Past Events

From Newbury to Farnborough – June 2023 Garden Trip

June saw a posse of 20 heading off to visit several gardens in four counties. This birds eye view is from Sally on her inaugural EAGG outing Twenty of us

Restoration House and Godinton

EAGG outing to Kent – 12th July 2012 Our outing began with that at the time was an almost inconceivable sight – blue skies and fine weather. Most of us

Corpusty Mill

EAGG Visit – 9th June 2012 The group visited on the 9th June 2012 and what a fascinating afternoon it was. Our host, garden owner Roger Last, set the scene,

Elsing Hall

EAGG Visit – 9th June 2012 Patrick Lines and his partner Han Yap may be fairly new to gardening but Elsing Hall Garden is proof that the bug has truly

Fullers Mill Garden

EAGG Visit – 12 May 2012 and again in August 2022 Fullers Mill Garden lies down a forest road just north of Bury St Edmunds. The sombre gloom of the

John Massey’s Garden

At Ashwood Nursery – 10th March 2012 This three-acre garden has evolved over the past twelve years and now has sixteen distinct areas, all of which have been created to

East Ruston Old Vicarage

Nestled in between the pages of the current novel to laze away the summer afternoons in the shade is a snow gum leaf, already in early August, turned red and

Lucy Hutchings

Growing fruit and veg the no dig way Recently I attended a talk by Lucy Hutchings hosted by EAGG on 1st April 2023. What a delight.  Lucy is a wonderful

Troy Scott Smith

A tale of three gardens EAGG LECTURE SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2023  Yet more chairs had to be laid out for today’s  talk on the career of Troy Scott-Smith – not

Steve Edney

Steve Edney – How to Create a Herbaceous Border Saturday 4th February 2023 at Monks Eleigh Village Hall The first EAGG meeting of 2023 saw a really good turnout of

Ed Berger – Herbs for Health

Ed Berger – Herbs for Health Saturday 3rd November 2022 at Monks Eleigh Village Hall. It was unanimously agreed that Ed was an engaging, knowledgeable, interesting and excellent speaker. He

Childerley Hall and Gardens

The original house was built by the first Sir John Cutts in the late 15th century. What you see today is probably the remains of the south wing, much altered