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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
Talks, demos and workshops
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 pHlant 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
NEW Right plant, right place What to grow where, in other words...
NEW Conifers
NEW Plants as pets Choosing and caring for houseplants
NEW Trees! We should all be planting more trees. How do you decided which is/are best for you?
CALENDAR
2019
January 9
Hardy Plant Society, South Pennine Group
The March of the Women
January 17
Hemlock Gardening Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
February 5
Snitterfield Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
February 6
Stansted Mountfitchet Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
February 11
Dunstable Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'/Roses (for small gardens)
February 12
Surrey Garden Design Group
Roses
February 16
Bucks and Oxon Hardy Plant Society
Hellebores
February 20
Brixworth & District U3A Gardening Group
Plants for Shade
February 20
Mickleton Garden Club
Gardens of the USA
February 21
Spratton Garden Club
Come into the Garden, Maud
March 6
Bourtons Gardening Club
The March of the Women
March 13
Welford Gardening Club
Plants for Shade
March 19
Barby Gardening Club
The Gardens of Lamport Hall
April 3
Henleaze Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
April 4
Hatch End Horticultural Society
The Gardens of Lamport Hall
April 8
Burton Dassett Gardening Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
April 10
Kennington Gardening Club/Gardening Club
Topical Tips/Container Gardening
April 13
Preston Bissett Nurseries
Pests and Diseases
April 16
Claverdon Gardening Group
Container Gardening
April 18
Tredington Garden Club
Hostas
April 24
Gretton Gardening Club
Container Gardening
April 25
Kinver Horticultural Society
Unkindest Cut
April 27
HPS/Derbyshire Group
Topical Tips
May 1
Watlington Gardening Club
TBC
May 7
Harrow National Trust
Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens
May 11
Preston Bissett Nurseries
Right Plant, Right Place
June 5
Cleeve Prior Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
June 12
Chaddesley Corbett Gardeners' Club
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
June 25
Otmoor Garden Society
Plants for Shade
June 27
Northampton Museum Over 60s
Come into the Garden, Maud
July 15
Fagus Gardening Club
March of the Women
July 18
Kidderminster Horticultural Society
"Come into the Garden, Maud"
July 24
Stanford in the Vale Gardening Club
Apples
July 25
Amersham Gardening Association
Permaculture for Gardeners
August 7
Whilton Gardening Club
Roses
August 8
Chalfont St Giles Gardens Association
Container Gardening
August 15
Bourne End Horticultural Society
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
August 21
Hampton in Arden Gardening Club
Topical Tips
September 3
Kimble and Ellesborough Horticultural Scoiety
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
September 5
Bretforton Garden Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
September 7
Cambs & Beds Hardy Plant Society
The Garden at York Gate
September 9
Cottesmore Garden Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
September 10
Nottingham Organic Gardeners
Plants for Free!
September 11
Buckland, Drayton Beauchamp and Aston Clinton Horticultural Society
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
September 23
Freeland Gardening Club
Come into the Garden, Maud
September 26
Bell Plantation Nursery
GQT (BBC Radio Northampton)
September 27
Dorney and District Horticultural Society
TBC
September 28
Lincolnshire Hardy Plant Society
Topical Tips
October 2
Pattishall Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
October 7
Broughton Gifford Gardening Society
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
October 10
Groby Gardening Society
Come into the Garden, Maud
October 16
Baldock Horticultural Society
Plants for Free
October 17
Ashdon Gardening Club
Plants for Free
October 18
Hillingdon Amateur Gardeners
Apples
October 22
Glenfield Gardening Club
TBC
November 6
Maidford Garden Group
Come into the Garden, Maud
November 13
Reading Gardeners' Club
Gardens of the USA
November 18
Southam Gardening Club
The March of the Women
2020
January 15
Chinnor U3A/Gardening Group
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
February 5
Roade Garden Club
Hellebores
February 18
Evenley Gardening Society
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
February 19
Brixworth and District U3A Gardening Group
The Garden at York Gate, Leeds
February 26
Boddington and District Garden Association
Hellebores
March 4
Great Bourton Garden Club
Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens
March 10
Long Buckby and District Gardening Club
TBC
March 11
Women's Horticultural Society, Coventry
'Come into the Garden, Maud'
March 17
Great Haseley Horticultural Society
Container Gardening
March 18
Chardstock Gardening Club
Permaculture
March 24
Lower Windrush Garden Club
Permaculture
March 26
Speen Garden Group
TBC
April 6
Harwell Gardeners' Club
Permaculture
April 20
Midhurst Garden Club
Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens
April 21
Oakley Gardening Club
Roses
April 25
Preston Bissett Nurseries
Plants for Shade
April 29
Southport Chyrsanthemum and Gardening Society
TBC
May 12
Wing Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
May 13
Chieveley Gardening Club
Container gardening
May 14
Chalfont St Giles Gardening Association
TBC
June 2
Southmoor Gardening Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
June 3
Kenilworth Horticultural Society
Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens
July 16
Bourne End Horticultural Society
Right Plant, Right Place
August 4
Burbage Garden Club
Hostas
September 8
Winslow and District Gardening Society
TBC
September 16
Mickleton Gardening Club
TBC
September 21
Ramsey Horticultural Society
TBC
October 13
Ockbrook & Borrowash Garden Club
TBC
October 14
Women's Horticultural Society, Coventry
Plants for Free!
November 4
Pattishall Garden Club
TBC
November 11
Buckland, Drayton Beauchamp and Aston Clinton Horticultural Society
The March of the Women
November 13
Box Gardening Club
Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens
2021
June 10
Paulerspury Horticultural Sociey
Come into the Garden, Maud
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