Gilnahirk Horticultural and Civic Society
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Programme 2025/26
MONTH SPEAKER
SEPTEMBER Maurice Parkinson - Ballyrobert Gardens
OCTOBER Mark Smith - Planting Bulbs for Spring
NOVEMBER Peter McCabe - East Belfast Street Names
DECEMBER Thomas McGaw - Festive Flowers
JANUARY NO MEETING
FEBRUARY Kieran Sawer - the history of Sawers, Belfast
MARCH TBA
APRIL AGM and Quiz
MAY Ann Fitzsimons and Plant Sale
Competition Table Themes
All entries must have been grown or made by you.
MONTH THEMES
SEPTEMBER Any vegetable and/or garden flower
OCTOBER Any fruit and/or a Halloween arrangement
NOVEMBER A berried shrub and/or a houseplant
DECEMBER A Christmas arrangement and/or a craft item
JANUARY NO MEETING
FEBRUARY A Valentine arrangement and/or a cactus
MARCH A flowering shrub and/or a Spring flower
APRIL A garden bloom and/or variegated foliage
MAY NO Competition
Our meetings are open to everyone, and take place at the Stye Brae Centre, Gilnahirk Road, Belfast. The meeting starts at 8pm. Talks usually alternate monthly between Civic and Gardening topics.
Our club supports all types of gardening — cottage-style, native plant and succulent, vegetable and fruit and so on.
However, we do not limit our meetings to gardening issues. We are also a Civic Society and we arrange speakers on a wide range of topics. In the past we have heard about how to become a tour guide; the history of some of East Belfast's large houses; SD Bell's tea and coffee business; the Air Ambulance Service; local environmental issues as well as photographic presentations and demonstrations.