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Evenley Gardening Society
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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
Hostas Essential in any garden – how to choose among the many fabulous varieties
Contain your enthusiasm (demonstration)* Growing plants in containers, for permanent and seasonal interest
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
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
January 17
Hillingdon Amateur Gardeners
Hellebores
January 20
Cropwell Bishop Gardening Club
Hellebores
January 29
Cookham & Cookham Dean Horticultural Society
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
February 4
Kinble and Ellesborough Horticultural Sociey
Hostas/tbc
February 10
Dunstable Garden Club
Right Plant, Right Place
February 11
Surrey Garden Design Group
Gardening in the 2020s
February 12
afternoon
Brington & Nobottle Garden Club
Apples
evening
Welford Gardening Club
'Do Your Roots Need Doing?'
February 20
afternoon
U3A Harborough Welland Garden Group
The Gardens of Lamport Hall
February 25
morning
Milton Keynes U3A Gardening Club
Gardening in the 2020s
evening
Olney Garden Club
Gardening in the 2020s
February 27
Hagbourne Garden Club
Gardening in the 2020s
March 4
Southmoor & Kingston Bagpuize Gardeniing Club
Plants as Pets
March 5
Bourtons Gardening Club
Unkindest Cut
March 11
Ticknall Gardening Club
Do Your Roots Need Doing?
March 18
Biddenham Gardeners' Association
The garden at York Gate, Leeds
March 21
Hampshire Hardy Plant Society
Do Your Roots Need Doing?
March 25
Hopwas Garden Club
Hellebores
April 4
Salford Priors Gardening Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
April 9
Sibford Gower Horticultural Society
Shakespears's Plants & Gardens
April 15
Oakley Gardening Club
Fuchsias
April 16
Culham & District Garden Club
Do Your Roots Need Doing?
April 24
Bledlow Ridge Horticultural Society
'Pin Me to the Wall'
April 30
Kings Sutton Gardening Club
Gardening in the 2020s
May 6
Cold Ash Gardening Club
Gardening in the 2020s
May 8
Cheltenham Horticultural Sociey
Container Gardening
May 12
Adel Gardeners' Club
Topical Tips for May
May 15
Wolston Garden Club
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
May 21
Lancs & NW Cottage Garden Society
'Pin Me to the Wall...'
May 31
Hardy Plant Society Western Counties Group
'Do Your Roots Need Doing?'
June 4
Watlington Gardening Club
Plants for Shade
July 16
Royal Leamington Spa Horticultural Society
Gardening in the 2020s
July 17
Bollington & Disstrict Gardening Club
"Pin Me to the Wall..."
September 8
Nettleton Garden Club
Trees
September 11
Rowney Green Horticultural Society
TBC
September 16
Cossington Gardening Club
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
September 18
Brailes Gardening Club
Plants for Free!
September 23
Long Bennington Gardening Club
Gardening in the 2020s
October 1
Wheathampstead Horticultural Society
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
October 4
Northants Hardy Plant Society
'Do Your Roots Need Doing?'
October 14
Winslow & District Gardening Society
Shakespeare's Pkants & Gardens
October 15
Newbold Verdon Gardening Club
Plants for Free!
October 16
Braunston Gardening Club
Plants for Free!
October 21
Claverdon Gardening Group
Roses
November 12
Coventry Women's Horticultural Society
Plants for Free!
November 19
afternoon
Brixworth & District U3A
Shakespeare's Plants & Gardens
November 20
Clifton Garden Club
'Do Your Roots Need Doing?'
2026
February 3
Burbage Garden Club
Hellebores
February 18
Mickleton Gardening Club
Plants as Pets
March 6
Market Bosworth Gardening Club
Plants as Pets
March 10
Welwyn Garden City Horticultural Society
Permaculture
April 13
Adel Gardeners' Club
tbc
May 5
Boxford Gardening Society
Do Your Roots Need Doing?
August 18
Wellingborough & District Gardeni Club
Container Gardening/TBC
October 20
Barby and Onley Gardening Club
Plants for Free!
2027
March 9
Caddington Gardening Club
Hellebores