At the February meeting of Aldersbrook Horticultural Society, Myanah Saunders, a gardener friend from Forest Gate spoke about how she had created a new garden from scratch after moving into a smaller property with a smaller garden. It was fascinating to listen to how she planned her garden, anticipating what her garden needed to be like as she got older. She had raised beds put in to make planting and weeding easier and several arches to add height and interest to her garden. She also introduced artificial grass to reduce the need for mowing. As well as talking about her new garden Myanah gave us many interesting facts about who gardens and why and how they garden. She also gave us a potted history of gardening from gardening during Egyptian times to the present day accompanied by some colourful slides. Myanah is heavily involved in the Forest Gate Community Garden and she was able to update us on events happening in that garden, which we recommend that people visit.

March 14th – A Rubbish Garden! John Little

April 11th – Container Gardening. Sonya Patel

May 9th – Ask a Question Local Gardeners

June 17th – Coach Trip to Audley End

July 11th – Tree Walk in Wanstead Park. John Meehan

A New Garden In Context is the subject of our next meeting.

The speaker will be Myanah Saunders who is an AHS member and well known for her work at Forest Gate Community Garden.

The talk will be about the journey of a very amateur gardener towards establishing a new garden. It will explore how you arrived at your current gardening practice through the eyes of someone setting up a new garden. Not many of us gardeners have the opportunity to develop a garden from scratch, but we could consider how we have developed our own gardens over time and what future plans we have for them.

7:30 pm Tuesday 14th February 2023

Aldersbrook Bowls Club, E12 5DY

Free to members – please bring your lanyards. Visitors £5