Meeting Reminder: Ken Thompson, Sat Jan 18th

Our first meeting of the 2025 season is coming up on Saturday 18th (arrive at 10:30 for 11am).

Ken is a botanist and writer of popular books on botany. He is a retired Senior Research Fellow of Sheffield University and has written for the newspaper Telegraph. He is also an editor for the journal Functional Ecology. (Wikipedia)

His talk will be ‘No Nettles: The Truth about Wildlife Gardening’ – one not to miss


Meetings and lectures are held at West Monkton Village Hall unless otherwise specified. All meetings at West Monkton Village Hall are free to members (except for the Group Plant Sale in April), and there is a modest charge of £5 for non-members (when space is available). The Group has a plant stall and a book stall at most of the lectures listed, and holds a Flower & Pot Plant of the Month competition.