Upcoming events
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Tuesday 31st January – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Jane Knight – Update on Eden Project
Jane returns to update us on new Eden Project in the UK and around the world.
Tuesday 28th February – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Caradoc Doy – Veitch – Plant Hunters and Pioneers
This talk is a brief history of a remarkable nursery which sent twenty-three plant collectors to many countries, mainly during the Victorian period. William and Thomas Lobb, Richard Pearce, John Gould Veitch and Peter Veitch, Frederick Burbidge, Charles Maries, Ernest Wilson and others all worked for the Veitch nurseries of Exeter and Chelsea. Caradoc highlights some of the well-known and interesting varieties introduced by these pioneering plant hunters who discovered many hundreds of new species. So successful were they that there is scarcely a garden in the British Isles that does not contain a plant derived from their introductions.
Tuesday 28th March – 7:15pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Gardeners’ Question Time – Saul Walker, Rhyddian Roper, George Buckland and Lisa Allwood
A panel of local gardeners will endeavour to answer questions from YGS members. Please email us your questions. contact@yealmgardenssociety.com
Wednesday 12th April – 10:30am
Visit to Wildside, Buckland Monachorum with a talk by Keith Wiley.
Contact gardenvisits@yealmgardenssociety.com
Tuesday 25th April – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Claire Forster – Propagation or plants for free!
Claire Forster will be teaching us how to increase our plants in our gardens by sowing seed, taking all types of cuttings and when to do it in order to have good success rates.
Saturday 20th May – Plant and Cake Sale 10am to 12pm
Yealm Cottage Newton Hill Newton Ferrers – opposite the Post Office.
Wednesday 24th May – time to be confirmed
Garden visit to Thorn House, Wembury. Contact gardenvisits@yealmgardenssociety.com
Tuesday 26th September – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
David Usher – Restoration of Hestercombe
Former Head Gardener for 18 years, David Usher has a unique insight into the acclaimed gardens at Hestercombe, near Taunton, Somerset. He helped restore them.
His talk will cover the 3 gardens of Hestercombe – Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian, as well as the history of the house and its owners. the Bampfyldes in the 18th century, Portmans in the 19th, and finally the local authority in 1951 when the estate was taken over by the Somerset Fire Brigade.
Tuesday 31st October – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
AGM & Talk on Ferns by Peter Savage (Bowdens Hostas)
Peter has worked at Bowdens Hostas for many years and came to talk to us about Hostas a number of years ago. He returns to tell us the range of ferns available for gardeners, where to use them and why you should love them.
Tuesday 28th November – 7:30pm WI Hall Newton Ferrers
Howard Wills – Gardening for Wildlife
Howard runs Fernwood Nursery, specializing in Sempervivums and related plants, at Peters Marland near Torrington. He is a life-long gardening enthusiast (plantaholic!) with many years of experience of growing a wide range of plants. He holds Plant Heritage (NCCPG) National Collections® of the genera Sempervivum, and Jovibarba (Alpine Houseleeks). He has exhibited at all the major Royal Horticultural Society Flower Shows and his exhibits have been awarded RHS Gold Medals at Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Gardener’s World Live, Tatton Park Flower Show, Malvern Flower Show and RHS Wisley Flower Show. His talk he describes his methods and results in developing his garden at Fernwood with native wildlife and wildflowers in mind. He will give several suggestions for those wishing to enjoy their garden in an environmentally sensitive way
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