July 21st Gardens of North Oxfordshire - Moved to Monday 26th July

 visiting Waterperry in the morning and Broughton Grange Banbury in the afternoon - places available Broughton Grange is said to be one of Britains great gardens of the 21st century!

August 11th Powys and the Welsh Borders

This trip will probably have to be moved to Friday 13th August as both gardens we wish to visit cannot accomadate us on wednesdays! We will have coffee at Dobbies (Shrewsbuy) before going on to Powis Castle for 11am and then just down the road to Glansevern a newly restored garden where you will be able to have afternoon tea before we return to kings Heath

September 16th Dunham Massey and one other Cheshire Garden

Dunham Massey is a National Trust Garden that has been restored in recent years using plants from Ashwood Nurseries amongst others and the herbaceous is said to be stunning in late summer hence our visit!

October The Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley

This garden looks good at any time of the year, but it is magical both in herbaceous and woody plants in October - with the dry summer we are working on an early autumn!