Members should have received the details for joining the Zoom talk this Saturday via a private email – if you haven’t received the link, just reply to this email and let me know.
Paying guests should also have received the link – if not let me know also.
Best wishes, Bill.
East Lambrook Manor was featured on the BBC for Snowdrops here (on Facebook)
Their current seed list can be downloaded here. East Lambrook Snowdrops 5.2.2021
Join Dan Hinkley as he presents some of his favorite plants growing at Windcliff and Heronswood, his Zone 8 gardens of Washington State. Talk is at 7pm (UK time)
After many years of international travel, Dan has accumulated a garden full of infrequently seen plants deserving of greater recognition by keen gardeners everywhere. Though he will not torture you with a litany of plants that are impossible to find in the UK, he will throw in one or four that you will want to put on your wish list. Trees, shrubs, vines and perennials will be included in this hour long lecture with questions and answers following.
https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/events/hampshire-isle-of-wight/connoisseurs-table-by-dan-hinkley/
The HPS Admin team would like everyone to remember that seeds will be sent after the end of February – they’ve been getting a lot of premature calls to find out progress.
Sally Gregson is currently writing a book on Winter Gardens. Lockdown is good for getting the text written, but visiting gardens to take pictures is out of the question at present. Could you help by contributing a digital image of any one of the plants on Sally’s list (see below)?
The images need to be the highest resolution you have available. One way to judge this is the file size, at least 2Mb (megabyte) or more precisely at least 2000 pixels tall and 1000 pixels wide. Anything smaller won’t reproduce well, unfortunately. The file format needs to be either JPEG or TIFF, and without any adjustments, photoshopping or cropping.
Sally will need written permission to use your photograph(s), and your name would be against the image in the credits.
Please email your photographs to Sally at millcottageplants@gmail.com or if you’re sending several images use the free WeTransfer website, which is simple to use and will handle very large files with ease.
Here is Sally’s list of plants (click to download and open): Image Requests – Feb 2021
20th February at 11am
Timothy Walker is a lively and entertaining speaker; very enjoyable to listen to, yet full of useful information at the same time. He is the former Director of Oxford Botanic Garden, which houses one of the National Collections of hardy euphorbias.
I’m sure no HPS member needs to be convinced of the value of spurges as garden plants for every situation. Timothy’s talk will explain some of the natural history of euphorbias and their botany, along with details of some of the most desirable species and cultivars, and suggest some planting combinations we can try in our own gardens.
SHPS members will be sent the joining link near to the talk.
Joining for Guests only:
Step 1: Please send £4 by bank transfer to:
Step 2: Use the form below to notify us of your payment so we can then add your email onto the invitation list. You will then be sent the zoom link a couple of days prior to the meeting.
What a lovely sight this morning, waking to a covering of snow. So much brighter than the rainy days. You should have received your newsletter, membership form and booking form by now. If not please let me know. Please note that the cost of the first self-drive trip to Ashington and Pulham Rectory is £10 per person.
Can I remind you that the membership fee is due on 1st January and as we will not meet in person in February I would be grateful if you would pay via online banking if at all possible. This will save you postage and save me queuing at my local post office which is now only open two mornings a week.
Several members have asked if they need to complete the renewal form. The renewal forms are useful to keep your details up to date but if you pay by standing order or bank transfer then an email to say that your details have not changed is acceptable.
Caroline, Chairman and Membership Secretary
The HPS Galanthus Group invite you to join a zoom meeting Anne Repnow, Some Snowdrops on Feb 6th at 6pm. It is free for members of the Galanthus group, (you can join straight away if you wish by emailing lynmiles@icloud.com), cost £5 for a single, £6 for a couple and I will then send you the zoom link.
OR
For HPS members the charge is £4, please email me for the link to book your place, which I will be able to send you after Wed. 27th Jan.’21
About Anne Repnow
Anne C. Repnow lives and gardens near Heidelberg in Germany. She studied Zoology at Oxford before embarking on a career in scientific publishing which kept her from in-depth gardening for 30 years. However, she managed to squeeze in training courses in horticulture and garden design and experimented extensively in her gardens. So she had a solid basis of experience when eventually she left publishing to become a garden designer. Ten years into her new vocation and many happy customers later she has reduced her planning activities to have more time for her own garden, for photography, writing and watercolour painting.
It has always annoyed Anne that even her gardening friends regard her love of snowdrops as a quirky penchant for a boring white flower. And she feels that treating snowdrops simply as collectors’ items doesn’t do this genus justice either. So it is her mission to introduce garden-lovers to the beauty of snowdrops and to the satisfaction and joy they give in the most depressing months of the year.
Anne’s book which accompanies this talk can be bought here.
Somerset Group : Lectures on zoom
Wednesday January 27th 19.30
Chris Gardener (speaking from Turkey)
Author of the book on the Silk Road and owner of viranatura tours. Discover the amazing alpine plants that flank the silk road – an ancient trade route that connected Rome with China. Breath-taking habitats and little-known alpines abound in this fascinating talk.
Wednesday February 24th 19.30
David Sellars (speaking from Canada)
The talks are currently open to all members of local Alpine Garden Society Groups in the South West. If anyone else would be interested in joining us for these talks and the rest of our programme online and at normal meetings when they start, please contact Sue or Richard Horswood at skrah@btinternet.com
The cost would be £6 which would give anyone who took it up a temporary membership of the Somerset Group of the AGS with access to all of our activities not just the zoom meetings. A full programme for the year can be found on our group website on the main AGS site. Thank you for your time
Richard Horswood (Programme secretary)
Our next group meeting on Jan 16th : 11am
In a horticultural career spanning almost 30 years, Jane has been Head Gardener at The Bath Priory since 2003. She is also a guest presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World.
In this talk, Jane will discuss how making clever use of colour can turn your garden into something really special. She has plenty of ideas on how to introduce colour using both flowering plants and foliage, from romantic, soft toning colours and subtle, fragrant plants, to the drama of a bold, vibrant colour scheme. Jane can recommend plants and combinations that will look great, whatever the size of your garden.
https://www.thebathpriory.co.uk/hotel/gardens
Joining the talk for SHPS members: You will be sent a Zoom link a couple of days prior to the talk.
Joining for Guests only:
Step 1: Please send £4 by bank transfer to:
Step 2: Use the form below to notify us of your payment so we can then add your email onto the invitation list. You will then be sent the zoom link a couple of days prior to the meeting.
The Hardy Plant Society Somerset Group 