FAGUS was started in 1993 following a series of gardening classes run by much respected local horticulturist Mary Payne MBE. The aim was to have sufficient “pennies in the piggy bank” to be able to engage high calibre speakers and familiar names, from home and abroad, that smaller clubs cannot afford. Our membership currently stands at around 250. Notable speakers include Beth Chatto, Dan Pearson, Chris Beardshaw, Dan Hinkley, Roy Lancaster, Adam Frost and Anna Pavord.
The FAGUS Committee
Mary Payne MBE
President
Yvonne Wesbroom
Chair
David Packham
Secretary
Annie Elser
Membership Secretary
Tony Pickett
Treasurer
Jean Packham
Committee Member
Miriam Thornton
Speaker Secretary
Wendy Musson
Committee Member
Lena Smeaton
Committee Member
Jennie Bligh
Committee Member
Affiliations
FAGUS is pleased to be affiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society and The Somerset Federation of Garden Clubs.
We are delighted and grateful that our FAGUS newsletter is sponsored by Middlecombe Nursery.
Useful Links
Here are some other links you might find useful.
- Avon Gardens Trust – www.avongardenstrust.org.uk
- Open Gardens – the UK National Directory – www.opengardens.co.uk
- Perennial – www.perennial.org.uk
- Plant Heritage – www.nccpg.com
- Royal Horticultural Society – www.rhs.org.uk
- Somerset Federation of Garden Clubs – sfgc.org.uk/somersetfederation/sfgc
- The National Gardens Scheme – www.ngs.org.uk
