Category: Programme
July Meeting – The Restoration of Hestercombe
The next meeting of the Society will be on the 7th July when we will be welcoming David Usher, former Head Gardener at Hestercombe. David was head gardener at Hestercombe for 18 years and will be talking to us about the restoration of the gardens. The …
June meeting – Plants of the Season
Our talk on the 2nd June is by Paul Green of Green Leaves Nursery, near Newent. Paul will give us a practical hands on demonstration about plants for the season. The talk will start at 7:30 and free refreshments are available from 7:00pm. Visi …
May Meeting and the future of Kew
Our speaker on the 5th May is Leila Jackson of T3 Wall End Nursery near Leominster who will be talking to us about Abutilons. Leila, along with her father, Eric Turner, are breeders of Abutilons and Salvias. They regularly have stands at the Malvern S …
Change of Speaker – April Meeting
Unfortunately Clive Bevan is unable to join us on the 7th April as our speaker. However, we are pleased that Mick Poultney has agreed to step in and provide us with a talk on growing vegetables for showing. Mick is Chair of the West Midland District A …
April Meeting – Vegetables for Showing
Its time to start thinking about growing vegetables for the show table and especially our Annual Summer Show on the 9th August. To help our members with tips and advice we have arranged for Clive Bevan to talk to us on 7th April about growing vegetabl …
March Meeting – How to be a rose expert
At the 3rd March meeting we will be entertained by Thomas Sanday, former rose nurseryman, who will tell us how to become rose experts. So if you have questions about the differences between pruning climbers and ramblers, when to feed, or even the diff …
February Meeting – The Creation of Great Dixter and the Life of Christopher Lloyd
Our talk on the 3rd February is by Stephen Anderton on The Creation of Great Dixter and the Life of Christopher Lloyd. Stephen Anderton is an award-winning journalist, author, broadcaster and lecturer, both in the UK and abroad. Stephen has written and …
January meeting – Design and The Garden
We start the year off on the evening of the 6th January with a talk by Paul Hervey-Brookes. Paul is a garden designer and has won gold medals at Chelsea and Hampton Court flower shows although his first show garden was at the Malvern Autumn show in 200 …
Programme 2014
We have another exciting and interesting programme of talks in 2014 – it looks like there is something for everyone Monday, 6th January 2014 – Design and the Garden, Paul Hervey-Brookes Monday, 3rd February 2014 – The Creation of Great Dixter and the …