U P D A T E

Please be aware, we are working on a new website, and what you see here is changing.   If you can't find something, feel free to get in touch.   After the latest updates and changes, the current website will no longer be updated.   If you have updates, they will be added to the new site from now.

CHRISTMAS 2019 SALE

There is still time to buy that special someone, a special something.

For either or both of these items, please send a cheque for the correct ammount, along with your names and address to our Administrator.

Send in your order now in time for Christmas.

COASTERS : £5:00 (Including U.K. Mainland P&P)

2020 C.G.S. Calendar : £6:50 (Including U.K. Mainland P&P)

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Welcome to The Cottage Garden Society

   If you are interested in plants, or enjoy exchanging gardening ideas and experiences with fellow gardeners, why not join The Cottage Garden Society?

   You don't have to live in a cottage, or even in the country.  Cottage gardens can be created in the small plots of modern houses or in the narrow gardens of older terraces.  The traditional, informal style lends itself to any situation, rural or urban, large or small.

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SHORT VIABILTY SEED LIST 2019

The NEW list is on the site NOW.
Visit the seed's page for more information.

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Apologies

Apologies to the South Wales group for the error
on page 46 of the Autumn magazine.
   An apology will appear in the
Winter\December edition of the magazine.

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Shows 2019

Malvern can be seen >HERE<

G.W.L. can be seen >HERE<

Chatsworth can be seen >HERE<

Tatton can be seen >HERE<

Shrewsbury can be seen >HERE<

Southport coming soon

A.G.M. 2020

2020 Information will follow shortly.

 HELP AT A SHOW

To help at any of our shows, please visit our EVENTS page.

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

Our photo competition is now closed.
The winners was announced at our
A.G.M. in South Wales at the start of June.

 BUY YOUR 2020 CALENDAR NOW!

Contact the Administrator for details.

Also available is our NEW Car Sticker, ONLY 50p
if bought when you buy a Calendar.

- A L E R T -

As some might know, there is a horrendous problem with Box Tree Moth (Cydalima Perspectalis) at the moment, and it's only getting worse.   A search of the R.H.S. site will give more information, and we'll be adding a pest and disease section.

Group Updates

Is your group's page up to date?

What is a Cottage Garden?

   Originally, the purpose of the cottage garden was to provide food.  It contained livestock, herbs, fruits and vegetables.  Flowers were an optional extra and tended to be ones that had some practical value, such as seasoning food or repelling bugs.  The cottager's small plot did not allow for any wasted space, so the garden was abundantly packed, but well tended.

   The cottage garden later moved away from being an utilitarian space and became an area to be enjoyed.  These days, food-crops and chicken-keeping are returning and environmental concerns are being incorporated by the conscientious cottage gardener.

   Although there are no hard and fast rules as to what should be grown, the hallmarks of this style are informality, abundance and diversity.  That means lots of colour, scent, bees, birds and butterflies, not to mention fruit, herbs, vegetables, frogs and hedgehogs!

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