Wednesday May 7th Summer Social
Rebecca Chambers
"The Shopkeeper's Daughter" and
VE 80th Anniversary Supper
Rebecca gave a very interesting talk on her life and house plants, sharing the very personal story behind the creation of her house plant business in St Neots. She gave us plenty of useful tips for the care of our plants and brought a lovely selection of plants with her.
This was followed by a supper celebrating the VE 80th anniversary and a fun raffle to finish off a lovey evening.
2 hour Garden tour with Joe Whitehead Head Garden
Burghley House
Peterborough Stamford PE9 3JY
Tel 01780752451
From Brampton is 30 miles on A1 follow signs for the Visitor carpark – Parking is free.
The site is open from 10am -5pm Maps will be provided to us Lots of information including an Interactive Map and menus are on the website www.burghley .co.uk
The site runs cashless systems in all areas
Our Visit
If you wish to get a drink before the tour you can go in the Garden Café
- no reservations
We meet at the Garden of Surprises ticket kiosk for ticket collection and payment processing just before 10.30 am Our tour is 10.30am to 12.30pm
For groups there is one transaction which Maggie will deal with – payment of £12 to Maggie prior to the event please . If someone is ill or unable to come at the last minute, Burghley will be flexible. In accordance with Historic houses policies for a group visit you cannot use Historic houses membership privileges thank you
Food
There is an Orangery Restaurant, open 10am to 5 pm which is reasonably priced but has to be booked .If you wish to use this facility you need to contact he restaurant direct to book a table or book online on website.
The Garden Café for light bites not bookable.
Potting Shed for drinks
If you wish to bring a Packed Lunch there is a seating outside the Garden Café, Benches in the Sculpture Garden and you can take a rug and use anywhere in the Parklands.
If you wish to add to your visit there are 2 shops – The Courtyard Shop and the Garden Shop
If you would like to visit the House in the afternoon If there are 20 who wish to do that we can just pay a group rate of £4 extra as we will have paid £12 and the group rat is £16 or if not 20 then and additional £10 as the normal entrance fee is £22
Weather
If the weather looks to be very bad then we can rebook with negotiation
Wednesday June 4th
Andrew Key
"May to September"
We look forward to welcoming Andrew to our club for his first visit.
Tea/coffees will be served before the demonstration and there will be a raffle for all the arrangements created by Andrew at the end of the demonstration.
Please remember we are now asking members to sign themselves in as they enter the hall and pick their name badge up. Vistors please go the desk at the entrance to pay.
If you haven't already signed up and paid for the Burghley House trip, please do so by this meeting. Full details were attached to the May newsletter that went out to everybody. They will be attached again to the June newsletter which you should receive the week before the June demonstration. Please note the letter comes from "Margaret Horne" so please check your junk folder if you think you are not receiving it! If you need to ask any questions Lyn Whittington is organising the trip ... her email is: Lyn.whittington@hotmail.co.uk
Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7.15pm start
Everybody is welcome
Visitor fee £8
The Lady Olivia Hall
85 Central Avenue, Brampton, Huntingdon PE28 4QQ
