Category: events
June Meeting – Oxford Botanic Garden
Our next meeting, on Monday 4th June, will be one of the highlights of the year, a talk by Timothy Walker. Tim, always an engaging and entertaining speaker, was until recently the Director of Oxford Botanic Garden and his talk will take us through the …
May Meeting – Gardeners’ Question Time
This month’s meeting sees us switch from our usual format of an horticultural talk and instead host a gardeners’ question time. Joining chairman Reg Moule on the panel are none other than Helen Picton from Old Court Nursery, Victoria Logue from Whiteh …
A Grand Day Out – Tuesday 17th July 2018
This year our annual Grand Day Out takes place on Tuesday 17th July. It promises to be a great day with visits to two classic Cotswold Gardens with lunch sandwiched in between. In the morning we visit Cerney House Gardens near Cheltenham before movin …
April Meeting – Growing vegetables without a plot
Reminder: Our April talk is on the second Monday – 9th April Reminder: Our April talk is on the second Monday – 9th April Our talk in April is given by Mark Hall. Mark is Grounds Manager at Harper Adams University and a trustee of the National Vegetab …
March Meeting – Stockton Bury in Spring
Our talk on the 5th March should be a breath of fresh air after the winter weather we have experienced. Tamsin Westhorpe will be talking to us about Stockton Bury Garden in the Spring. The talk will start at 7:30pm at Colwall Village Hall with complim …
February meeting – Gardening myths
Our talk on the 5th February will be by Ken Thompson, experienced ecologist and gardener and author of several books. Ken will be talking to us about gardening lore and debunking some of the myths that many of us hold to be true. The talk will …
December Meeting – AGM and Fruit Tree Pruning
Image courtesy of: Suttons Gardening Grow How Our December meeting on the 4th December includes our AGM which will commence at 7pm prompt in order for us to be able to start our talk at 7:30pm as usual. December’s talk is by Lawrence Green of Orchard O …
November Meeting – The Winter Garden
Our talk on the 6th November is courtesy of Andy McIndoe who is going to talk to us about Winter Gardens Andy has over 40 years experience in retail and production horticulture. A regular contributor to a number of magazines, blogs and BBC Radio he lec …
Percy Picton Memorial Lecture – Christine Walkden
We are delighted that Christine Walkden has agreed to deliver the 31st Percy Picton Memorial Lecture on the 2nd October 2017. Whilst Christine is well known for her horticulture based media work, having presented on BBC Gardeners’ World, Christi …