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.   Cost £570 pp.  Contact Sheila for further details or enquiries.

September  23rd

Day trip to Standen House, East Grinstead.  This is an Arts & Crafts House in a 12 acre garden.  Cost 50 pp  or
£33 for NT members.  Please contact Sheila for details and to book.

October  12th

2.30 pm.   Illustrated talk by Ian Pratt: "Stunning Spring Gardens".   (It is hoped that this will be accompanied by a dislay from the Group's archives. ) To be  held at the Parish Rooms, Newport.  PO30 1JU.

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