Category Archives: Talks
The Twelve Plants of Christmas by Timothy Walker
Timothy started his excellent talk by discussing plant blindness – caused by the fact that we are so used to seeing plants, they are so ubiquitous that we do not not them. For instance, he referred to notices outside National … Continue reading
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The History of Suburban Gardens – Dr Twigs Way
We were so pleased to welcome Dr Twigs Way to our meeting on 17th October. Twigs is well known to many of us and it is always a pleasure to see her in Biddenham. Twigs is a researcher, writer, speaker … Continue reading
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Dear Members and Supporters
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Tuesday 7.30pm in the Village Hall. We are delighted that Vicky and Richard Fox from Plantagogo will be speaking to us about Heucheras, Tiarellas and other perennials. Vicky and Richard … Continue reading
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Have Garden, will Travel – Steffie Shields
On Tuesday 17th May we had good sized socially-distanced audience including a several new members to welcome our speaker Steffie Shields, an accomplished writer, speaker, garden photographer and historic landscape consultant, talking to us primarily about the several house and … Continue reading
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Virgins, Weeders and Queens – A History of Women in the Garden – Dr Twigs Way
We were so pleased to be joined by Dr Twigs Way for our April meeting. Twigs has visited us in Biddenham on many occasions and she is always greeted with great enthusiasm. Twigs is a well known researcher, writer, speaker and … Continue reading
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Designing a Border from Scratch part 2 – Lucy Hartley (21 Sep. 2021)
We were very pleased to welcome again Lucy Hartley, who gave us an excellent presentation on this extensive topic and I suspect we can all take on board some of her recommendations, whether now in the Autumn or at other … Continue reading
Grow the Best Glorious Plants
On 15th June we were joined by Adam Pasco who explained to us exactly how to do this. Adam, who runs his own gardening media company, is a well known writer and radio and television presenter. In 1991 he launched … Continue reading
Distinctive Containers by Kathy Brown
We were so pleased to welcome Kathy Brown to our Zoom meeting on 20th April. We were looking forward to her talk as Kathy is well known to us as she lives at The Manor House in Stevington and many … Continue reading
Peonies and Alstoemerias by Alec White / Primrose Hall Peonies
On 16th March Alec White joined us to talk about Peonies and Alstroemerias. Alec is the owner of Primrose Hall Peonies an eight acre nursery in Westoning, Bedfordshire. In 2012 Alec started exhibiting Peonies at the major garden shows and … Continue reading
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Gertrude Jekyll by Andrew Sankey
On 16th January forty three members took part in our BGA Zoom session. We were joined by Andrew Sankey who gave us an insight into the life of Gertrude Jekyll, one of the most well known horticulturalists of the late … Continue reading
