Tag: Herefordshire
Percy Picton Lecture – Chris Beardshaw: A Review
Chris Beardshaw bound us to every word. His talk was in two parts. The first of which was the remarkable story of how a group of enthusiastic amateur gardeners gained a Gold Medal at the RHS Show in 2012; the second was a brief introduction to 101 plan …
Chris Beardshaw – 101 Plants that Nearly Changed the World
Our October meeting is the Percy Picton Memorial Lecture on the 6th October. The lecture will be provided by Chris Beardshaw, the well-known television gardener and designer. His talk is entitled ‘101 Plants that Nearly Changed the World’ and is base …
September Meeting – The Gardening Garniers
Dean Garnier Garden, Winchester The topic of the talk at the meeting on the 1st September will be ‘The Gardening Garniers’ by Hardy Plant Society historian, Jennifer Harmer. Jennifer will be talking to us about the Garnier family who gardened in the W …
The Annual Show – 2014
First – 3 garlic – Margaret White Trio of Onions – Paul Picton 1st – Trug of vegetables – Sara Jane Arden 2nd – Display of Fruit – Sara Jane Arden First – display of fruit – Mrs E Hill 1st – T …
August Meeting – Late Summer Hardy Perennials
Our August talk on the 4th August is by Rosy Hardy of Hardy’s plant nursery. Hardy’s will be well-known to any of you that regularly visit the various plant and flower shows around the country. They have won countless medals for their displays includ …
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 …