Judith Bray
In 2015 on a CHS day trip to Gwent, we visited Glebe House where among many splendid herbaceous plants, this Eryngium was spectacular. It is Eryngium elegans (Miss Willmott’s ghost), a memorable name and evidently a memorable person too. A 19th century gardener, she secretly scattered seeds of this plant in other people’s gardens.

Alison Swanson
My David Austin ‘Blue Rose ‘ from CHS Trip July 2018 one stem has 20 buds!

An empty pot waiting for any CHS member to fill with a special plant from a day-trip. Sometimes members on our day-long garden-visiting trips are lucky enough to be given a cutting or some seeds. More often there is a table of plants for sale, or we visit specialist nurseries – resulting in a very gaudy (sometimes even prickled) set of passengers heading back to Aberystwyth.

CHS SUMMER DAY TRIPS FROM ABERYSTWYTH 2020
ARE POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 

The cancelled list for 2020 below shows a typical example of our summer and autumn schedule, which we are hoping to repeat next year.

Each NORMAL year, our organizers find a wide variety of public and private gardens within a day’s journey from Aberystwyth and non-members are welcome. The summer schedule always includes an evening visit to a local garden with dinner at a nearby hotel. For day trips, R J Jones Coaches depart from Aberystwyth Long Stay Car Park opposite the Police Station. Pickups are negotiable en route: contact Outings Organiser. The CHS committee welcome suggestions for future venues. The spring issue of Spadework has further details of day-trip plans. A downloadable booking form will be available when the current situation changes.

DATE & TIME DESTINATION DETAILS & COST
ESTIMATES
1. Wednesday 18 March
Afternoon visit
Own transport.		 Aberystwyth
Behind the Scenes at Newnams Nursery		 CANCELLED
2. Long Stay Car Park Aberystwyth
 Gwent
 Dewstow Gardens &  Glebe House 
  
3.

Herefordshire
Brobury House and Gardens and Brilley Court

  
4.

Shropshire
Wollerton Old Hall and Goldstone Hall

  
5. Evening Visit
Own Transport 

Penybont, Llanafan Supper at Y Ffermers

  
6. Long Stay Car Park Aberystwyth

Pembrokeshire
Dyffryn Fernant  & Treffgarne Hall

  
7. Long Stay Car Park Aberystwyth

Greater Manchester
 New RHS Bridgwater Gardens