Ballymoney & District Gardening Club

24/01/2024

The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be on Monday 29 January at 8pm in the Old Court House, Charlotte Street, Ballymoney. I will be looking back at my 25 years as secretary and how the club has changed during that time. There will also be a little bit of the history of the club. Hope to see you there. Kenny Bacon (Hon Secretary)

23/11/2023

The next meeting of the garden club will be on Monday 27 November at 8pm in the Old Court House Charlotte Street. Elaine Taylor 'Let's get Festive' will be demonstrating some festive arrangements. New members welcome.

11/11/2023

'The Sinking of The Kenbane Head'

This is a great book by Sam McAughtry telling the story of how The Kenbane Head was attacked and sunk by the German Battleship Admiral Scheer on 5th November 1940.

His brother Mart was one of the 43 Crew and died when the ship was sunk.
33 members of the Crew were from Northern Ireland - Islandmagee, Holywood, Belfast, Dundrum, Kilkeel, Ballyhalbert, Glenravel, Dunmurry and Carrickfergus.

This book is from Blackstaff Press and my photograph shows the front cover.

10/11/2023

04/11/2023

The most incredible sight at St Pancras International as the stands 12m tall. Congratulations to our pals Hatchards who've made us feel thoroughly Christmassy. With 270 shelves adorned with over 3,800 hand-painted books, it's a thing of beauty 😍🎄📚

27/10/2023

The next meeting of the Gardening Club is on Monday 30 October at 8pm in the Old Court House, Charlotte Street, Ballymoney. The guest speaker will be Zara Hutchinson who will be telling us everything we need to know about Hedgehogs. New members welcome.

20/10/2023

Good night✨ - from the Natural History Museum, London
Photo: on Instagram

20/10/2023

15th century Castle of Coca, Spain. See more: themindcircle.com/castles-around-the-world/

19/08/2023

Lovely afternoon in the Quiet Garden at St Patrick's Parish Church followed by refreshments and a catch up in the Old School House. Thanks to the ladies for providing the refreshments.

15/08/2023

Some more pics from Saturday visit to Shaun's pond

14/08/2023

A few more pics from Saturday's visit to Shaun's pond.

12/08/2023

Rewinding for nature. We had a lovely walk through Brockagh Wood ending up at Shaun's wildlife pond. Thankfully the thunder storms didn't materialise. Thanks Shaun for a lovely afternoon and the welcome cuppa at the end.

02/07/2023

We had a great day out at our outing yesterday to Joy Caskey's garden, Limavady and Adrienne Kelly's Oak Garden, Derry.

03/06/2023

Lovely morning at Daphne McCartney garden in Newbuildings.

03/04/2023

Alpine Flower Show organised by our President Pat Crossley.

28/03/2023

Some photos from last nights meeting I hope you all found it interesting. Next meeting the AGM & Chairperson's night on Monday 24 April at 7.30pm. There will be a plant stall at this meeting.

24/02/2023

The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be on Monday 27 February at 8pm in the Old Court House, Charlotte Street, Ballymoney. The guest speaker will be Alison Reid, her topic, the trials and tribulations of the flower arranger.
New members most welcome.

26/01/2023

The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be on Monday 30 January at 8pm in the Old Court House, Charlotte Street, Ballymoney. The meeting will be a members question time. We will endeavour to answer the questions submitted by the members and encourage members to share their knowledge and experiences to expand the answers.
As always new members will be made most welcome.

27/11/2022

Come and enjoy a Christmas Floral Art demonstration in Ballymoney Town Hall on Thursaday 1st December 2022 at 7.30 p.m. Admission £10 by ticket from Evergreen members or pay at the door.

23/11/2022

The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be on Monday 28 November at 8pm in the Old Court House, Charlotte Street, Ballymoney. The guest speaker will be Adam Ferguson. His talk - 'Garden as if your life depends on it'.
As always new members will be made most welcome.

26/10/2022

The next meeting will be on Monday 31 October in the Old Court House, Charlotte Street at 8pm. Kasala McCurdy will be the speaker. Her talk is from the garden to the plate. Kasala will talk about some of the food she produces from the produce of their garden. Her glamorous assistant, William, will be on hand to pass around some trial samples.
There will be a plant swap at this meeting so if you're dividing perennials in your garden why not pot some up and bring them along and swap it for one of the other plants on the swap table.
New members welcome.

09/10/2022

What has William McCurdy been feeding his tomatoes with.?

27/09/2022

It was great to so many of you at last night's especially our new members.
Pictured below Guest Speaker Contrad McCormick with Elizabeth Stevenson.