The Cottage Garden Society

18/06/2026

Great news from our friends at Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants .
Well done.

Delighted to win PLATINUM at this years BBC Gardeners World Live. Hope to see you in the Floral Marquee when the show opens this morning. We’re stand 35.
Rosy Hardy Gardening bbcgwlive

18/06/2026

Sad not to have a stand at BBC Gardeners' World Live this year, due to circumstances beyond our control.
But Sue Clarke, our National Chair, has been having a look round for us.
Look who she bumped into!

18/06/2026

Our National Chair, Sue Clarke, has been showing us around her beautiful garden again.

Enjoy these lovely white borders:

(Ps...
My research suggests the white Foxgloves are Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice', a variety of foxglove known for its cream-white flowers with deep maroons. This biennial variety produces tall spikes of bell-shaped flowers that bloom from late spring through summer.It thrives in partial shade or full sun and attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies.The plant is toxic if ingested, but its chemical compounds are famously used to produce heart medication.
Gary )

17/06/2026

Members and followers in the area may enjoy this visit.

16/06/2026

Some of our Cotswolds group members enjoyed a lovely visit to Moor Wood, Woodmancote, this afternoon.
Moor Wood houses the National Collection of Rambler Roses, climbing through trees, over walls and up buildings. It also has wildflower areas; huge trees including a multi stemmed cedar of enormous size; herbaceous borders and specimen shrubs.
The owners, the Robinson family are very warm and welcoming and happy to share the history and development of the estate and their specialist knowledge of roses, without ever being daunting.
It's an extraordinary place, as these pictures show.

http://www.moorwoodroses.co.uk/

16/06/2026

Today's Cottage garden favourite is the delightful Dahlia.
They are tender perennial plants native to Mexico.
Their vibrant colours include virtuallly every flower colour but true blue . with intricate, geometric flower shapes in a variety oy types and sizes.
Blooming from midsummer to the first frosts.

15/06/2026

What a lovely, colourful garden.

15/06/2026

Interesting

15/06/2026

As well as our thirty regional groups, the Cottage Garden Society has four additional Specialist Groups: The Snowdrop Group; Aquilegia Group; The Talking Gardener (an audio version of our Quarterly Magazine) and Gardenchat - a sub group for sharing ideas on Facebook.
To join any of our groups, please follow the link to become a Cottage Garden Society member.

https://www.thecgs.org.uk/specialist-group-details/gardenchat

14/06/2026

Big day for our friend, Lucy, at Lip na Cloiche Garden & Nursery .
Hope it's a great day