Devon Group Hardy Plant Society would like to invite any interested parties to join us for our next meeting. Please share this email with your members if appropriate.

Peat Free discussion/seminar on Saturday 5th October at Longdown Village Hall, near Exeter EX6 7N
Doors open at 2 for 2.30pm start. Entry for visitors/guests £3, to include tea/coffee and biscuit. Members plant sales table, cash only.

Panel members will be: Alistair Griffiths, Head of Science and Collections at RHS; Jeremy Wilson, Stretegate Camellias, Bob Brown, Cotswold Garden Flowers and Catherine Dawson, Melcourt Composts.

We are planning two halves to the seminar, the first half hour or so, will be a discussion forum, moderated by the Devon HPS chair. The aim is to discuss some of the fundamentals behind the peat-free debate, to allow the panel members to comment on the up-to-date picture regarding peat-free use, the future prospects and challenges of peat-free, and, as the members of HPS are mostly either users (or potential users) of peat-free bagged compost and/or containerised plants, a discussion on best practice and overcoming known issues while using peat-free.

The second half hour will then be an Audience Q&A, so please have your questions ready.
Many thanks

Helen Brown

Secretary
Devon Group