Tuesday 7th March 2023

 Bulbous Perenials - Talk by Richard Rawlings

Bulbous perennials - Bulbs are very much associated with Spring but this talk highlights the wide range of bulbs available throughout the seasons and considers tips for the successful growing of bulbs and imaginative planting schemes.

Richard  and his wife Jill have a plant nursery within the Victorian Walled Garden of Delbury Hall in Diddlebury, Shropshire. Whether you are a novice beginning to develop your garden or a keen horticulturalist, you will find something to interest you at Mynd Hardy Plants; a perfect haven for both garden lovers and horticulturalists. 

They offer an extensive and increasing range of hardy perennials for sale including collections of asters, hardy geraniums, hemerocallis and penstemon.  They have also introduced a range of alpines available in the Spring. The nursery featured on BBC Gardeners World on April 17th 2015.

TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 2023

 TONIGHTS SPEAKER IS HANNAH SHARMAN 

TALK - LOVE YOUR WEEDS

Hannah is going to talk about the uses of some of our weeds.

TUESDAY 10TH JANUARY 2023

 

                                   Talk - The journey towards 20 years of  Self-sufficiency

Speaker Sam Davies

Sam and his wife Kate have not bought vegetables for over 15 years.  As well as growing fruit and vegetables, they also keep bees, goats, geese and chickens on their two acre small-holding in Shropshire and produce electricity via solar panels. 

TUESDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2022

 Centuries of Woman and Gardens - Talk by Richard Rawlings

of Mynd Hardy Plants Walled Garden and Plant Nursery

Names such as Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West are familiar to most gardeners but there are so many more. This engaging and increasingly popular talk celebrates the extensive achievements women have made to the gardens and gardening styles we enjoy today. 

TUESDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2022

 20 Tips from a Head Gardener - Pip Smith

I’m a Landscape Designer with over 13 years experience working as a professional horticulturist. Trained to degree level in horticulture at Pershore College, I have achieved an MA in Landscape Architecture with distinction, from Birmingham City University. I’ve held the post of Head Gardener at several private and public gardens, most recently at the highly acclaimed Wollerton Old Hall in Shropshire. Now a Pre-Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers, I’m using my previous knowledge and experience to create imaginative, sympathetic and long lasting designs.

Taking inspiration from the natural world, I enjoy mixing the old and new. Design should consider and embrace the challenges we all face. For a green space to be successful it must connect with the user and wider landscape, allowing room to grow and mature.

I love the landscape’s hidden attributes, its ability to soothe, restore, provide comfort, solace and reflection, all key elements to design.

TUESDAY 2ND AUGUST 2022

OUT OF HOURS TOUR OF THE GARDEN AT BERRINGTON HALL

- led by the Head Gardener.

Meet in the Overflow car park (via main entrance) at 6.00 pm.

Assemble under the large arch.  National Trust membership not required, the club

is making a donation as we sometimes do for a speaker.  Please contact Chris King, 

Pervin Cottage, Caynham SY83BP to book by the 26th July 2022.

Supper to follow at the Salway Arms, Wooferton

Please contact Chris King to order your food (4 choices available) by Tuesday

26th July.

TUESDAY 5TH JULY 2022

AFTERNOON VISIT 

TO STONE HOUSE COTTAGE GARDENS

2.00 PM £6.00

STONE NR KIDDERMINSTER

DY10 4BG (2M SE OF KIDDERMINSTER ON

A448 TOWARDS BROMSGROVE)

The Walled Garden contains a large collection 

of rare plants available in the adjoining nursery.

On the way home, a stop for bottomless tea cups plus cake

at the George Hotel in Bewdley - no need to book.

We need a minimum of 20 people to make visit viable, 

so we are hoping for your support.

Please contact Chris King, Pervin Cottage, Caynham. SY8 3BP

before 28th June with a cheque (Caynham and District Gardening

Society) for £6.00 or cash.