Category: Meetings
The Percy Picton Memorial Lecture
At our next meeting on Monday 6th October at 7pm we are delighted to welcome back Chris Beardshaw, who will deliver the 2025 Percy Picton Memorial Lecture. In ‘Painting with Plants’ Chris talks you through the evolution of the English Garden style, in …
Monday 1st September – Paul Green: Sensory Sensations
Paul Green will describe those plants which give us real ‘Sensory Sensations’. Paul’s nursery, Green’s Leaves, started supplying plants back in 1994 and specialises in rare and unusual plants from around the world. Paul always tests new varieties for t …
Monday 4th August – Rosy Hardy: Seasonal Flowering Perennials
Rosy Hardy founded Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants in 1988. Since then it has become one of the UK’s best recognised plantsman nurseries for herbaceous perennials and is a regular exhibitor at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Rosy gives gardening talks a …
Monday 7th July: Hydrangeas – A Gentle Obsession
Dr Roger Lloyd from the renowned Highfield Farm Garden in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, will be talking to us on Monday about hydrangeas. Hydrangeas fell out of fashion in the late 90s but are now right back in the mainstream. With the introduction of new …
Monday 2nd June: Happy Plants, Happy Minds
Our next talk is “Organic Gardening – Happy plants, Happy Minds” with Nicola Hope, who will take us through a gardening year in the large garden where she works. Plenty of tips, beautiful flowers and juicy vegetables. Nikki is a consultant organic hort …
Monday 5th May: Pruning with Timothy Walker
Our next meeting, on Monday 5th May, 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 …
Monday 7th April: A talk about Kiftsgate and a bulb competition
Garden historian and author Vanessa Berridge will delve into the story of the three generations of women who have cared for and transformed the renowned Kiftsgate Court Gardens. Kiftsgate is a family-run garden in the Cotswolds featuring rare plants an …
Monday March 3rd: Unusual Evergreens with Nick Macer
We are delighted to welcome Nick Macer back to Colwall for this third talk to the WCHS. Nick is best known as a specialist nurseryman and owner of Pan Global Plants. After, in his own words, a ‘rebellious youth’, he took a three-year course in arboricu …
February Meeting on Monday 3rd
A Year in John’s Garden In this talk, Nigel Hopes will provide a Head Gardener’s behind the scenes tour of John Massey’s Private Garden at Ashwood Nurseries, with highlights through the year and plenty of practical advice. January’s talk by …