Approx 10 acre, exceptionally fine traditional English garden. Rose garden, herbaceous garden, pond garden, herb garden, fruit, vegetable and cutting garden and glasshouses. Many specimen trees and fine shrubs, orchard and terraces. Garden mostly designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd which has achieved numerous golds at Chelsea, she has remodelled the garden over the last few years. The person leading this TBC.

Fantastic Tea and cake and also has WC facilities.

Exact day and timings will be given once the National Garden Scheme has issued the dates for next year. this is only open twice a year on a Wednesday.

Penny & Gerald Clarke will lead a visit to

Seend Manor Created over the last 23 years the main walled garden, one of three, contains exceptional topiary and parterres, clipped hedges, and garden structures. These include extensive trellis work and a thatched cottage orne in the rose and peony garden, an Italian stone loggia and parterre, four extensive alleys of bleached hornbeam hedges on stilts and green oak temple, along with a classic Ming style Chinese garden with a genuine Chinese pavilion brought over from China, and a thatched African mud hut within the African garden. Several of the key features were laid out by Julian & Isabel Bannerman, including an grotto pond and fern walk, and a ruined folly in the wood. There is a productive walled kitchen garden, very fine old topiary and exceptional views across the Wiltshire countryside towards the Salisbury plain.

Seend House is a Georgian house with 6 acres of gardens and paddocks. Framed with yew and box. Highlights inc cloud and rose garden, stream lavender, view of knot garden from above, fountain with grass border, walled garden as well as formal borders. Amazing view across the valley to Salisbury Plain.

Both houses have a combined entrance fee of £10 as part of the National Garden Scheme open day. There are also home-made teas and refreshments in aid of Seend village hall and church available at an additional cost.

We will meet at the entrance to Seend Manor which is opposite the sports field that also acts as the parking area for this event.

The Wiltshire Agricultural Preservation Group (WAPG) have a steam and vintage Rally at Lydiard Park, Swindon. Tickets are £12 (or £10 if you buy online before 6th June) We will meet at the entrance at 9.30am. There will be plenty to see and photograph including Steam Traction Engines, Vintage Tractors, Heavy Horses, Vintage Military vehicles and a Battle of Britain memorial flypast of Lancaster Bombers (weather permitting), and lots more, see here for full details, there should be plenty of photo opportunities.  There is plenty to do so feel free to bring along your family as well. Parking is free, if anyone wants to lift share let Caroline know and she will arrange this.

Penny Clarke will be leading this and you will each be given a list of 10 subjects. Then over the next 2 hours you will need to get as creative as possible and find an image for each one.

This could be the letter A, Circles etc but the exact list is under wraps until the day and will be handed out.

We will then meet for a coffee and cake at High Society at 3pm and find out how everyone has done on this challenge.

Images for each subject will be posted on the club website and people will be able to vote on their favourites.