Our in house apple expert, Liam Gaffney, will be sharing his expertise with us once again.

A talk by Julie Price, a renowned botanical artist, who lives in Cromarty, on Thursday 3 September.

We are presenting this event within Nairn Book and Arts Festival. 

Club members who have attended meetings throughout the year will qualify for a free ticket for this event.

An opportunity to taste fruit and vegetables grown by club members, along with rescipes cooked using seasonal produce

Owing to circumstances beyond our control, Hilary Macdonald is unable to host the gardening club on the original date of Wed.1st July. This outing has been postponed until Wed. 29th July.

If you have booked a seat on the minibus for 1st July,  you will have received an email asking you to reconfirm that you are still able to attend on 29th July.

Minibus departs from The Community Centre at 7.00pm.

Please note there is no parking for cars at this venue.

We have booked a guided tour of the herb nursery at Poyntzfield on Saturday 18 July.  Please meet at the nursery at 10,30am,  The cost is £5 per person.

On this occasion,  we are not running a minibus as you may wish to enjoy the rest of the day on the Black Isle afterwards.

We are holding the plant sale and coffee morning at The Royal British Legion. Nairn

on Saturday 6 June from 10.00-12.00

The proceeds of thei event will be donated to Brain Tumour Research.

An outing to the Scone Palace Garden Fair by minibus departing from The Community Centre at 7.30am on Saturday 30 May.

Please book a place on the minibus by contacting our secretary, Maureen Miller, by email at maureen-miller@hotmail.co.uk

Jonathan Caddy 

Ffion Maguire will be talking about how to take an ecological approach in your garden

A talk by J J Gladwin about a charity that aims to bring nature back into education by creating teaching gardens in school grounds

Our speaker is John Owen, formerly Chairman of the Highland Rock Garden Club, which met in Nairn until 2020.  He used to run a nursery specialising in alpines at Askival near Fort Augustus.

Local photographer, David Shillabeer, will show us how to elevate our garden photography to a new level

8.00 - 9.45am Staging of exhibits

1.00– 4.00pm ANNUAL SHOW at Nairn Community & Arts Centre

 9.00-12.00 Preparation of the main hall at the Community Centre 

4.30-8.00pm  The staging of exhibits opens

Our destination this year is East Sutherland, around the Dornoch area. We shall be visiting the garden at Skelbo House, near Dornoch and Amat Lodge, Ardgay. In addition, we shall be visiting 2 Strathview, Alcaig, near Conon Bridge on our route north.  

These three gardens open as part of Scotland's Gardens Scheme so more details about each can be found on the Scotland's Gardens Scheme web site.

We are able to offer the Annual Outing on Saturday 19 July for £50 per member.  This includes:

• Minibus travel from Nairn Community and Arts Centre to visit 2 Strathview, Alcaig, near Conon Bridge, Skelbo House, near Dornoch, and Amat Lodge, Croick, near Ardgay, calling at The Priory Hotel, Beauly for dinner on our return to Nairn.
• Admission to three gardens which are donations to Scotland's Gardens Scheme and the charities chosen by the garden owners.
• A soup and sandwich lunch at the Trentham Hotel.

Not included:

Dinner at The Priory Hotel, Beauly (we have been asked to pre-order the main course).  We will pay individually at the restaurant.

Payment is requested by BACS to the club account.  Please put a reference: Your surname/DORNOCH

A talk by botanist Heather McHaffie, formerly Scottish Plants Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

An outing by minibus to the North Scotland Garden Show at Turriff Showground on Friday 13 June, departing from the Community Centre at 8.00am. This is the first and only garden and forestry show in the north of Scotland.

Please book your seat on the minibus at the earliest opportunity by emailing the club secretary.  In addition, we are only providing return travel from Nairn to Turriff Showground and you will need to pay your own entrance fee to the show.  The cost of this outing is £10.

David McAllister's talk will address these questions:

What is soil?

What is its composition?

How is soil formed?

Which organisms are present in soil?

How can soil be improved?

A talk by Graham Sullivan, who previously worked at Scottish Natural Heritage (now NatureScot) as an upland specialist.

He is an enthusiastic grower of alpines and secretary of the Black Isle Horticultural Society.

Ann Chilcott has been beekeeping in rural Nairnshire for over twenty years and is qualified to Scottish Expert Beemaster level. She teaches beekeeping skills and is the author of www.beelistener.co.uk where she shares her knowledge with readers. Her talk will consider the current challenges to important pollinators and what we can do as gardeners to support them and protect future food security.

7.30pm Sandra Halkett: NAFAS judge

7.30pm Des Scholes: Nairn Apple Network Coordinator

7.30pm Wildlife Gardening
Philip Cormie: Till and Wild

Eco-conscious, plant focused horticultural services and consultancy
(Nairn Book and Arts Festival Event)

8.00 - 9.45am Staging of exhibits

1.00– 4.00pm ANNUAL SHOW at Nairn Community & Arts Centre

9.00 – 1.00pm ANNUAL SHOW Set-up at Nairn Community & Arts Centre

4.30 - 8.00pm Staging of exhibits

7.30pm Followed by show preparation

Bruckhills Croft, Rothienorman, and Leith Hall

By kind invitation of Thérèse and Peter Muskus
Minibus leaves the Community Centre at 6.30pm

By kind invitation of Rob and Julie Forrest
Minibus leaves The Community Centre at 6.00pm

7.30pm Laura Green from Greens Nurseries

7.30pm  Martin Cook: author of ‘Birds of Moray and Nairn’

7.30pm John Martin: National Vegetable Society judge