Events

Event

Annual Meeting and Guided Walk or Talk

20 January 2020 11.00am - 3.00pm

Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex

Informal annual meeting, tea/coffee and homemade cake, guided walk or a talk (depending on the weather).

Talk

'Gardening in a Changing Climate: How to future proof your garden' by Sue Fisher

25 January 2020 1.30pm - 5.30pm

Edington, Bridgwater, Somerset

1.30pm - Members’ Plant Sale and Coffee
2.15pm - Notices
2.30pm - Talk

Talk

'Paeonies wild and tame' by Gail Harland

25 January 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Stowupland, Suffolk

2pm for a 2.30pm start.

Open Day

Hamamelis

26 January 2020 10.00am - 2.00pm

Sittingbourne, Kent

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Talk

'Daffodil growing in Guernsey' by Tony Falla

29 January 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

St Peter Port, Guernsey

An informal meeting for Plant Heritage Guernsey members, limited to 30.

Talk

'Gardens well worth a visit' by Judy Popley

29 January 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Knutsford, Cheshire

Judy Popley is of Flowerpower Plant Fairs.

7.30pm for an 8pm start.

Talk

'Snowdrops, from landscape to cabinet of curiosities' by Edwin Roberts

04 February 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Rhuddlan, Denbighshire

Event

North West Group Annual General Meeting

08 February 2020 10.00am - 4.00pm

Gallows Lane, Ribchester, Lancashire

Please join us for a short Annual General Meeting, followed by a buffet lunch and some short talks on plant matters.

Talk

'The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge' by Sean Murray

08 February 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Talk by Sean Murray

Event

'Dilemmas of a Nobody' by Julian Sutton & AGM

08 February 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Sparsholt, Winchester, Hampshire

AGM and Talk by Julian Sutton of Desirable Plants

Talk

'Plants Worthy of Garden Merit' by Harvey Stephens

08 February 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Shurdington, nr Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Talk by Harvey Stephens

Talk

'Bringing the Monkey Puzzle tree to Europe – the true story' by David Gedye

08 February 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

2pm for a 2.30pm start.

Visit

Visit to The Picton Garden

10 February 2020 12.00pm - 3.00pm

Colwall, Worcestershire

Event

Members' evening - Trees and Shrubs

11 February 2020 6.45pm - 9.00pm

Pershore College, Avonbank, Worcestershire

A group get together to talk about trees and shrubs of seasonal interest.

Talk

Surrey Group AGM

13 February 2020 7.00pm - 10.00pm

Cobham, Surrey

Our AGM, presentation of Flower of the Meeting Prize, Raffle, Photographic Competition judging and prize giving and two short talks by RHS Wisley students. 

Talk

'The Flowers of Madeira and The Azores' by Razvan Chisu

13 February 2020 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Talk by Razvan Chisu, Plant Heritage National Collections Co-ordinator for Cheshire Group

Workshop

Persephone Workshop

17 February 2020 11.00am - 4.00pm

Dorchester, Dorset

Led by David and Penny Ross and open to those already using Persephone or those who would like to find out more.

Talk

'Are plants able to communicate?' by Tony Polwart

17 February 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Talk

'Harold Peto & the Gardens of Iford Manor, Wiltshire' by Troy Scott Smith

18 February 2020 7.00pm - 10.00pm

St Peter Port, Guernsey

Talk by Troy Scott Smith, formerly head gardener at Sissinghurst and still involved with projects there.

Workshop

Research Workshop

19 February 2020 10.30am - 3.00pm

Westminster, London

Library research for your collection. Morning session looking at tracing plant names through library holdings, afternoon session for individual research.

Talk

'Making the most of what you have' by Benjamin Pope

20 February 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Sandridge, Hertfordshire

Benjamin Pope is the Head Gardener at the Working Garden.

Talk

'Snowdrops and snowflakes' by Michael Myers

26 February 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Knutsford, Cheshire

7.30pm for an 8pm start.

Michael Myers is of Gardenscape, Fairview, Smelthouses, Yorkshire.

Talk

'A year in my garden' by Jane Follis

29 February 2020 1.30pm - 5.30pm

Edington, Bridgwater, Somerset

1.30pm - Members’ Plant Sale and Coffee
2.15pm - Notices
2.30pm - Talk

Talk

'In the land of the giants' by Linda Heywood

29 February 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Stowupland, Suffolk

2pm for a 2.30pm start.

Open Day

Helleborus spp. & hybrids

01 March 2020 10.00am - 3.30pm

Kingsley, Staffordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Talk

'Agapanthus, their cultivation and propagation' by Steve Hickman

03 March 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Rhuddlan, Denbighshire

Steve Hickman is of Hoyland Plant Centre and Collection Holder.

Talk

Spring Lunch at Rattery Village Hall with a talk by Saul Walker of Stonelands Garden

04 March 2020 10.45am - 3.00pm

Rattery, Devon

Plant sales prior to a talk by Saul Walker of Stonelands Garden in Dawlish followed by lunch

Talk

'All my own work' by Jan Michalak

07 March 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

2pm for a 2.30pm start.

Talk is on restoring the Byng gardens, Essex, and the historic collection of plants associated with Viscountess Byng.

Talk

'A Cauliflower, a Eucryphia and an NGS Gardener' by Dr Philippa Lowe

10 March 2020 6.45pm - 9.00pm

Pershore College, Avonbank, Worcestershire

A talk by Dr Philippa Lowe.

Talk

'Kyoto to Clackmannanshire - the creation and restoration of a Japanese garden' by Kate White

10 March 2020 7.30pm - 9.00pm

, Edinburgh

Talk by Kate White, who is the head gardener at the Cowden Japanese Garden.

Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

Talk

'Ghosts, guns and guerrilla gardening: the life and times of Ellen Willmott' by Steve Bustin

12 March 2020 7.00pm - 10.00pm

Cobham, Surrey

The life and times of Ellen Wilmot (1858 - 1934)

Talk

'Climbing Plants for Sun or Shade' by Marcus Dancer

12 March 2020 7.00pm - 10.00pm

Dorchester , Dorset

Marcus Dancer is a nurseryman and Clematis specialist.

7pm for a 7.30pm start.

Talk

'Reinvent your Garden' by Tamsin Westhorpe

12 March 2020 7.15pm - 10.00pm

Warwick, Warwickshire

7.15pm for a 7.45pm start.

Talk

'News of the Albuca Collection and Plant Hunting on Holiday' by Ingrid Millington

12 March 2020 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Talk by Ingrid Millington

Talk

'A garden of change in Essex' by Lou Nicholl

14 March 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Talk

'Backhouse Daffodils and Rockeries' by Peter Williams

14 March 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

A talk by Peter Williams

Talk

'Weeds and their Control' by Adrian Hutchison

14 March 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Shurdington, nr Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Advice from Adrian Hutchinson

Event

Plant Fair at Tavistock Pannier Market

15 March 2020 10.00am - 3.00pm

Tavistock, Devon

A plant fair to open the season

Talk

'Hellebores - the National Collection' by Mike Byford

16 March 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Talk

'Impact of WWI on Scotland's Forests' by Syd House

18 March 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Ayr, Ayrshire

Talk

'The role of an Estates Gardens Manager/Head Gardener' by Andrew Grout

19 March 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Sandridge, Hertfordshire

Andrew Grout is the Head of Gardens at Woburn Abbey.

Talk

Talk by Kit Strange 'Cultivation of Temperate Aroids'

19 March 2020 7.30pm - 9.00pm

Shawford, Hampshire

A repeat visit to talk to us about another group of bulbous plants.

Open Day

Rhododendron (Kurume azalea Wilson 50)

22 March 2020 10.30am - 4.30pm

Penzance, Cornwall

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Event

RHS Wisley Heather Collection

23 March 2020 9.45am - 27 March 2020 3.30pm

Wisley, Surrey

Help care for the winter flowering Heathers in the National Collection held at RHS Wisley

Workshop

Taxonomy Workshop

23 March 2020 12.00pm - 4.00pm

Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands

Led by horticultural taxonomist Sabina Knees from RBG Edinburgh.

Talk

'Perennial Viola, their history, how to grow them, planting ideas' by Jack Willgoss

25 March 2020 7.30pm - 10.00pm

Knutsford, Cheshire

Jack Willgoss is of Wildgoose Nursery, Shropshire.

7.30 for an 8pm start.

Talk

Talk by James Campbell, Chief Executive of Garden Organic, based at Ryton Organic Gardens

28 March 2020 1.30am - 5.30pm

Edington, Bridgwater, Somerset

1.30pm - Members’ Plant Sale and Coffee
2.15pm - Notices
2.30pm - Talk

Talk

Talks and Lunch at Marwood Hill Gardens

28 March 2020 10.30am - 3.30pm

Barnstaple, Devon

Talks by Matthew Brewer, Marwoods Head Gardener and Saul Walker with a walk around Marwood and lunch