Wednesday 2nd July

Garden Visit – Duck Pond Barn Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 9LW 7pm Members £5 Non-members £10 Garden of 1.6 acres with large duck pond, lawns, ericaceous beds, dry bed, orchard, vegetable garden, big greenhouse, wood and wild areas of grass and trees with many wild flowers. Large dry stone wall topped with flower beds with rose arbour. 3 ponds linked by a rill in flower garden and large pergola in orchard. Set in farmland and mainly flat. Many interesting and rare succulents. Previously a cow field, this garden of nearly 2 acres, belongs to an ancient listed converted Barn. The present owners have added many interesting and unusual features including a large greenhouse, a dry bed, a rill connecting 3 new ponds through the flower garden, large ‘dry stone’ walls changing levels in one area and the development of flower meadows in the orchard and small wood.