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6th May Meeting – Using A Small Greenhouse
Small but well used Are you using your greenhouse as much as you could or is unloved and empty for part of the year? Well Gareth Davies will be at our meeting on the 6th May to show us how we can use our greenhouses, however small, much more efficientl …
2013 Annual Show
This year’s annual show is on the 10th August 2013 and will be held at Colwall Village Hall from 2 – 5pm. It will be the 70th show and as such we have included some special categories in the show schedule. Why not have a go and enter something? There …
Review of April Meeting
Apart from arriving in daylight, the weather for our April meeting this year made us think it was still mid-winter. As ever it included the Michael Jefferson-Brown bulb competition for which, somewhat surprisingly, there were a large number of entries …
April Meeting – Bulb Competition and Vegetable Growing
Most importantly please note that due to Easter the date of the meeting is the 8th April This month our meeting is two-fold. Firstly, we will be holding the Michael Jefferson-Brown Spring Bulb Competition. There are two classes you can enter: Pot or co …
Review of March Meeting – Pruning, Made Simple
A large and enthusiastic audience attended our March meeting, including some new members and visitors who were particularly welcome. The well-stocked information table included leaflets giving details of NGS garden openings in Herefordshire and Worcest …
Dates for the Diary – March 2013
We thought members might like a reminder of local gardening events that were announced at the meeting on 4th March 7th and 14th March – Snowdrops and Winter Garden, Ragley Hall The gardens at Ragley Hall will be open between 10am and 3pm on the 7th an …
March meeting – Pruning, Making it Simple
Wondering when to prune your Prunus or how to espalier an apple then March’s meeting should help. Geoff Hodge will be giving a practical talk on pruning and hopefully answering all your queries. The talk starts at 7:30pm on 4th March in Colwall Village …
Review of February meeting – Plant hunting in Yunnan
Mrs Winthorp’s Garden, Hidcote We were very fortunate to have good weather for our February meeting which was attended by over a hundred members including several new members who were warmly welcomed. Our information table was showing signs of impendin …
2013 Programme
We are pleased to annouce another exciting and varied programme Monday 7th January – An Ethiopian Adventure, John Grimshaw Monday 4th February – Plant Hunting in Johnson’s Footsteps Glyn Jones Monday 4th March – Pruning – Making it Simple , Geoff Hodg …