Previous speakers
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Recent Talks
2025
Tuesday 28th January – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Ben Candlin – UK Subtropical Gardening
Tuesday 25th February – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Julia Tremlett from The National Garden Scheme
Tuesday 25th March – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Steve and Dawn Morgan – Hardy(ish) Passion flowers
Tuesday 29th April – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Mark Rosling – Wildflowers on the South West Coastal Path
Saturday May – Plant and Cake Sale 10am to 12pm
Yealm Cottage Newton Hill Newton Ferrers – opposite the Post Office.
Tuesday 30th September – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Ken Thompson – Don’t judge a plant by appearances; how DNA is changing the names of garden plants
Tuesday 28th October – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
AGM & Talk by Martin Haxton – The new planting at Mothecombe Garden
Tuesday 25th November – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Stella Exbury – Setting up a nursery
2024
Tuesday 30th January – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Paul Naylor – The Colourful Lives of our Local Marine Life
Tuesday 27th February – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Christine Skelmersdale from Broadleigh Bulbs
Tuesday 26th March – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Stella Exley from Hare Spring Cottage Plants
Camassia, Chris, Chelsea and Chaos
Tuesday 30th April – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Mark Wash – Tamar Valley Crocosmia and other South African Beauties
Saturday 18th May – Plant and Cake Sale 10am to 12pm
Yealm Cottage Newton Hill Newton Ferrers – opposite the Post Office.
Tuesday 24th September – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Saul Walker – My time as the Chelsea Show Manager
Tuesday 29th October – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
AGM & Talk by Jim Stephens – Camelias
Tuesday 26th November – 7:30pm start WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Chris Trimmer – Plant Conservation Centre Manager
2023
Tuesday 31st January – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Jane Knight – Update on Eden Project
Tuesday 28th February – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Caradoc Doy – Veitch – Plant Hunters and Pioneers
Tuesday 28th March – 7:15pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Gardeners’ Question Time – Saul Walker, Rhyddian Roper, George Buckland and Lisa Allwood
Wednesday 12th April – 10:30am
Visit to Wildside, Buckland Monachorum with a talk by Keith Wiley.
Tuesday 25th April – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Claire Forster – Propagation or plants for free!
Saturday 20th May – Plant and Cake Sale 10am to 12pm
Yealm Cottage Newton Hill Newton Ferrers – opposite the Post Office.
Wednesday 24th May
Garden visit to Thorn House, Wembury.
Tuesday 26th September – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
David Usher – Restoration of Hestercombe.
Tuesday 31st October – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
AGM & Talk on Ferns by Peter Savage (Bowdens Hostas)
Tuesday 28th November – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Howard Wills – Gardening for Wildlife
2022
Tuesday 25th January – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Claire Forster – Roses
Tuesday 22nd February – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Sally Nex – How to garden the low carbon way.
Tuesday 29th March – 7:15pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
YGS Gardeners’ Question Time
Tuesday 26th April – 7:30pm
Pippa Greenwood – Grow great veg and have fun!
Friday 6th May 10:30am – visit to The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum
Saturday 21st May – Plant Sale
Yealm Cottage Newton Hill Newton Ferrers – opposite the Post Office.
Tuesday 27th September – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Andy McConnachie – Ponds and their environment
Tuesday 25th October – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
AGM & Sue Fisher – Gardening in a changing climate: how to future proof your garden
Tuesday 29th November – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Katherine Crouch – Gardening with Ornamental Grasses
2021
Thursday 21st January – 6pm via Zoom
Katherine Potsides – Behind the scenes at RHS Chelsea
Tuesday 23rd February – 6pm via Zoom
Aaron Southgate – Being the Head Gardener of Buckfast Abbey
Tuesday 30th March – 6pm via Zoom
Saul Walker – Exotic plants and how to use them in your garden
Tuesday 27th April – 7:30pm via Zoom
Caroline Stone – Herbaceous Peonies
Tuesday 25th May – 7:30pm via Zoom
Sally Gregson – Hydrangeas
Tuesday 29th June – 7:30pm via Zoom
Matthew Biggs – The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tuesday 28th September – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Nick Haworth – Head Gardener of The Garden House
Tuesday 26th October – Cancelled
Tuesday 30th November – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
AGM & Becca Flintham – Water, water everywhere
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