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Buxton Gardeners Gardening group that meet on the second Monday of every month.

On Monday November 9th Buxton Gardeners welcome Mr Danny Wells. A fast moving, uplifting talk about the remarkable man t...
25/10/2026

On Monday November 9th Buxton Gardeners welcome Mr Danny Wells.

A fast moving, uplifting talk about the remarkable man that was Joseph Paxton. Joseph was appointed head gardener at Chatsworth by the 6th Duke of Devonshire at the tender age of 24. He worked in consultation with the Duke on building green houses including the Great Conservatory, sourcing newly imported plants and designing and building the extra-ordinary rockery. He won the contract to design a building for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and later reconstructed it at Sydenham where it was renamed the Crystal Palace. He later became an Architect and designed the matching stations in Buxton when he was a director of the Midland Railway and a magnificent residence for Baron de Rothschild. He was knighted by Queen Victoria and died at the early age of 61 after a very full life.

Please join us at 7:30pm Monday 9th November, the evening will start with a short AGM.
Membership renewals are underway. Non members welcome, the evenings event is £4.00, free to members.

Thank you 🙏🏻

On Monday evening we welcomed the delightful Emma Brand from the Animal and Plant Agency to give a talk on the health an...
14/10/2026

On Monday evening we welcomed the delightful Emma Brand from the Animal and Plant Agency to give a talk on the health and social, ecological and economical impacts invasive non-native species are having on our climate.

The ratio of invasion is rapidly rising due to increasing global trade, transport and travel.

£2.3 billion is spent annually trying to eradicate these species with a whopping £166 million spent alone on Japanese Knotweed and £9 million on Rhododendrons.

There were so many named varieties of water plants that are so invasive if they get into our waterways cause catastrophic problems not only by flooding but for the wildlife underneath, the blanket of green they cause sucks out all the oxygen from the water killing any wildlife below.

A very informative evening thank you Emma, her team regularly inspect all our garden centres to make sure they have not sneaked in under a false label and are taken home by us by mistake.

Our next meeting is on November 9th when Danny Wells will give a talk on Joseph Paxton, more detailed to follow.

Good evening Buxton Gardeners 😊 Our speaker for October, Emma Brand, works for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (apha)...
29/09/2026

Good evening Buxton Gardeners 😊

Our speaker for October, Emma Brand, works for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (apha) as part of the non-native species inspectorate.
While non-native plants can add ornamental interest to garden borders, ponds and water features some of these plant species can in time become invasive so causing problems both in the garden and the wider environment. Gardeners can help to prevent such problems by choosing plants that are less likely to become invasive.
Emma will identify some of the plant species that her team are involved with and give details as to how, as enforcement officers, they work both to identify them and prevent them from establishing. She will give details of the legislature surrounding invasive plant species and introduce us to the Be Plant-Wise campaign.

It’s going to be a very interesting evening which will end no doubt end with many, many questions.

Our AGM will now be in November 🌱

May we remind all our members and visitors that the brand new membership cards are here and will be available on the evening…come as a visitor by all means for £4.00 but remember for £20 you can come to all 8 meetings and the 2 summer visits and be brandished with the amazing Buxton Gardeners Membership Card, which comes with very exciting savings at local establishments 🙌 yay.

See you all then x

📌 Burbage Institute

🗓️ October 12

🕰️ 7:30 pm

£4.00 to visitors free to fresh renewed memberships on the evening.

Newbies always welcome, simply turn up, sign in with the wonderful welcome committee and take a seat.

Good evening Buxton Gardeners, how are you? 😊 Our speaker for October, Emma Brand, works for the Animal and Plant Health...
24/09/2026

Good evening Buxton Gardeners, how are you? 😊

Our speaker for October, Emma Brand, works for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (apha) as part of the non-native species inspectorate.
While non-native plants can add ornamental interest to garden borders, ponds and water features some of these plant species can in time become invasive so causing problems both in the garden and the wider environment. Gardeners can help to prevent such problems by choosing plants that are less likely to become invasive.
Emma will identify some of the plant species that her team are involved with and give details as to how, as enforcement officers, they work both to identify them and prevent them from establishing. She will give details of the legislature surrounding invasive plant species and introduce us to the Be Plant-Wise campaign.

It’s going to be a very interesting evening which will end no doubt with many, many questions.

Our AGM will now be in November 🌱

May we remind all our members and visitors that the brand new membership cards are here and will be available on the evening…come as a visitor by all means for £4.00 but remember for £20 you can come to all 8 meetings and the 2 summer visits and be brandished with the amazing Buxton Gardeners Membership Card, which comes with very exciting savings at local establishments 🙌 yay.

See you all then x

📌 Burbage Institute

🗓️ October 12

🕰️ 7:30 pm

£4.00 to visitors free to fresh renewed memberships on the evening.

Newbies always welcome, simply turn up, sign in with the wonderful welcome committee and take a seat.

🌼🌱 Bulbs, poetry and a bit of history 🌱🌼What a brilliant evening we had at tonight’s meeting! It was our first trip back...
14/09/2026

🌼🌱 Bulbs, poetry and a bit of history 🌱🌼

What a brilliant evening we had at tonight’s meeting! It was our first trip back to the Institute since April, and judging by the turnout, it seems everyone had been missing it 🙏🏻 A lovely full house for Christopher’s talk, with lots of familiar faces and plenty of newbies joining us too — always wonderful to see.

The plant and bulb sale was brilliant and certainly seemed very popular… I’m sure quite a few of us will be planting out our new garden treasures tomorrow! 🪴

But the real revelation of the evening? DAFFODILS ARE POISONOUS TO SQUIRRELS! 🐿️🌼

Who knew?! Apparently, daffodils are basically the garden’s very own squirrel security guards. So, if there’s something in your garden that the squirrels have been helping themselves to, simply surround it with daffs! 🌼

A lovely evening of gardening, learning, chatting and catching up with old and new friends — and a very warm welcome to all our new faces. Most importantly, a massive thank you to you, Mr Christopher Wellavize, for returning to see us all yet again and delivering another flawless horticultural performance. Thank you! 🙏🏻

We are delighted to announce our next meeting will be on Monday 14 September, 7.30 pm at Burbage Institute.The speaker ...
10/09/2026

We are delighted to announce our next meeting will be on
Monday 14 September, 7.30 pm at Burbage Institute.

The speaker will be Christopher Wellavize.
Following a very interesting and enjoyable presentation in September 2024 we have invited Christopher Wellavize, owner of Prestbury Plant & Garden back, to give another talk to the society. The subject for this talk will be “Garden Bulbs” and will focus on how we can best use different bulb varieties to bring colour and interest to our gardens throughout the year.
Prestbury Plant & Garden is a family-owned nursery and plant centre which sells a diverse range of plants which are either grown on site or sourced from nurseries as close to home as possible, many of which are from other parts of Cheshire. Christopher will be bringing a wide variety of bulbs, perennials and shrubs for sale on the evening.
We will also be accepting membership subscriptions (£20.00) for the forthcoming year of events. [ 8 meetings, 2 garden visits and discount with some companies ( to be found on the website)]. This can be paid by BACS or cash.

Any newbies who would like to join us on the evening can come as a visitor for just £4.00.
Sign in at the desk with our wonderful welcome committee and take a seat.

We look forward to seeing you all then 😊

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24/08/2026

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Following a very interesting and enjoyable presentation in September 2024 we have invited Christopher Wellavize, owner o...
23/08/2026

Following a very interesting and enjoyable presentation in September 2024 we have invited Christopher Wellavize, owner of Prestbury Plant & Garden, back to give another talk to the society.The subject for this talk will be “Garden Bulbs” and will focus on how we can best use different bulb varieties to bring colour and interest to our gardens throughout the year.

Prestbury Plant & Garden is a family owned nursery and plant centre which sells a diverse range of plants which are either grown on site or sourced from nurseries as close to home as possible, many of which are from other parts of Cheshire. Christopher will be bringing a wide variety of bulbs, perennials and shrubs for sale on the evening.

📍 Burbage Institute
📆 Monday September 14th
🕰️ 7:30pm
🌱 Plant Sale
💴 Free to members, £4.00 for guests.

Any newbies, as always, just turn up, sign in with our lovely welcome committee team and take a seat. We hope to see you there.

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23/08/2026

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Burbage Institute, Nursery Lane, Burbage
Buxton
SK176UL

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