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Bulbs for All Seasons – Kathy Brown Advance notice of our next illustrated talk – not on Easter Saturday, but a week later on the 10th April. Many of you will be familiar with Kathy Brown’s garden at Stevington. She will be giving us her expert guidance on choosing and siting bulbs for all seasonsContinue reading “Zoom meeting – Saturday 10 April 2pm”

The Garden of Vegan – Cleve West Renowned garden designer and famous allotmenteer Cleve West will talk to us following publication of his second book, The Garden of Vegan. We will distribute the Zoom details to members a few days before the event. As usual, this website posting is emailed only to subscribed current membersContinue reading “Zoom meeting – Saturday 6 March 2pm”

Jack Wallington – Wild about Weeds We have a further invitation for you – same day, but at 6pm, when guests are welcome at the HPS Galanthus Group talk by Anne Repnow, entitled Some Snowdrops. There is a charge of £4 for non-members, or assuming you are a member of the HPS, you may joinContinue reading “Zoom Meetings – Saturday 6th February”

Unearthing the Past with Andrew Turvey We will shortly be releasing the Zoom invitation for members to join in an illustrated talk by hands-on Head of Parks and Gardens at Hatfield House. Looking forward to seeing you there! Happy New Year everyone, and Good Gardening! We hope you have all renewed your national HPS membershipContinue reading “Next Meeting (via Zoom) – Saturday 9th January”

The Wonder of Plants with Matthew Biggs We will shortly be releasing the Zoom invitation for members to join in an illustrated talk by the well-known gardener and radio presenter. We’d like to remind you that although we have decided to make no charge for 2021 Hertfordshire branch renewals, you do still need to renewContinue reading “Next Meeting (via Zoom) – Saturday 5th December”

Our 2020 AGM will be followed by something interesting from our own medal-winner, Annie Godfrey. We have had great feedback from the members who joined the meeting earlier this month, so please join us in November. The Zoom invitation will be issued a couple of days before the meeting. Future News: We are pleased toContinue reading “Next Meeting (via Zoom) – Saturday 7th November”

We are happy to let you know that Adrian and Clare de Baat will be opening their garden again on Sunday 18th October from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The address is 35 Digswell Road, Welwyn Garden City. Simple refreshments will be available this time, but there will be no plant stall. Further details can be foundContinue reading “Members’ Open Garden”

and Slide List Many thanks to Andrew Ward of Norwell Nurseries who entertained us this weekend with a slide show and talk via Zoom. Andrew’s website is https://www.norwellnurseries.co.uk/ and you can peruse the list of slides here Congratulations to Susanna for setting up and hosting this inaugural Zoom meeting. The audience of 37 had aContinue reading “Meeting Report”

Although it won’t be in the familiar surroundings of the Memorial Hall in Wheathampstead, finally we can get to see each other and enjoy the planned October talk via the wonders of Zoom.For those of you that do not currently have Zoom, but have a computer, do ask someone to help you download it forContinue reading “Saturday 3rd October: Andrew Ward – The Late Show – Autumn’s Last Finale”

The proposed visit to the Beale Arboretum has been rescheduled. The new date is Thursday 21 October 2021 We received an encouraging response to the last email asking members for their views about indoor meetings and alternatives, and discussed the way forward at yesterday’s Zoom committee meeting. Current restrictions mean that we cannot hold indoorContinue reading “Autumn Programme update”