Saturday 19th September 10am

50/50 Plant Sale followed by Val Bourne: ‘Bombproof Roses for Modern Gardens’

50/50 Plant Sale starts at 10.00am. Lecture at 11.00am

The 50/50 Plant Sale is a popular event every September. The Group keeps half the money taken and returns the other half to the seller. The hall will be open from 9.30am – 10.00am to receive your plants.

Please ensure that each plant has two identical labels, both of them bearing the name of the plant, your name and the price. One will be removed so that the amount you are owed can be totted up and given to you at the end of the meeting, when you can also reclaim any unsold plants and your labels (tip: write in pencil on the labels so that they may be reused).

Selling will take place between 10.00am and 11.00am, at which point the lecture begins. Offers of help with selling on the day would be most welcome.

Popular garden journalist Val Bourne grows lots of roses, but they have to be disease-resistant because she’s a life-long organic gardener.  In this talk she will reveal all about choosing and growing roses which perform brilliantly in the garden without the use of chemicals.  She will also recommend companion plants and tackle rose pruning and feeding.