Tag: Herefordshire
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 …
Members Open Gardens – March 2014
16th March (2 – 5) – Little Malvern Court 10 acres attached to former Benedictine Priory, magnificent views over Severn Valley. Gardens rooms and terrace around house designed and planted in early 1980s; chain of lakes; wide variety of spring bulbs, f …
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 …
December meeting – A Plant Lover’s View of Fiji and Samoa
View above the Falealupo Rainforest canopy walkway The Society’s December meeting is on the 2nd 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 tal …
November Meeting – Heuchera Galore
Our November meeting on the 4th November is by Vicky Fox of Plantagogo. Vicky will be talking about her passion for heucheras which has led to her and her husband, Richard, running a nursery and winning many RHS medals. They hold the National Plant C …
September meeting – A Rock Gardener’s Eye
Our meeting on the 2nd September (commencing at 7:30pm) will be very appealing to those interested in alpines. Malcolm McGregor, a freelance writer, enthusiastic lecturer on alpine plants and gardening and the editor of the North American Rock …