worksop, S810DE. There is a car park entrance off Dickens Road to the rear of their building and disabled access off Longfellow Drive.
- 14 May: The flower farm & demonstration (bouquet to be raffled) – Linda Clark
- 11th June: coach trip to Breezy Knees – details nearer the time.
- 9th July: Acers – Corin Tomlinson (Greenwood Bonsai studio)
- 13th August: Alpines + plants for sale – Mark Padgett
- 10th September: History of beer making and botanicals used in beers. Sale of beers – Claire Monk (Welbeck brewery)
- 8th October: Gardening on the menu, for the winter table. Samples of products to taste and buy – Martin & Jill Fish
- 12th November: Willow craft & demonstration + sale of products – Stuart Spriggins
- 10th December: Christmas meal – details to be arranged.
All meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of the month, 7:15pm, at Sutton cum Lound village hall, 38 Town St, Sutton cum Lound, Retford, DN22 8PT.
Speakers and trips subject to change.
Email: gardeningclub@suttoncumlound.net
See the Gardening Club list of guest speakers for 2026 (PDF)
Read more about the Gardening Club and its activities here
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