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November 2023 Meeting …
“A Passion for Pumpkins” Our next meeting is on Monday 6th November 2023 and our speaker Russell Attwood will be talking about his Passion for Pumpkins: Planting, growing, carving; including some no-dig and a wee sing-song at the end. As always the ven …
PPML 2023
The Percy Picton Memorial Lecture on Monday 2nd October: “Plants, Borders and Gardens” with Timothy Walker. The annual Percy Picton Memorial Lecture is just under a week away! Timothy describes his talk “Plants, Borders and Gardens” as a ve …
PPML Speaker Update: Timothy Walker
We are very pleased to announce that Timothy Walker has agreed to give our Percy Picton Memorial Lecture on Monday 2nd October. His talk will be “Plants, Borders and Gardens” which was comprehensively revised in 2021 to reflect changes in the past two …
PPML Update: Change of Speaker
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are sad to announce that Matthew Biggs has had to withdraw from giving this year’s Percy Picton Memorial Lecture. Be reassured that we are working hard to find a replacement speaker and will keep you posted. If you’v …
Garden visit and PPML Tickets
We are very happy to announce that Juliet is opening her beautiful garden at The Old Rectory, Eastnor for us again this month. The garden will be open on Sunday 17th September at 2pm. For those of us who were fortunate to visit earlier in the year, we …
September 2023 meeting: The No Name Nursery with Steve Edney
Following on the heels of a very successful Summer Show, our September meeting is upon us. Doors open from 7pm for a 7.30 start next Monday 4th September. Tea and coffee will be served and you can buy tickets for the plant raffle. Please come along wit …
Summer Show 2023
Summer Show 2023 The People’s Choice Winner … Kay Smith Thank you to everyone that has taken part in the show and helped to once again make it a success. The benches in the hall were a riot of colour with wonderful and interesting displays of plants, …
August 2023 Meeting: A Taste of Irish Gardens with Paul Cutler
On Monday 7th August, Paul is coming to talk to us about some lovely Irish gardens. He has recently retired as Head Gardener of Altamont Gardens, Co Carlow, Ireland. This is a large garden which hosts an excellent plant collection within the natural la …
Hugh Thomas’s Top 10 Geraniums
Following Hugh’s talk at July’s meeting, there have many requests for a list of his Top 10 Geraniums. Here it is! G. Phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’ G. x magnificum G. ‘Red Admiral G. clarkei ‘Kashmir Purple’ G. clarkei ‘Kashmir White’ G. ‘Philippe Vapelle’ G. sa …