Plant Sale at Godinton June 2009
Here are some images of our plant sale and of the gardens at Godinton in June 2009. Read more
Day Trip to Essex & Suffolk ***
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum, Essex
East Bergholt Place & Nursery, Suffolk
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Our morning visit is to Marks Hall at Coggleshall, the main purpose of which is to see the arboretum. Read more
Indoor Plant Sale - Lenham
Sunday 28 March 2010
Lenham Community Centre map
11am to 1.30pm
The plant sale is open to the public.
It will be followed by a members lecture meeting. Details
Once again we have planned this very popular early indoor plant sale giving you the opportunity to browse the nursery stands in the comfort of a warm hall Read more
Get Ahead & Add Drama to the Late Summer Border
Christine Skelmersdale
Sunday 28 March 2010
Lenham Community Centre 2pm map
This lecture will follow the Indoor Plant Sale. Details
The Plant Sale is open to the public.
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
Lady Skelmersdale runs Broadleigh Gardens, a nursery which specialises in unusual bulbs. She lectures widely and is an active plant hunter Read more
Talking Plants ***
Ashford
Thursday 25 March 2010 10.30am
A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form in the Winter Newsletter.
The Pond Owner’s Calendar
Linda Smith
Sunday 28 February 2010
Benenden Village Hall, 2.30pm map
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
A talk with slides for the ‘hands on gardener’, to show propagation and other tasks as well as highlights for each season.
Waterside Nurseries is a family run company based in Sharnford, Leicestershire operating since 1995.
In addition to the nursery, Linda Smith Read more
Snowdrop Workshop***
Wednesday 17 February 2010
10.15am to 3pm
Hunton Village Hall, Hunton,
near Maidstone ME15 0RR map
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
The last event of our Snowdrop Season is a must for all you established and budding galanthophiles Read more
Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza 2010 - Plant Sale
Sunday 14 February 2010
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Wingham, near Canterbury map
11am to 4pm
Entrance £5.00 (HPS members £4.00)
Senior citizens £4.50 Children under 16 £1.00
*Members bringing display material before 10.30am - free
Event open to the public.
There is a plant sale as part of the Snowdrop and Hellebore Extravaganza. Specialist nurseries will be selling unusual varieties of both snowdrops and hellebores as well as many other spring bulbs, shrubs and perennials. Read more
Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza 2010
Sunday 14 February 2010
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Wingham, near Canterbury map
11am to 4pm
Entrance £5.00 (HPS members £4.00)
Senior citizens £4.50 Children under 16 £1.00
*Members bringing display material before 10.30am - free
Event open to the public.
With a talk by Val Bourne at 12.00noon
After the huge success of this event in 2009 we are looking forward to an even bigger and better Read more
Phlox as a garden plant and its history
Jennifer Harmer
Sunday 31 January 2010
Lower Hardres Village Hall, 2.30pm map
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
The speaker for this meeting was to have been Wol Staines but, due to ill health, he is unable to come and we have been fortunate to book Jennifer Harmer Read more
