Our annual summer outing started with a visit to Stone House, in Wyck Rissington, a lovely garden with many interesting features created almost from scratch by Katie Lukas and her husband.

After lunch in Stow-on-the-Wold, we spent a few hours in the well known and magnificent garden at Bourton House, introduced by Monique Paice.

Monique and a team of helpers have transformed a wilderness into the garden visitors admire today.

Our guest speakers at our next meeting were Chris and Denise Cotterill, who developed Worcester Aquatic Centre. Chris and Denise brought an extensive collection of pond and marginal plants to show us, backed up by expert advice on how to start and maintain a garden pond.