Category: Speakers

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...

On Tuesday 5th March we held our Annual General Meeting. Linda Barratt was voted on for a second year as Chairperson. Bob Gwynn thanked all those who contributed in whatever way with their help regarding the annual show. This...

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...

Our meeting began with a presentation to The Silver Line charity for funds raised this year.   We managed to raise £550.00 and Bob Gwynn (left) presented the cheque to Derrick Swallow (Right) who is a Community Engagement...

For our August meeting we welcomed Simon Gulliver who is one of the garden advisers to the National Trust.  Simon specialises in the management of plant collections and advises on the conservation of historic gardens. The...

Our June meeting began with a big thank you to Pat Wood who has been our Chair person for 11 years and has carried out wonderfully this vital role for the club. Our speaker for the evening was Patsy Raynor.  Patsy took us...

For our monthly meeting in May we welcomed Andrew Mikolajski who is an expert gardening author, lecturer and speaker.  Andrew has contributed to several RHS reference works, he also runs a series of courses on garden design....

Last night it was good to welcome Danny Wells back to talk to us about the brilliant landscape gardener Joseph Paxton who was born in 1803.  Danny’s presentation focused mostly on Paxton’s time as head gardener at...

On 6th March 2018 we held our AGM.  A chance to update members on all things financial and we were all provided with copies of the minutes from last years meeting. At the end of this meeting our Chairperson Pat Wood announced...

February’s meeting was a very interesting presentation by Adrian James who is based in Worcestershire and is a garden photographer.  Adrian is a regular speaker at various events and his photography is used in magazines...

Here is the list of Speakers attending the Gardening Club during 2018 together with a few other events.  I’m sure there will be something there for everyone to look forward to.      ...