The Suntrap Gardening Club 
is organised by a small Committee headed by
The Chair Person, Richard Rudkin
and
The Club Secretary is Gordon Erskine

Meetings on the third Tuesday of each month from February to December
Normally 19.15hrs.
Check 'Gardening Club Programme 2012 ' for details 

Potential new members or visitors please come along to any meeting where you will be sure of a warm welcome.  

 Annual Membership in 2012/13 is held at £10 per person.
Refreshments each month will be charged at £1.50 pp.
Outing costs will be advised when known.  

Suntrap Gardening Club was set up, with the help of Tutor John Smith, by a group of keen amateur gardeners. Having completed a course, run by Oatridge College at Suntrap Garden, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, where they had been learning the basics of gardening, they were keen to keep in touch with Suntrap and continue the process. 
Members meet once a month at Suntrap or at a different arranged venue to hear speakers, get hands on experience of different techniques or to enjoy a conducted tour of a garden led by the owner or head gardener.
The Gardening Club do not run flower and vegetable shows because the emphasis is purely on learning and furthering an interest  in and expanding their gardening skills and techniques. The group are a friendly bunch of people who between them have wide interests in growing all kinds of plants and are often able to help one another with a problem or offer advice based on their own experiences. As a club member there is access to an extensive group of professional nursery men and gardeners as well as educationalists who willingly come to speak on a wide range of topics. Members are very welcoming to newcomers of whatever level and it is their hope that the club can continue to serve the purpose for which it was set up - namely to encourage an interest in and educate amateur gardeners. 
The Club is a member organisation of the Scottish Gardeners Forum which provides relevant advice to gardening clubs all over Scotland. 
The Gardening Club have delegates on the SOS Committee and our Secretary is a very active volunteer at Suntrap.