Gilnahirk Horticultural and Civic Society
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Programme 2024/25
MONTH SPEAKER
SEPTEMBER Ann Fitzsimons – Autumn in your garden
OCTOBER Peter Lyons – The Woodland Trust
NOVEMBER George Lyttle - Belfast City Council - Recycling
DECEMBER Andy McCormick – Sow Grateful
JANUARY NO MEETING
FEBRUARY Matthew Lee – Horatio’s Trust
MARCH Aidan Campbell – Cregagh Updated
APRIL AGM and Quiz
MAY Panel Q&A 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 small bunch of herbs
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.