Our gardening club is open to gardeners, non gardeners, schools and volunteers. Visitors are always welcome although they are expected to join after a couple of attendances.
You do not have to be a gardening expert to join, we welcome people of all ages, with or without gardens, with or without experience.
Some of the benefits of joining are:
Membership Benefits
- Free quarterly magazine, the “Compost Box“
- Free attendance at monthly meetings – see our Events page for the programme
- Visits to members’ and other gardens in the summer
- Discount prices on Ecover products and other goods at evening meetings
- Shop and swap at evening meetings (including heritage seeds)
- Affiliate membership of Winchester Allotment Association which offers a wide range of gardening items for sale including tools, seeds, bulbs and compost. Prices can be 30% less than at garden centres.
- The Trading Hut at Park Road, Winchester is open from 10am – 12 noon each Saturday and Sunday and most Bank Holiday Mondays.
- Affiliate membership of Garden Organic. The group has an affiliation card to Garden Organic which allows two members free entry to its gardens at Ryton and Audley End. This is available from the Treasurer.
- Borrow and read Living Earth (magazine of the Soil Association) or Organic Way (magazine of Garden Organic)
- Join the co-operative buying group
- Exchange information and ideas with other organic enthusiasts from solar heating to lettuces.
Membership costs £10 per person or £15 per household payable through the post or by cheque to our membership secretary or treasurer. As we are a registered charity we encourage people to agree to Gift Aid their subscription so that we can recover some of the tax. Of course, if you do not have any taxable income this is not possible.