Welcome to the Buckland Brewer Gardeners' Club website

The Buckland Brewer Gardeners' Club was formed on 22 February 2007 at a meeting in the church schoolroom. New members (or guests) always welcome. Member subscriptions are £6 per year. Guest fees are £1 per meeting. See you here!

Next meeting

Our annual general meeting is scheduled for Thursday 18 Febraury 2010. Check back here for further details.

Open gardens

Our open garden event took place in Buckland Brewer on Saturday 13 June 2009.

We had over a dozen or so gardens open with lots a variety in size and style. The day was a great success and, apart from helping our coffers, raised money to help restore the church bell frame.

David Kennard

The star of the show: Jake, the border collie. David Kennard, North Devon shepherd, spoke at our gardeners' club on 15 January 2009.Gardening connection? Jake apparently is a good digger. Full house in the village hall. A great night had by all. Awesome!

Fun evening 2008

More photos from the 2008 fun evening.

August 2008 visit

Thursday 21 August: Castle Hill, Filleigh.

Dick Joy

At our July 2008 meeting, we were honoured to have Dick Joy as a speaker. Apart from his expertise as a vegetable grower, Dick was influential in rescuing North Devon’s unique fruit of the cherry family, the mazzard, from extinction. For his efforts, he was awarded the MBE.

Thanks to Patrick for the photos:

Gardening Quiz at Great Torrington:

We had an all female team flying the flag for Buckland at the Great Torrington Horticultural Society Quiz this past 1 April. No April Fools here: the team acquited themselves well. They didn't win, but they didn't come last.

Thanks to Margaret for putting the team together.

Pumpkins 2007

Check out more photos from our Pumpkin Competition and Fun Evening.