Mellie Lewis

Chair

I am the National Collection Holder of Aeoniums. Plants have been my lifeblood since childhood. For 45 years I have campaigned, championed and written articles on Ponds and Wildlife in the Garden. I have an organic ‘Bee kind’ garden in the centre of Clun

Amanda Ford

Vice Chair

I have very happy childhood memories of gardening with two wise ladies who lived next door to our house back in Surrey back in the 60s.  Happy times.  Borders overflowing with flowers, veg patch full of all sorts of loveliness, a barn full of apples and pears to overwinter.  I try to recreate some of those memories in my small walled garden and allotment in Clun, gardening for the bees, insects and wildlife that need our help so badly. Sadly no barn to store produce over winter!  

Tina McAra

Treasurer

I moved to Clun in 2023 from a large house with a small garden to a small house with a large garden! Everyone knows my garden as “Bill Rowe’s place” and my husband and I, assisted by my mum and our two dogs, are endeavouring to make it as beautiful as it must have once been. Even overgrown and weedy it is a very peaceful place where we encourage the wildlife and enjoy watching the river.

Ellison Bibby

Secretary

My garden has always been important to me wherever I’ve lived since childhood. Despite not being very interested at the time, I often recall nuggets of wisdom that I learnt from watching my father garden.
I joined the gardening club when I moved to Shropshire 5 years ago and through it have made many gardening friends and have learnt much that has helped me with the development of my own garden which is on heavy clay soil, with some steep borders and a large pond that often dries up in summer.

Sara Roberts

Membership Secretary

I tended a steep and narrow coastal garden in the mild Cornish climate for 30+ years, where self-seeded echiums grew 10 feet tall and Mexican fleabane grew in profusion.  I am now enjoying the rather different joys and challenges of a large, flat, mature garden in Clun.  We get harder frosts and snow here! And moles. But, thankfully, not so many slugs and snails. I’ve been delighted by the drifts of snowdrops, and the tadpoles in the pond. And I love to just potter and observe the seasonal changes.

Pauline Owens

Raffle

In childhood, I remember being fascinated by the fact that my father’s very ‘dead’ looking Dahlia corms grew into such beautiful flowers in late summer. In 2001, when I came to the Welsh Marches, I was introduced to a largish garden compared with previously in my life. I have been lucky to have kind friends who have helped my gardening knowledge and encouraged me to join  two gardening clubs