Meetings are regularly attended by up to 90 people and providing tea and cakes is becoming a major operation. The committee provide the lead and make cakes for each meeting, but members also volunteer on a rota basis to help out.

Our Annual Show is also very labour intensive and members volunteer to help the committee with a variety of duties including stewarding, plant sales, refreshments, preparation of the Barlow Institute and subsequent clearing up after the event and of course, making cakes.

We are also very active in the local community and have been involved in leading several initiatives. Since the late 1980’s the Society has from time to time carried out bulb planting to the approaches to Edgworth village. The first planting took place on land beside Bolton Road just above what is still known locally as ‘Loopy Loos’ and, more recently in October 2011 the area around the Waterwheel on Bury Road was also planted.

In Spring 1986 we established the Tebay Memorial Garden in the grounds of the local parish church, St. Anne’s at Chapeltown. The garden was redesigned and refurbished in 2009 and is maintained by members and the committee on a rota basis.

As part of the centenary celebrations at the Barlow Institute we organised a celebrity lecture on 18th March 2009 given by Roy Lancaster O.B.E. Roy is a very proud Boltonian and he helped the Society plant a commemorative tree and plaque near the children’s play area at the rear of the Barlow Institute.