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 persons |
Joke Ploem |
2025 Annual report
Within the Proparte association, the gardening club is a long-established group with loyal members who are passionate gardening enthusiasts. The aim is to organise a number of group outings to gardens or landscapes, with a focus on history and painting. A guide is present on all outings, and lunch is always provided afterwards.
We started this year in the Leidse Hout, where we learnt about peat soil and beach ridges, and the various groups of stinzen plants that bloom there.
Our May outing focused on the Roman era. We visited Matilo Park in Leiden, which features, amongst other things, a Roman herb garden.
In the summer, we went to the Heemtuin in Leiderdorp and to what turned out to be the highlight of the year: the Turfhof in Lisse. A beautifully landscaped garden of almost one hectare with an incredible variety of plants and ornamental grasses.
Finally, we visited Floris Verster: his still lifes, his favourite plants in the flowerbeds of the Singelpark, and his grave.
Are you interested?
Contact Joke Ploem (jokeploem@hotmail.com) or Annemarie de Vries (annemarietermijtelen@gmail.com).