Garden Club
The Garden Club is a ProParte sub-group.
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Aim |
To visit gardens, nurseries, estates and museums of garden history; also lectures about barden history. Frequency: one meeting a month. |
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Membership |
ProParte members |
| Number of members | About 15 |
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Fees |
€ 15 per year |
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Contact person |
Joke Ploem-Zaaijer |
2023 Annual report
Once again this year we were able to offer our members a varied monthly programme. First of all, of course, we visited gardens and nurseries, but we also saw a country house (Beeckestijn), heard about a major restoration of a historic house with its surrounding garden in Oegstgeest, went to a sculpture garden amidst lush roses in the Westbroek Park in The Hague and walked in the wonderful world of mosses in the Noordwijk dunes led by Joop Kortselius.
We visited gardens in Voorburg and Bleiswijk. In Laren, we were given a tour of Piet Oudolf’s garden at the Singer Museum. In the autumn we went to a dahlia nursery in Voorhout, with explanations of the various stages in the life of a bulb or tuberous plant. We started and ended the year indoors. In January we saw images of the Northern Lights at Naturalis and in November we went to a lecture by Groei en Bloei about the vast realm of mushrooms. As in previous years, we devoted December to our own work: we made Christmas centrepieces for the Christmas lunch for the former Vrolec members.
Although our membership is shrinking – there are 15 of us now, none of us spring chickens – we continue undeterred. If the programme appeals to you, you are most welcome to join us.