Welcome to The Patcham Gardening Network!
Do you enjoy gardening?
Would you like to join a group to share knowledge, skills, plants and much more?
The Patcham Gardening Network is a group of local gardening enthusiasts who meet once a month to share and enhance our gardening knowledge. We invite experts to give talks and workshops, organise trips to gardens, and open up our own gardens for members to visit. We are building a community for local gardeners of all abilities to indulge their passion further.
Membership is open to all at £24 per year. Please Join Us!
Details of all our meetings can be found on our Events page.
Thanks to everyone who came to Juliet Sargeant's talk in February.
In Bottom’s Up! Your Garden’s Success Starts with the Soil Juliet gave us an update of recent discoveries in soil science and an overview of where we are in our understanding of how to look after the soil in our gardens. We all came away with some great practical tips on how to manage our chalky soils and suggestions for successful planting schemes on challenging sites.
Juliet's new book Start With Soil is published on May 1st 2025 and can be pre-ordered now.
March 2025 PGN Presents.....
Our next event is on Wednesday 26th March at 7pm when John Funnell will talk about the archaeology that can be found in our Patcham gardens. John is the Archaeological Co-ordinator at Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society. Please join us at the Community Centre.
It will also be time to renew your PGN membership - a steal at £24 for the next twelve months!
PGN Open Gardens
Thanks so much to Sally and Sara who opened their gardens to PGN members this year. Sally chose the wildest weather day in June and still raised over £300 for Cancer Research.
Sara chose a balmy July afternoon and raised nearly £240 for the Downs View College Community Garden.
Thanks to everyone who came to support both open gardens. We'll have more next year!
Any Questions?
