Welcome to new and existing members of the Group. I looked at last year’s email - "I’m writing this on one the wetter days this year but plants are springing into life; daffodils, snowdrops, camellias, hellebores, forsythia and miscari are all out and I know we need the rain. I shall try to arrange roughly one visit per month between April and September. I am choosing a mixture of days, where I can, to try and be helpful, but I know that whatever I choose it won’t be convenient for everyone, similarly for venues. We go whatever the weather forecast, we’ve a pretty good record, even during wet years.”

Not much has changed on the weather front!

(See below for a summary of visits - apply to Anne for details. ed.) I hope there is something here to interest you. When it comes to directions, I give those from the Yellow Book or the appropriate website, the postcode and the map reference, so don’t blame me if you get lost!