Yarty Gardening Club

Summer BBQ at BSM village hall
2025-07-17 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Buckland St Mary Village Hall. TA20 3SP
A relaxed social event to celebrate the Summer.
We’ll provide the burgers, sausages and drinks – we ask that you bring a salad or a dessert to share.
All welcome. Visitors £5 per head

Plants of Extremes: A Journey from Desert Resilience to Jungle Abundance - A visit to "Desert to Jungle" Plant Centre, Henlade
2025-09-18 14:00 - 16:00
About Desert to Jungle:
Desert To Jungle is a small unique specialist exotic plant nursery based within Somerset, only 5mins from junction 25 of the M5. The plant centre is based around a victorian walled garden, which we have started to plant as a jungle. Visiting us is different to most plant centres and is an adventure. The nursery is run by Rob Gudge who started the business 10 yrs ago . We are extremely Passionate about exotic gardening. We are always available on the phone or in person to provide care and protection advice we can also give help deigning a new exotic bed or even your whole garden. Within our car park is a large exotic border full of some of our favourite exotic plants to help inspire your next exotic scheme.
We have thousands of plants from the normal to outrageous in particular we hold a large variety of Agave’s and Succulents with over 80 Varieties of Agave. We also hold the largest selection of Bamboo’s within the South West with over 80 Varieties. We have a large variety of Ferns and Tree Ferns with over 50 varieties of ground Ferns, and a large selection of Tree Ferns mainly Dicksonia Antarctica from potter to 10ft tall and having over 100 in stock at anyone time. We also are Proud to have a wide selection of other Dicksonia’s and Cyathea’s. On the jungle side of things we have many types and sizes of Banana and a large collection of Canna’s with up to 30 varieties of virus free plants. We Also stock over 25 varieties of Ginger. We have a wide variety of Palm trees from small to large with over 20 varieties available.
Tea and cake will be available at the end of our visit.

New Tricks for Old Gardeners; Clever Tips and Tools
2025-10-16 19:15 - 21:00 | Otterford Parish Hall, Bishopswood. TA20 3RS

Weaving Christmas Magic: Creating Beautiful Festive Stars with Somerset Willow
2025-11-20 19:15 - 21:00 | Buckland St Mary Village Hall. TA20 3SP
Join us for a demonstration of festive willow weaving with Amanda Webb as she shows us how to weave beautiful christmas stars to decorate your home or garden.
Due to limited numbers, this is a MEMBER ONLY event
Please bring a pair of secateurs if you would like to have a go at weaving a star; if not, sit back with a cup of tea and watch the demonstration.
Link to Amanda’s website: https://www.amandawebbmakes.co.uk/about

Xmas Social (& AGM)
2025-12-18 19:15 - 21:00 | Otterford Parish Hall, Bishopswood. TA20 3RS
Join us for our annual Christmas social event. There will be music and a quiz, plus mulled wine, tea or coffee..
Please bring a plate of festive nibbles to share.
A short AGM to start!
