Nottingham Organic Gardeners

Gardeners are welcome to join our garden sessions held by Nottingham Organic Gardeners on our well established organic allotment site at Whitemoor Allotments.

Monthy Saturday Sow and Grow Garden Party - new for 2024 we are trying sow and grow sessions, come along and sow seeds (veggies, fruit and flowers) you can then take the seeds home for your garden/allotment or windowsill!

The garden work parties are open to new volunteers on a monthly basis. If you want to come more often please let us know!

What do we do?
We meet on the plot for a start time of 11am prompt, tours of the garden are given to new visitors and hot and cold drinks available. Each month we will focus on the seasons and sow seeds, care for plants and make compost. The joy of our gardening sessions is that we share in the work, share in the harvests and share plants.
Gardening tasks are given out and you can be paired with a NOGs member to learn what to do so don't worry if you are still learning - so are we!
After a morning of gardening activities we stop for light lunch at 1pm - this is normally a vegan soup plus extras.
We try to share as many things as we can in the garden from that day - pick your salad leaves, take spare plants or seedlings home, take a few pots for seedlings etc!

https://www.melbournehall.com
Tickets to this event are restricted to 25 NOGS members so please subscribe and sign up here! https://forms.gle/NFi2XjPTqViWi8BB6
If you aren't a NOGs member sign up here https://nottinghamorganicgardeners.com/membership
Melbourne Hall is a Grade II* Georgian style country house. The Grade l listed garden with its broad sweeps of lawn, avenues and unexpected vistas is one of the most treasured historical gardens in the country and is the best surviving early 18th century English garden in the manner of le Notre. It was laid out by Rt. Hon Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain to Queen Anne, with help from the garden landscape designers George London and Henry Wise in the formal style. It is noted for its long tunnel of Yew, its wrought iron arbour created by Robert Bakewell and its statuary by Jan van Nost, notably the Four seasons monument, a gift from Queen Anne. On arrival at Melbourne Hall, we will be given an introductory talk by the Head Gardener.
The Dower House has a beautiful view of Melbourne Pool from the balustraded terrace. The garden drops steeply by paths and steps to lawn with herbaceous borders and banks of some 60 shrubs. Numerous paths lead to different areas of the garden, providing varied planting opportunities including a bog garden, glade, shrubbery, grasses, herb and vegetable garden, rose tunnel, orchard and small woodland. The garden is on two levels connected by steps and steep paths. The ticket price includes a tour of the gardens.

Pay £8 on the gate at the garden (or free to RHS members)

If you would like to visit the gardens before the tour then please go get your ticket when the gardens open and then join us for the tour at 2.30

Please contact us by email if you can offer a car share option for others from Notts city centre or organise between yourselves
Please let us know asap if you can't attend so we can ensure your place goes to someone who would like to go

Bring your spare seedlings, plants and seed packets and swap them for something new! If you've not got anything spare you can still join in, just give a donation instead.

Pond dipping and wildlife talk on the allotment 11 – 1pm