Saturday meetings are held at Peopleton Village Hall, WR10 2EG, on the second Saturday of the month. Apart from the Christmas party in December, the talks all start at 2pm. Entrance is free to Group members; visitors' entrance charge is £2. Visitors will be expected to join the Group if they attend regularly.
Sat 12 Jan | Talk: Hidcote by Lawrence Johnston | Duncan Coombs |
Sat 9 Feb | Talk: Tulips in the Wild and Cultivation | John Page |
Sat 9 March | AGM followed by talk: Early Spring Perennials | Ingrid Millington |
Holders of the National Plant Collections of Acanthus and Albuca. Hillview specialise in rare and unusual herbaceous, with a particularly large ranges of Auricula and Canna (Sarah Millington has applied for National Collection status for Canna). | ||
Sat 23 March | Hardy Plant Society AGM & Annual Lecture Day at Pershore College | |
Sat 13 April | Talk: Summertime Blues | Stuart Dixon |
Horticultural lecturer and writer. Broadcaster on gardening subjects. | ||
Sun 21 April | Spetchley Plant sale | |
Tues 7 May | Coffee morning at Christine Ealing’s, Shrawley | |
Sat 11 May | Talk: Silver Foliage Plants | Gordon Malt |
40 years experience in Horticulture/arboriculture. | ||
Sat 8 June | Plant Sale at Peopleton Village Hall | |
NO TALK Today | ||
Wed 12 June | Coffee morning at Wendy Martin’s, Pershore | |
Sun 16 - Thurs 20 June | Cumbria Garden Tour | |
Thurs 4 July | Coffee morning at John & Hilda Watts’, Alcester | |
Sat 13 July | Talk: Adventures with Strange Perennials | Julian Sutton |
Botanist, nurseryman, lifelong plantsman. | ||
Wed 24 July | Visit to Croome Walled Gardens | |
Sat 14 Sept | Talk: Heleniums A Day with Beth Chatto |
Martin Blow Michael Leech |
Self taught horticulturalist, botanist and entomologist. Horticultural PR consultant. | ||
Sat 12 Oct | Talk: Gardens of Brittany and Normandy A Day with Beth Chatto Heleniums |
Jeff Bates Michael Leech Martin Blow |
National Collection Holder of Heleniums and applied for National Collection of Centaurea. Co-owner of Special Perennials - a small nursery growing a great range of rare and heritage hardy plants. | ||
Sat 9 Nov | Talk: Hellebores & Companion Plants | Glenis Dyer |
Former lecturer in business studies and IT. Former committee member of British Clematis Society. Member of International Clematis Society, and Alpine Garden Society. | ||
Sat 14 Dec | Christmas Party - meet at 1pm, followed at 2pm by talk: A Royal Greenhouse, a Water Fountain and a Chateau | Brian Skeys |
Freelance gardener. Likes cottage gardens and Japanese style gardens. | ||