Tag: Ledbury
Invitation: RHS Malvern Spring Show Preview
An invitation has been extended to members of the society to attend a special preview of the show gardens at RHS Malvern Spring Show followed by a champagne reception. The RHS Malvern team have kindly offered the UCARE charity (Urology Cancer Research …
March Meeting – Mary Keen
We are delighted that Mary Keen will be joining us on the 7th March to talk about ‘loosening up in the garden’. Lady Keen, garden designer and writer, will explain, as we get older, how to stay in touch with the times; moving towards naturalism being m …
February meeting – A Review
On Monday 1st we welcomed Julian Sutton and we were not disappointed. He promised to speak on a modest range of immodestly interesting plants under the title Beneath the Trees; he did, provoking great interest. Indeed, it is unusual to receive as many …
February Meeting – Beneath the Trees
Our talk on the 1st February is by Julian Sutton, of Desirable Plants, whose subject is ‘Beneath the Trees: non-woody plants for the woodland garden’. Julian’s intention is to talk of a modest range of immodestly interesting plants from a hard won col …
Programme for 2016
We are pleased to present the programme for 2016 which we hope members, and visitors, will find interesting and enjoyable. As ever meetings are held at Colwall Village Hall and start at 7:30, with complimentary refreshments available from 7:00. Annual …
December meeting – Japan in the Spring
On the 7th December our talk takes us away from Winter to Springtime in Japan. Duncan Coombs, lecturer at Pershore College, will be sharing tales from his travels and I am sure we can expect there to be one or two photos of cherry blossom. The talk s …
November meeting – Islamic Gardens
The theme of our 2nd November talk is Islamic Gardens. Nathalie Mignotte, a former lecturer and Academic Manager of the Horticulture Department of Hartpury College, will be sharing with us her interest in the relationship between faiths and gardens. T …
Percy Picton Lecture – John Massey
This year’s annual Percy Picton Lecture on the 5th October will be delivered by John Massey, the well known owner of Ashwood Nurseries. John’s subject will be ‘Inspirational Mentors and Their Plants’ and having heard John speak before I am sure it wil …
September meeting – The Invaders
Our talk on the 7th September will be given by John Scrace, Plant Pathologist and is entitled ‘The Invaders’! John will talk about the problems posed by plants and trees alien to this country. The talk starts at 7:30 with complimentary refreshm …