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Cannock Chase

Events

Our Meetings, Outings and Social Events:

Monthly Speaker Meetings are normally held at Victory Hall, Slitting Mill - Second Tuesday of the month at 2 pm. (As of February 2025, the organiser of these is yet to be announced). Social events (parties, outings etc) also have an organiser,  Carole Howard. Carole may be contacted via the Contact page (as can the committee for matters concerning speaker meetings).  

Other meetings include group meetings, organised by group leaders (see individual Groups' pages for contacts); outings; and social events. Non-members are more than welcome to attend all Meetings.

Here are some photos from a few of our events:

See the list below for a schedule of speaker meetings, group sessions, social events, workshops and outings, normally open to members & partners only, each of which may be subject to separate charges. 


Forthcoming events

7th May 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
(No S&T meeting this May owing to local elections at SMVH)
21st May 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
Rachel is a garden designer & horticulturalist, and owner of Springfield Cottage Garden, Brewood
Cost: £1 incl. tea/coffee & biscuit
4th June 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
with Graham Millington
Cost: £1 incl. tea/coffee & biscuit
18th June 2026
2:00 pm
Outing
A newly developed garden with an eclectic mix of perennials, themed borders, shrubs and roses, and fish ponds. Lots of covered seating. Location - 22 Kingston Road, Uttoxeter
Venue: To Be Advised
Cost: £1 incl. tea & biscuits
1st July 2026
Outing
Fields full off summer colour. Date unknown depends on Mother Nature; you will be contacted when the fields areopen for visits
Venue: To Be Advised
2nd July 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
with Roy Hughes
Cost: £1 incl. tea/coffee & biscuit
16th July 2026
2:00 pm
Outing
\/3 acre around a bungalow full of herbaceous perennials, grasses, shrubs with stand alone plants like cardamon, helenium and rudbeckia etc. Location - 15 Dartmouth Ave, Cannock. WS11 1EQ
Venue: To Be Advised
Cost: £!0 incl. refreshments
20th August 2026
Outing
40 years' gardening on this site has produced a hosta-filled courtyard, which leads to a Mediterranean patio, formal gardens, with stream & secret garden. Location: 76 Station Road, Cheslyn Hay […]
Venue: To Be Advised
Cost: £4 incl. tea & cake
17th September 2026
2:00 pm
Outing
The Mission, a 1 acre NGS Garden which boasts ancient giant oak, shrubs, flower borders, statues, climbing roses, orchard and kitchen garden. Location: Bickford Road, Whiston, Nr Penkridge ST19 5QH
Venue: To Be Advised
Cost: £12 incl. cream tea
15th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
We visited their garden ‘Fifty Shades of Green’ in Walsall last September. They will explain how they planned, planted and developed, their amazingly unusual and lush tropical garden in Walsall.
Cost: £1 incl. tea/coffee & biscuit