Ask the Gardener: Emma D October 2022 Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 8th Oct 2022 Every month we will ask one of our wonderful community gardeners some questions about their own gardens and gardening habits. Hopefully you’ll find some inspiration in their answers. If you’d like to share some thoughts about your own garden, please get in touch. This month we heard from Emma D. Tell us about yourself: My name is Emma. I have lived in Great Wymondley on Arch Road for the last 3 and a half years. I have a husband, Shaun, an 18 month old daughter, and 2 very fluffy cats, Hector ..read more

Gardening Club: Sept ‘22 September Open Day Prep Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 20th Sep 2022 A full brown bin is the sign of a productive gardening club session! on Saturday 17th September a group of gardening club gardeners met to power through some more jobs on the to do list. With the upcoming September Open Day in mind, the focus was on tidying the garden for visitors. They weeded the seating areas, mowed the grass, pulled out finished veg and tidied the vegetable bed area. It all looks very neat and welcoming now. A new Magnolia tree was planted to replace the old Haw ..read more

Gardening Club: Aug ‘22 Summer Garden Maintenance Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 12th Sep 2022 The write up for August’s gardening club was provided by Caroline, our Community Garden Chair; “A small but mighty crew at August’s gardening club. Our task list included creating a space in one of the raised beds to heel in the raspberry canes. They aren’t doing well in their current location so we decided to move them so we can nurse them back to health and then we will consider a new and better location for them.  Another big job we managed to do was cuttin ..read more

Ask the Gardener: Lorna August 2022 Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 6th Sep 2022 Every month we will ask one of our wonderful community gardeners some questions about their own gardens and gardening habits. Hopefully you’ll find some inspiration in their answers. If you’d like to share some thoughts about your own garden, please get in touch. This month we heard from Lorna. Tell us about yourself: Married mum of two, born in Hitchin, raised in Stevenage.  I live in Hitchin, have family that live in Todds Green and ancestors who lived in Little Wymondley.  I run a ..read more

Gardening Club: July ‘22 Garden Planning and Socialising Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 23rd Jul 2022 July’s gardening club experienced some very warm weather. A small group assembled and managed to get through a good number of tasks on our To Do board despite the heat. We’re so lucky to have such a dedicated team of volunteers! Some standard weeding was done around the rose garden to keep the area clear and tidy. The beds around the seating area were also tidied and weeded and the path maintained. The cutting flower beds were given some attention and cleared of weeds and t ..read more

Ask the ‘Guest’ Gardener: Diana July 2022 Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 8th Jul 2022 Every month we will ask one of our wonderful community gardeners some questions about their own gardens and gardening habits. Hopefully you’ll find some inspiration in their answers. If you’d like to share some thoughts about your own garden, please get in touch. This month we heard from Di. Tell us about yourself: Hello from Di, mum / mum-in-law of Caroline (Community Garden Chair) and Stuart. I have been visiting Great Wymondley for about 20 years.  I am ‘sort of’ retired and live ..read more

Gardening Club: June ‘22 ‘Wild’ Area Upkeep Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 21st Jun 2022 A very well attended Gardening Club in June. The group, as always, worked very hard to get a lot of tasks done.  The greenhouse is looking fabulous at the moment with a lot going on. It is all cleared and cleaned now ready to continue summer growing. We have tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and aubergine and of course loofas! A trellis was constructed to create an arch from one raised bed to another to accommodate some pumpkin plants.  One of our amazing gardeners has grown ..read more

Gardening Club: May ‘22 Spring to Summer Tidying Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 24th May 2022 Another busy morning at gardening club. A smaller group than usual but no less ground covered. As is the way at this time of year the weeds are shooting up all over the garden with the warm and sometimes wet weather. Our gardeners did a sterling job clearing the flower beds and the rose garden. Some of our lovely roses were struggling so we replaced one or two of them to maintain the shape of our new rose garden. Some of our volunteers recently marked out the paths through the rose ..read more

Ask the Gardener: Cherry May 2022 Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 14th May 2022 Every month we will ask one of our wonderful community gardeners some questions about their own gardens and gardening habits. Hopefully you’ll find some inspiration in their answers. If you’d like to share some thoughts about your own garden, please get in touch. This month we heard from Cherry. Tell us about yourself: My name is Cherry. I live on Church Green, Great Wymondley with my husband Derek. We moved to the village in October 1974. We have a small, front garden with a wildlife pond, a ver ..read more

Open day 9th April 2022 Blogs Gallery Instagram Mail Facebook 7th May 2022 An absolutely wonderful open day to end Community Garden Week 2022. The gardens were looking beautiful and the weather was kind to all of our visitors. We were delighted to welcome so many people to the Wymondley Community Garden. Visitors were welcomed with a photo display of the progress we’ve achieved on the community garden since its inception in 2019. As they followed the path through our living Willow arch they then had the opportunity to sit and weave their own Easter wreaths from will ..read more