Tag: lectures
March Meeting – Stockton Bury in Spring
Our talk on the 5th March should be a breath of fresh air after the winter weather we have experienced. Tamsin Westhorpe will be talking to us about Stockton Bury Garden in the Spring. The talk will start at 7:30pm at Colwall Village Hall with complim …
January Meeting – Winter Gardens
Image courtesy of www.gardenista.com Our talk on the 8th January is courtesy of Jeff Bates, a professional horticulturalist, who will be talking to us about creating interest in the winter garden through structure, colour and scent. As ever the talk w …
December Meeting – AGM and Fruit Tree Pruning
Image courtesy of: Suttons Gardening Grow How Our December meeting on the 4th December includes our AGM which will commence at 7pm prompt in order for us to be able to start our talk at 7:30pm as usual. December’s talk is by Lawrence Green of Orchard O …
November Meeting – The Winter Garden
Our talk on the 6th November is courtesy of Andy McIndoe who is going to talk to us about Winter Gardens Andy has over 40 years experience in retail and production horticulture. A regular contributor to a number of magazines, blogs and BBC Radio he lec …
August meeting – Quiet Roads in Cornwall
Our talk on the 7th August is by Adrian James who will take us for a wander down the ‘Quiet Roads in Cornwall’ no doubt to find some hidden garden gems. Adrian is a gardener and plant photographer and his images are used in magazines and advertising. …
June Meeting – Siberian Iris
Have you been wowed by the beautiful irises at the recent RHS Malvern and Chelsea Flower Shows, maybe you have been lucky enough to see the Siberian iris display at Bryans Ground in Herefordshire (above) and are wondering if you could grow Siberian iri …
April Meeting – Auriculas and Primulas
Our talk on the 3rd April is courtesy of Ingrid Millington of Hillview Hardy Plants who will be talking to us about Auriculas and Primulas. The talk will commence at 7:30pm at Colwall Village Hall with refreshments available from 7:00pm. Visitors are …
March Meeting – Gravel Gardening
At our meeting on the 6th March Derry Watkins, of Special Plants Nursery, will be talking to us about Gravel Gardening. Derry is author of two books on gardening and has introduced many plants from her plant collecting trips to South Africa and elsewh …
February meeting – Tales of a Plant Hunter
Photo courtesy of Pan Global Plants Our talk on the 6th February is by Nick Macer, owner of Pan Global Plants. Nick who has spent 25 years collecting plants from around the world will be talking to us about the plants that ‘turn him on’. As eve …