If you have any interest in fruit growing, you will find a warm welcome in the Group. The Group was formed in 1960 and has approximately 50 members. Its members are particularly active in helping to clear the woodland and planting it with new rhododendrons. There are 3 meetings with speakers each year at the Study Centre and an outside visit to a garden noted for its rhododendrons. In addition, in early May each year a weekend of visits is arranged in various parts of the country to private gardens not usually open to the public.
New members are most welcome.
The Rose Group has 3 meetings each year on Saturday afternoons at 2.30pm in the Study Centre. In July the Group puts on a splendid display of members' roses from 12.00 noon to 5.00 pm. All members of the Northern Horticultural Society and their friends are welcome to attend any of the group's meetings - they are friendly and informal as you would expect when enthusiasts gather together to discuss their interest in the genus rosa . The group is widening its scope to include other species of plants. Meetings are in the main, lectures.