If you want to grow your interest and expertise in gardening, the North Cadbury and District Gardening Club would love to hear from you.

You can be assured of a warm welcome from this friendly and inclusive local gardening club, which meets at North Cadbury village hall at 7.30pm on the third Wednesday of the month. Club members enjoy discount cards through the club’s association with Castle Gardens Garden Centre, Sherborne, and there’s a wide and varied programme of events throughout the year.

Each month sees a new guest speaker, with future talks planned on roses by garden designer and author Heidi Howcroft, and Bishop’s Palace Gardens by the head gardener.

In May, the Club holds a plant and cake sale, which is always very popular with members and non-members alike. Club members who are able supply plants, which may be seedlings or propagated cuttings of flowering, edible, fruiting or indoor plants. Equally, if you are an avid baker, the club will find good homes for your delicious creations.

During the warmer months the club likes to get out and about. By special arrangement this July, they will be looking in on Libby Russell’s Batcombe House Garden. Libby is an accomplished international garden designer who has been developing her own garden for 25 years.

This year the social calendar includes a lively gardening-themed quiz and social evening with wine and nibbles, annual Christmas pub lunch, and a village open gardens event in the summer. Some members kindly open their gardens for an afternoon of admiration, followed by a cream tea in the village hall.

Annual membership is £15, and the club is always happy to welcome guests for a small fee. Please email susie.ncgardening@outlook.com if you’d like to know more.