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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 …
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 …
August Meeting: The Plight of the Bee – Flowers to the Rescue
Our talk on the 3rd August will be by Marina Christopher, owner Phoenix Perennials Nursery in Hampshire. Marina will be talking to us about the role of our gardens in supporting the declining bee pollution. The talk starts at 7:30pm with complimentar …
June’s Meeting – Microclimates on your Garden
European Mediterranean Region at Bristol University Botanic Garden Our speaker on the 1st June is Nick Wray, Curator of Bristol University Botanic Garden, who will talk to us about Microclimates in our Gardens. He will explore garden microclimates and …
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 …