Category: Programme
June Meeting – Gardens and Plants of Norway
Our next meeting is on Monday 3rd June. Our speaker for the evening is Tommy Tonsberg. Tommy is a gardener, nurseryman and writer who lives north of Oslo, where he grows everything from alpines and vegetables to tender plants, as well as running …
May Meeting – Gardening With and For Wildlife
Our next meeting is on Monday 6th May. After last month’s successful Gardeners’ Question Time this month we return to the usual lecture format. Our speaker for the evening is Victoria Logue. Victoria runs a nursery, Whitehall Farmhouse Plants and you m …
April 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 three local gardening experts (details to be announced shortly). Judging by pr …
March Meeting – Ideas for the Garden in Spring
Our next meeting is on Monday 4th March. Our speaker for the evening is Jeff Soulsby whose talk is entitled Ideas for the Garden in Spring. Jeff managed Hillier Garden and Plant Centre for 12 years and now runs his own peat-free nursery at Harvi …
February Meeting – Woody Plants at Aberglasney
Our next meeting is on Monday 4th February. Our speaker for the evening is Joseph Atkin whose talk is entitled Woody Plants at Aberglasney. Joseph has been head gardener at Aberglasney since March 2011. Aberglasney is a very special 10 acre gard …
January Meeting – Bulbs for the Unusual
Happy New Year. I hope everyone enjoyed a good Christmas and is looking forward to a good gardening 2019. We have a new programme to whet the appetite, details on the Programme page. Our next meeting is on Monday 7th January. Our speaker for th …
December Meeting – Plants Need a Balanced Diet Too
Our next meeting is on Monday 3rd December. The meeting will commence at 7pm with the Society’s AGM. Please arrive early so that the AGM can start promptly. The AGM will be followed by a talk by Roger Umpleby entitled Plants Need a Balanced Die …
November Meeting – The Winter Garden
Our next talk, on Monday 5th November, is given by Val Bourne. Val is a very well known garden writer, lecturer and organic gardener. She is the author of many books, including the The Natural Gardener (2004), The Winter Garden (2006) and The Living …
August Meeting – Plants Grow in Dirt
Our next meeting, on Monday 6th August, is given by Bob Brown. Entitled ‘Plants Grow in Dirt’ it is a thought provoking look into the realities of growing plants and gardening. For generations we were advised by our elders how to garden, but c …