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Biddenham Garden Club
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Onecote Bloomers Gardening Group
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Mickleton Garden Club
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Nottingham Hardy Plant Society
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Evenley Gardening Society
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Harpenden Gardening Society
Talks, demos and workshops
NEW Do your roots need doing? Good root growth is essential for healthy and productive plants. How can you be sure your plants are performing well under ground when you can't even see them
NEW Gardening in the 2020s Adapting to a changing climate and the movement away from use of pesticides, fungicides and weedkillers
Lamport Hall and its gardens Lamport is famous as the home of garden gnomes – but how did they get there?
Plants for free (demonstration/workshop) * Propagating plants – how to collect and prepare seed and take cuttings, plus – cutting up bulbs! Autumn only
Topical tips for the season Content depends on time of year – plants to enjoy, gardens to visit, pruning (or not!), likely pests and diseases, etc.
Plants for shade Gardeners often wonder what to plant in a shady spot – in fact, the possibilities are endless!
Hellebores The botany of these star performers and how to choose, grow and propagate them
Container gardening (demonstration)*
Unkindest cut? (pruning demonstration)*
The garden at York Gate, Leeds Created by the Spencer family, this beautiful garden is now maintained by Perennial, the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society
Apples Britain's favourite fruit. The history of apples, apples in commerce, and why we should be growing them in gardens
Shakespeare's plants and gardens Plants and gardens had a particular importance to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Looking at the restoration project at Kenilworth Castle in particular, we explore what plants meant to the Elizabethans
Gardens of the USA A look at the history of gardening in the US, including some contemporary gardens designed by Martha Schwartz and Isabelle Greene, with a flying visit to Hollywood
Pin me to the wall – and do what you want with me How to choose and manage climbers and wall shrubs
'Come into the garden, Maud' The gardens of Victorian England
Roses Their place in history – and which are the best varieties for the garden today
Permaculture for gardeners
March of the women Who are the notable women gardeners of the past - and today? Includes some American gardeners
Right plant, right place What to grow where, in other words...
Conifers Their botany and history, how to choose, plant and care for them, and their place in garden design
Plants as pets Choosing and caring for houseplants
Trees! We should all be planting more trees. How do you decide which is/are best for you?
*Not suitable for Zoom
CALENDAR
2024
January 18
Odell Gardening Club
"Do Your Roots Need Doing?"
January 27
Lincolnshire Hardy Plant Sociey
"Do Your Roots Need Doing?"
February 7
Watlington Gardening Club
Hellebores
February 10
Bucks and Oxon Hardy Plant Society
Love that Slug!
February 14
Brington and Nobottle Gardening Club
Roses
February 15
Corbridge Gardening Society
'Come into the Garden, Maud'
February 20
Evenley Gardening Society
Apples
February 28
Hertford U3A Gardens Group
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
March 12
Wharfedale Gardeners' Group
Roses
March 19
Bucks District Association
Apples
March 21
Yarnton Gardening Club
Plants as Pets
April 3
Wheathampstead Horticultural Society
Gardening in the 2020s
April 4
Hose Garden Club
Apples
April 8
Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society
TBC
April 10
Aynho Gardening Club
Gardening in the 2020s
April 16
Highworth Gardening Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
April 17
Great Brickhill GardeningClub
Gardening in the 2020s
May 8
Coventry Women's Horticultural Society
TBC
May 16
Somerby and District Horticultural Society
Container gardening
May 28
Southport Chyrsanthemum and Gardening Society
Pruning/TBC
June 6
Ballinger Horticultural Society
The March of the Women
June 27
Amersham Gardening Association
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
June 28
Tettenhall Gardening Club
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
August 28
Grove Garden and Local History Club
Gardening in the 2020s
September 2 (afternoon)
Barwell Gardening Club
Hellebores
September 3
Kinble and Ellesborough Horticultural Sociey
Do Your Roots Need Doing?
September 18 (afternoon)
Market Rasen U3A
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
October 9
Stoke Goldington Gardeners' Club
Right Plant, Right Place
October 16
Castle Eaton Gardening Club
Plants for Free!
October 17
Tredington Garden Club
TBC
November 1
Market Bosworth Gardening Club
"Do Your Roots Need Doing?"
November 13
Lechlade Gardening Club
Permaculture
November 21
Wolston Garden Club
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
November 28 (afternoon)
Burford & District Horticulatural Society
Roses
2025
January 11
Plant Heritage, Goucester Group (with Cotswold Cottage Garden Group)
Hellebores
January 14
Ebrington & District Gardening Club
Roses
January 16
Odell Garden Club
Hellebores
February 12
Welford Gardening Club
'Do Your Roots Need Doing?'
February 27
Hagbourne Garden Club
Gardening in the 2020s
March 11
Ticknall Garden Club
'Do Your Roots Need Doing?'
March 18
Biddenham Gardeners' Association
The garden at York Gate, Leeds
March 25
Hopwas Garden Club
Hellebores
April 2
Bourtons Gardening Club
Unkindest Cut
April 9
Sibford Gower Horticultural Society
'Pin me to the wall...'
April 24
Bledlow Ridge Horticultural Society
TBC
May 8
Cheltenham Horticultural Sociey
Container Gardening
May 12
Adel Gardeners' Club
Topical Tips for May
June 4
Watlington Gardening Club
Plants for Shade
September 8
Nettleton Garden Club
TBC
September 11
Rowney Green Horticultural Society
TBC
October 14
Winslow & District Gardening Society
Gardening in the 2020s