SPEAKER PROGRAMME 2023 - 2024

JANUARY 27th

Andrew Mikolajski

Do Your Roots Need Doing

Good root growth is essential for healthy and productive plants. How can you be sure your plants are performing well under ground when you can't even see them?

MARCH 23rd

Dave Neeman

The Gardens at Aubourn Hall

Anthony, the Head Gardener, looks at the development and maintenance of these lovely gardens

APRIL 27th

Peter Williams

Ranunculaceae – so much more than Buttercups

Whenever the family Ranunculaceae is mentioned, most people think of buttercups.  In this talk, the diversity of the family is explored to demonstrate the huge number of wonderful garden plants that are ranunculids but definitely not buttercups! Anemones, hepaticas, delphiniums, clematis and a host of other beautiful genera are covered and their evolutionary relationships revealed.