Apart from the Christmas party in December, the talks all start at 2pm. The October and December talks have been moved, but the others are held at Peopleton Village Hall, WR10 2EG. Entrance is free to Worcestershire Group members. Visitors are very welcome to attend and pay £3 for the Joe Sharman talk on 14 April, or £2 for any of the others. Visitors will be expected to join the Group if they attend regularly.
| Sat 14 Jan | Talk: Composting and Composting Teas Competition: Bring a small bag of your own compost. Who makes good compost? |
Rodney Weston |
| Rodney is a Garden Organic Master Composter and owner of eight compost bins and three wormeries. He is active in the National Society of Allotments and Leisure Gardens. | ||
| Sat 11 Feb | Talk: Down the Garden Path | Adrian James |
| Adrian James is a Worcestershire-based garden photographer. His garden and plant images are used in magazines and advertising and he gives talks to groups on a range of garden and travel subjects. | ||
| Copy date for spring Newsletter | ||
| Sat 10 March | Talk: Clematis Thro’ the Seasons Preceded by Annual General Meeting |
Chris and Suzy Cocks * |
| Suzy (nee Taylor) has worked in the family business Taylors Clematis Nursery for over 25 years. Chris has been growing and showing clematis for over 10 years. | ||
| Sat 14 April | Talk: Variegation - Explaining the Origins and Types Bring your own variegated plant for display and Joe will explain the reason for the variegation. |
Joe Sharman * |
| Joe has worked in nurseries here and abroad and writes articles for local and national magazines. He produced the original ‘pink sheet’ for NCCPG. | ||
| Sun 22 April | Spetchley Plant Fair | |
| Thurs 10 to Sun 13 May | Malvern Spring Show | |
| Sat 12 May | Talk: Using Herbs in Garden Management | Jenny Jones * |
| Jenny is a trustee of the Herb Society and retired herbalist, having run a herbal medical practice. She has designed stands for the RHS and BBC Gardening shows. | ||
| Tues 29 May | Day Out to Bryan’s Ground and Ashley Farm, Herefordshire | |
| Sat 9 June | 10:30am to 12:30pm - Plant Sale at Peopleton Village Hall | |
| Talk: Versatile World of Salvias | Leila Jackson * | |
| Leila has a degree in Horticulture from Pershore College. She has owned Wallsend Nursery since 2002 and has been an exhibitor at RHS events since 2004. | ||
| Thurs 14 June | Coffee Morning at Alwyn Stanley’s, Flyford Flavell | |
| Fri 22 June | Wine and Cheese Evening at Worlds End Nursery, Hallow | |
| Wed 4 July | Coffee Morning at Hazel Bartlett’s, Willersey | |
| Sat 14 July | Talk: Why Not Ferns? | John Trinder * |
| John is a former lecturer in horticulture in the Landscape and Garden Design Faculty at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University). He maintains an NGS garden, as seen on TV and in gardening magazines. He is a former HPS Newsletter Editor and Vice Chairman. | ||
| Mon 30 July | Day Out to The Old Rectory, Duntisbourne Rous and Westonbirt School Gardens, Gloucestershire | |
| Sat 1 Sept | Talk: Texture and Foliage | Brian Ellis * |
| Brian is a garden designer and nurseryman specialising in unusual herbaceous perennials and grasses. | ||
| Sat 29 and Sun 30 Sept | Malvern Autumn Show | |
| Sat 13 Oct | Talk: Hardy Cyclamen and Snowdrops at Inkberrow Community Hall, WR7 4HJ | Gordon Cottis * |
| Gordon runs a small nursery specialising in snowdrops, hellebores and hardy cyclamen. | ||
| Sat 10 Nov | Talk: Making the Most of your Garden’s Microclimates | Nicholas Wray |
| Nicholas has been Curator of the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens for the past 15 years. In the period 1992-5 he was co-presenter of Gardeners’ World and in 1998 was appointed South African consultant at the Eden Project. | ||
| Sat 8 Dec | Christmas Party - meet at 1pm at Crowle Parish Hall, Church Road, WR7 4AZ followed at 2pm by talk: Gardens in Art | Fiona Grant |
| Fiona is a garden historian from an arts background and a founder member of the Walled Kitchen Gardens Network. | ||