2026 Calendar

January 15th
10.30 - 12 noon

Coffee Morning at Rookley Village Hall. Competition: Flower arrangement in an Egg Cup.  Seed swap. Coffee & Cake £1 & £1.50  Raffle.

February 17th

Visit to Chawton House, Alton to see the snowdrops and then on to Gilbert White's House and Garden, Selborne.   Cost of coach and entrances to include a tour of Chawton House with coffee & biscuits £58.00.   Organiser: Sheila.

February 24th
2.30 pm

Annual General Meeting of IWGPG at the Parish Rooms, Newport. PO30 1JU.   Followed by a  talk by Carol Walker "Flower Photography".
Tea & biscuits raffle.

March 26th
10.30 - 12 noon

Coffee Morning at Arreton Village Hall.  Competition: Easter Bonnets.   Coffee, tea £1  with cake £1.50

April 3rd & 4th Good Friday & Easter Saturday

Northwood House Spring Fair.   Organiser: Penny Redman

April 10th - 13th  Holiday to Kent.  This holiday is fully booked.

April 22nd

Visit to West Green House Garden, Hartley Wintney, Hook.  Cost to include introductory talk.  Cost £46, NT members deduct £10.  Please contact Sheila.

April 28th
2.30 pm

Spring Lecture with Timothy Walker, "Plants, Borders & Gardens" at the Parish Rooms, Newport PO30 1JU.  Cost £10 to include tea/coffee & biscuits

May 24th
10.00 - 12 noon

Plant Sale at "Meadowsweet" 5 Great Park Farm Cottages, Betty Haunt Lane, Carisbrooke PO30 4HR.  Tea & cakes £1 & £1.50.   

May 28th

Visit to Abbotsbury Swannery & then on to Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens near Weymouth.  Cost £46.  Please contact Sheila.

June 16th
2.30 pm

Visit to Morton Manor Garden. Organiser: Sally Whibley

June 24th

Members' Open Garden - Ian & Anne Southwell.  Tea & cakes £1 & £1.50.  For those who might need public transport the No 8 bus out of Newport passes quite close to Ian's house.   See Newsletter for address.

July 28th

10.30 - 12 noon.  Coffee Morning at Calbourne Recreation Centre, The Green, Calbourne.  PO40 4JB. Plant swap teas and cakes.  Organisers - Roz Willis, plants, Sally Whibley - refreshments.

Tuesday 1st - Saturday 5th September.

Holiday to Cornwall staying at Kilburnie Hotel for four nights. Dinner B&B.   Included visits: The Eden Project, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Trerice House, Truro, Burncoose Nursery & Garden, an NGS garden & Forde Abbey Autumn Plant & Gardening Fair.  Cost £570 pp in twin or double room with a £15 reduction for NT members.  Sea View rooms are available at an additional £15 and the first 10 single rooms booked attract no supplement.  Balance due not later than 21st July, please.  Contact Sheila for further details or enquiries.

October 

Demonstration or Talk.  Details to be announced.

20th November

Autumn Lecture by Fergus Garrett of Great Dixter.  Organiser: Sheila Spivey

Deccember 4th

12.00 for 12.30 pm - Christmas Lunch  at Goddard's Brewery.  Organiser: Penny Redman