{"id":6491,"date":"2026-04-01T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:10:37","slug":"visit-to-rhs-bridgewater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2026\/04\/01\/visit-to-rhs-bridgewater\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to RHS Bridgewater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/SoroptimistsRHS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6515 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/SoroptimistsRHS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/SoroptimistsRHS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/SoroptimistsRHS.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thankfully the rain had stopped when the group of Soroptimists met for the first event of the Soroptimist International Manchester Centenary weekend celebrations &#8211; a visit to RHS Bridgewater in Worsley.\u00a0 Members met Soroptimists from Essen in Germany, Martinique from the Caribbean and one stray member from <a href=\"http:\/\/sigbi.org\/garforth-elmet\/\">SI Garforth Elmet<\/a>, the other side of the Pennines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6516\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/RHS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6516 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/RHS-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/RHS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2026\/04\/RHS.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They enjoyed a tour of the gardens, commenting on the abundance of spring flowers and showing particular interest in the community gardens and the original nineteenth century hot houses.\u00a0 Following light refreshments in the RHS cafe the visitors returned to their hotel to prepare for the evening event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Val Jenkins<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thankfully the rain had stopped when the group of Soroptimists met for the first event&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Visit to RHS Bridgewater | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; News : Visit to RHS Bridgewater : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Manchester . 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