Category: Speakers

On Tuesday 3rd March 2020 we held our AGM. This years annual show will be the 74th and will be held on Saturday 15th August. Bob Gwynn our Show Manager thanked all who had helped in whatever way with the show. He went on to say...

On Tuesday 4th February 2020 the Club welcomed Darren Stretton our local PCSO. Darren presented solutions to help fight crime in general, and brought along some devices for purchase if desired. His talk hit on very relevant...

On Tuesday 5th November we held our monthly meeting and our expert panel  answered a variety of questions that had been put to them by other club members. We were pleased to welcome our expert gardeners to the panel including...

Our monthly meeting was on 1st October 2019.  We commenced the evening by welcoming back Derek Windybank from the West Leicestershire First Responders.   The Garden Club are very pleased to  present a cheque for £900.00 to Derek...

On Tuesday 3rd September we had the pleasure of welcoming Paul Green of Greens Leaves Nursery to our social meeting to give us a talk entitled “Dark and Desirable”.  He also brought a wonderful selection of plants...

On August 6th 2019 Darren Rudge came to talk to us about the importance of correct pruning.  Darren is a self employed garden designer and lecturer.  He is a radio presenter and broadcaster for the BBC with over 15 years...

On June 4th 2019 we welcomed Patsy back, this time to talk about Japanese gardens and how they have evolved over the centuries.  During Patsy’s visits to Japan she has taken some exquisite photos and showed us many of...

On Tuesday 7th May we were pleased to welcome back Steve Lovell who gave a very interesting talk about the structure and form of various bark, berries and leaves. Steve is qualified in Garden Design and Landscaping. Currently...

We were privileged to welcome Don Witton to our April meeting. Don holds a plant heritage national collection of hardy euphorbia. His garden has been featured on Gardeners World in 1999 and again in 2012, and it was also...

For our November meeting we welcomed Jeff Bates who gave a very interesting presentation.  Jeff talked about the various types of Clematis and other climbing plants.  Jeff has been a full time horticultural lecturer for over 20...