Cost is £25 per head, £30 for family and friends.


  • Date:04/06/2025 08:30 - 04/06/2025 18:00
  • Location Bodenham Arboretum, Cookley, Kidderminster, UK (Map)

Description

Organised by Angela Shaw

This year our trip will be to Bodenham Arboretum near Kidderminster and John’s Garden at Ashwood Nurseries. .


Our itinerary is:


9:00 am              Coach leaves the Co-op car park in Balsall Common for Bodenham Arboretum. Please arrive before       this so we can all be checked in and seated in good time.

10:00 am            Arrive at Bodenham Arboretum

10:30 am            Guided walk which will last for one hour


Lunch break       We will have lunch before leaving, either your own picnic or in the onsite café.


1:00 pm              Travel on to John’s Garden at Ashwood

2:00 pm              Guided tour which will last for approximately 90 mins. Afterwards you might like to walk along the canal, visit the wild-life garden, the well-stocked nursery and the tearooms (I can recommend their cakes!)

4:30 pm              Coach departs for Balsall Common

6:00 pm              Expected return time


Both of these venues promise lots to interest all levels of gardener and to prompt ideas for our own gardens.


Bodenham Arboretum is located just north of Kidderminster and is 170 acres contain mature woodland, specimen trees and shrubs – over 3000 species in total which include important collections such as Acers, North American Oaks and Alders,  and two chains of pools and lakes, integrated within a working farm.


David and Jennifer Binnian began the project in 1973. It started as a hobby, just planting a few trees each winter, until it developed into what it is today. It’s now run as a family venture.


‘John’s Garden’ at Ashwood Nurseries is a wonderful eight-acre private garden created by nursery owner and Chelsea Gold medallist John Massey . Informal borders, island beds, woodland dells and a wildlife garden are set against the beautiful backdrop of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.