Tag: Ledbury
March meeting – My Desert Island Veg
Our talk on the 2nd March is ‘My Desert Island Veg’ by Pauline Pears. Pauline has 30 years’ experience with Garden Organic as organic gardening advisor, trainer, broadcaster and magazine editor. She is an author of many books, and editor of The Encycl …
February Meeting – A Review
Visitors are always welcome on the first Monday of the month at Colwall Village Hall WR13 6EQ. We meet for 7.30pm when there is a talk given by a person well versed in their speciality. Arrive early, meet the members and enjoy a free cup of tea or co …
February meeting – Why is Grass Green
Many of us would love to have a lawn as green and lush as the one above. At our talk on the 2nd February Jenny Slaughter will tell us ‘Why Grass is Green’. I suspect we won’t be getting lawn care tips but more of a talk on the structure of grass but i …
Programme 2015
We are pleased to publish our programme for 2015. You will see that covers an interesting range of subjects from why we have green lawns to Islamic Gardens – they should be something for everyone. 5th January 2015 – ‘ Chinese Wilson and Birmingham Bo …
December meeting – Wild Gardeners from William Robinson to Piet Oudolf
Our December talk, on the 1st December, will be given by Brian Skeys and is entitled Wild Gardeners from William Robinson to Piet Oudolf. Brian is a freelance gardener based in Hanley Swan with an interest in naturalistic garden style, as well a …
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 …
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 …
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 …