Gardener’s Question Time – Members’ Panel

In by Clare Powell

Come along with your gardening questions or sickly and diseased plants (preferably in sealed bags!) for first aid assistance. An expert team, drawn from our knowledgeable members, will be happy to help with your gardening conundrums. Followed by our ever popular Big Plant Sale and Seedling Swap Bring surplus plants and seedlings along plus containers, labels and a spoon to …

A Plantaholic’s Paradise – Helen Picton

In by Clare Powell

Helen runs Old Court Nurseries and Picton Gardens in Colwall near Malvern, the third generation of the Picton Family to do so. Famous for Michaelmas daisies, the nurseries also grow much more besides, based on the wide range of choice alpines and perennials built up by the late Percy Picton and his son Paul. With husband Ross Barbour, Helen looks …

Woodland Ranunculaceae – Michael Myers

In by Clare Powell

Mike is a Lecturer in Horticulture and Countryside at Craven College in North Yorkshire. He ran a landscaping business for many years supplemented with lectures to garden clubs and organising courses for Harlow Carr before he started teaching at Craven College back in 2001. He is also an advisor for the RHS at flower shows and a consultant for City …

Re-Wilding, the Planting at Knepp Castle – Charlie Harpur (Zoom Talk)

In by Clare Powell

Charlie is head gardener at Knepp’s walled garden and market garden. He comes from a farming family but trained as an architect. It was whilst working for landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith (who masterminded the design of the walled garden) that he rekindled his love of plants and the natural world. Charlie then trained at gardens such as the Chelsea Physic …

Waves of Colour: using bulbs for year round interest – Ian Young (Zoom Talk)

In by Clare Powell

There can be no one better to educate us about bulbs than Ian Young. Ian has been author of The Scottish Rock Garden Club’s Bulb Log Diary since 2003, a fully illustrated garden diary covering all aspects of bulbs and many other plants he and wife Margaret grow in their Aberdeen garden. Here, Ian will guide us through a choice …

Trees for Small Gardens – John Grimshaw

In by Clare Powell

John Grimshaw is Director of the Yorkshire Arboretum and custodian of the world’s largest online resource on tree species. There are 3,000 tree species and cultivars in the 120-acre arboretum in the former parkland west of Castle Howard. John is on a mission to educate people about trees and tree-planting, with an emphasis on trees for smaller gardens and urging …

First Rate Perennials – Val Bourne

In by Clare Powell

Val Bourne will be known to many of you as an author and gardening writer featuring in The Daily Telegraph, The English Garden and Country Life, amongst others. She is an HPS Ambassador and has recently accepted the role of Vice President of the Society. Val has been an HPS member since the 1970s, freely admitting it was initially for …

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North East

In by Clare Powell

The Group meets at Stannington Village Hall, Near Morpeth, NE61 6EL, except winter meetings (January & February) which are by Zoom.Zoom joining details will be emailed to members the day before each Zoom meeting.Unfortunately, due to space constraints we cannot allow non-members to attend meetings.