Details of trips currently planned are shown below and this page will be updated when further trips have been arranged . For more information and booking please contact the trip organisers shown.
Payment can be made by cheque ( payable to Wolverhampton Horticultural Society ), cash or Bank Transfer – Caroline can let you have the details.
19 WATERDALE, Compton, WV3 9DY. Wednesday 26th JUNE 2024. One of the best gardens in the City! We have arranged a private visit in the afternoon at 2.00pm and also in the evening at 7.00pm. The cost is £10 per person/visit to include refreshments (exceedingly good cakes). Please book through Caroline stating which time you would prefer.
WILDEGOOSE GARDEN AND NURSERY, Lower Millichope, Munslow, Shropshire
SY7 9HE. WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY 2024 at 2.00pm. Advance notice of a trip scheduled for the summer. Visit the wonderful Wildegoose Nursery and gardens in the old walled garden at Millichope Hall on the Bridgnorth to Craven Arms road. £13 includes entrance fee, an introductory talk from the RHS Gold Medal winning owners and a guided tour of the garden. Refreshments are available in the cafe. Own transport required but spare seats will be available. Booking details will be announced at the April meeting.
PREVIOUS VISITS IN 2023: HAWS WATERING CAN MANUFACTURERS As a change from the usual garden trips, a small number of members thoroughly enjoyed a rather different type of visit to the Haws factory in October 2023. Members were treated to a full tour of the factory with an enthusiastic guide and the owner providing detailed explanations of all of the production processes. Members were able to observe the workers involved in making what are most likely the last hand-made watering cans in the world. A special treat was the opportunity to buy “seconds” in the factory shop.
Established in 1886, Haws is the world’s oldest manufacturer of watering cans, and their products are as enduring as their reputation.
Each of their handcrafted products are unique, as no two cans are identical, yet everyone of them is made to the finest quality by expert craftsmen and women.
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