Weston Favell Garden Society Programme 2024
St Peter’s Church Hall 7.30pm
www.westonfavellgardensociety.com
Programme 2024
January 16th - Trevor Wray
Around the Shows
February 20th - Chris and Colin Rowe
The Magic of the Gardens of Monet and Majorelle
March 19th - AGM - Timothy Walker
Bordering on Insanity - Creating an all year round border
April 16th - Howard Drury
Northumberland, the Borders and Beyond
April/May Bluebells at Coton Manor (tba)
May 21st - Bob Brown (postponed from 2022)
Bucket of Stuff
June 18th - Jane Perrone (postponed from 2022)
Foraging Starts At Home
June 15th Saturday
Hill Close Victorian Gardens (Warwick) and
Thenford Arboretum (Banbury) (Michael Heseltine’s Garden)
July 16th - Philip Aubury
The Green, Green Grass of Home – Fine lawns to flower meadows
August - No Meeting Evening Visit - self drive (tba)
September 17th - Andrew Sankey (rebooked from2022)
Shakespeare’s Cottage Gardens
October 15th - Joe Sharman (new speaker)
Grasses
October 19th Saturday RHS free visit to Wisley ( just coach to pay)
November 19th - Jack and Laura Willgoss (new speaker)
Gardening for the Future
December 10th - Geoff Hodge *
Winter Colour in the Garden - beating the winter blues
* Please note 2nd Tuesday
Programme 2023
17th Jan - Richard Harvey (new)
Great British Castle Gardens
15th February Snowdrop Walk Evenley Woods
21st Feb - Tony Russell (new)
2000 Years of British Garden History
21st March - AGM and Paul Green
Choice Plants for Early Season Interest
29th April RHS outing to Wisley
18th April - Val Bourne
First Rate Perennials
16th May - Don Witton
Once Seen Never Forgotten
10th June Waterperry Gardens and Oxford Botanical Gardens
20th June - Colin Baines (new)
Hostas
2nd July Weston Favell
Open Gardens
18th July - Janette Merilion
101 Of My Favourite Plants
August - No Meeting
19th Sept - Twigs Way
Explaining Traditional Wild Flower Names
17th Oct - Jonathan Moseley (new)
Grow, Cut, Arrange
21st Nov - Tom Hart-Dyke (new)
Plant Hunter and Gardener with Passion
XX November Winter Lights (tba)
*12th Dec - Michael Brown
A Medieval Christmas
* Please note 2nd Tuesday
Weston Favell Garden Society Programme 2022
St Peter’s Church Hall 7.30pm
www.westonfavellgardensociety.com
Programme 2022
18th Jan - Simon Gulliver
Plants for the Connoisseur
15th Feb - Geoff Hodge
Scented plants and the Scented Garden
15th March - Darren Rudge (new speaker)
Colour and Interest in the Springtime Garden
19th March (Saturday)
Thriplow Daffodil Weekend
19th April - Martin Keeley and John Shone
Designing Willow Work for Show Gardens
17th May - Wayne Williams
Gardening in Dry Shade
June 11th (tbc)
Nymans Garden and Wakehurst
( both NT)
21st June - Carole Adams (new speaker)
My Clematis Nursery
19th July - Bob Brown
A Bucket of Stuff
July 26th Tuesday
Evening Garden Visit (Self Drive)
to 136, High St, Irchester
NN29 7AB
August- No Meeting
20th Sept - John Gibson (new speaker)
Making the Most of Your Bulbs
18th Oct - Jane Perrone (new speaker)
Foraging Starts at Home
15th Nov - Timothy Walker
A Life in Plants
*13th Dec - Andrew Sankey
Shakespeare’s Cottage Garden Flowers
* Please note 2nd Tuesday
Weston Favell Garden Society Programme 2021
[phone 01604 409509]
St Peter’s Church Hall 7.30pm
www.westonfavellgardensociety.com
The first six meetings have been cancelled due to the coronavirus but we hope to resume in July and are moving Clive Goulds talk on Fuchsias to an extra meeting in August,
hopefully the rest can be rescheduled for 2022
19 Jan - Andrew Sankey
Shakespeare's Cottage Garden Flowers
16 Feb - Simon Gulliver
Garden Plants for the Connoisseur
16 March - Geoff Hodge
Scented plants and the Scented Garden
+ AGM
20 April - Tony Russell (new speaker)
2000 Years of British Garden History
From the Romans to the present day
18 May - Don Witton
Once Seen Never Forgotten
15 June - Clive Gould (new speaker)
Fuchsias - Growing and nurturing
20th July - Stuart Phillips
Don't Throw It Away
(how to use items otherwise destined for the Bin)
7th August
RHS visit to Hyde Hall
(tickets now available)
17th August - Clive Gould (new speaker)
Fuchsias - Growing and nurturing
21 Sept - Paul Green
Plants for Summer and Autumn
including grasses
19 Oct - Adam Pasco (new speaker)
Create a Garden for Every Season
19 Oct Change to programme
Michael Brown, a Garden Historian, who last came to us in 2018.‘The Glory of the Garden’. - The Victorian and Edwardian garden and the gardeners who did the real work.
16 Nov - Richard Adams
Gardens Home and Away
(ie England and Abroad)
14 Dec - Janette Merilion (new speaker)
Christmas Crackers
(plants suitable for presents)
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Weston Favell Garden Society Programme 2020
[phone 01604 409509]
21st January—Dr Twigs Way
A History of the Cottage Garden
18th February—Russell Attwood
Pumpkins & Lasagna Gardening
17th March—AGM—Darren Rudge
Colour & Interest in the Garden in Springtime
The programme for the rest of 2020 was cancelled
We hope to reschedule them for 2022
VISIT Saturday 28th March
Thriplow Daffodil Weekend
21st April Martin Keeely & John Shone Designing Willow Work Show Gardens
+ Table of for sale items
19th May—Wayne Williams
Gardening in Dry Shade
+Table of For Sale Items
VISIT Saturday 6th June
Nyman’s and Wakehurst (both NT)
16th June—Carole Adams
My Clematis Nursery
JULY–Local evening visit tba
21st July—Bob Brown
A Bucket of Stuff
VISIT Saturday 8th August
free RHS trip Hyde Hall
August—no meeting
15th September—John Gibson
Making the Best of your Bulbs
20th October—Jane Perrone
Foraging Starts at Home
17th November—Richard Todd
Trees For All Seasons
8h December—Tim Walker
[NB 2nd week]
A Life in Plants
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Weston Favell Garden Society
Programme 2019
15th January - Wayne Williams
Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses
19th February - Wendy Potts
Origins of Beekeeping, Folklore & Honey Remedies
19th March - AGM - John Gulliver:
Managing Historic Gardens in the 21st Century (National Trust)
16th April - Rob Cole
Fostering a Worcester Wildlife Meadow
VISIT Saturday April/May tba
Highgrove House
21st May - Richard Adams
A Camera in the Garden
Rob’s Nursery, Moulton: Hanging Basket Workshop
Evening visit June tba
18th June - Don Witton
Herbs, Perennials & Borders
30th June
Weston Favell Open Gardens
VISIT Saturday 13th July
am: Hebbs Farm Garden;
pm: Felley Priory Garden
16th July - Martin Green
The Wonders of Westonbirt
August- no meeting
17th September - Member of the Garden Team
Tales of Canons Ashby Gardens
15th October - Mary Matts
Wild Flowers & Waterways
VISIT 19th October
RHS Garden Wisley: A Taste of Autumn
VISIT November tba
Christmas Lights
19th November - Val Bourne
Roses & Peonies:
A Marriage Made in Heaven
10th December - Howard Drury
[NB 2nd week]
Winter into Spring
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Weston Favell Garden Society Programme 2018
St Peter’s Church Hall 7.30pm
16th January - Richard Todd
Winter Gardening: a special beauty
20th February - Michael Brown
Death in the Garden: poisonous plants,
myths, magic, passion, & murder
20th March - AGM - Joe Whitehead
Over the Garden Wall: walled gardens
VISIT Saturday 14th April date tba
RHS Wisley (coach fee only)
17th April - Dr Twigs Way
Walking with the Lily Limp:
plant hunter Ernest ‘Chinese’ Wilson
VISIT Saturday 12th May
Hidcote NT and Kiftsgate Court Gardens
15th May - Stuart Dixon + Bring & Buy Sale
The Garden of Hebb’s Farmhouse
(restored from dereliction featured on BBC)
VISIT Saturday 16th June
Trentham Gardens
19th June - Bob Brown
My 30 Best Plants
17th July - Andrew Sankey
Six of the Best:
My 6 favourite gardens in Britain
August - No meeting
18th September - Timothy Walker
A Blaze of Glory:
Making your garden colourful in the autumn
VISIT Saturday 29th September tbc
Malvern Autumn Show
16th October - Kathy Brown
A Way with Plants:
My selection of plant combinations
20 November - Chris Rowe
From the Ark to the Ashmolean:
The story of the John Tradescants
11th December [NB 2nd week] Christmas meeting
John Shone & Martin Keeby
Willow Sculpturing
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Weston Favell Garden Society Programme 2017
St Peter’s Church Hall 7.30pm
17th January— Stuart Dixon
In Safe Hands: Gardens of the National Trust
21st February– Gillian Underwood
A Visit to the Seychelles
21st March- AGM – Rick Lambert
My Visit to the Picos de Europa, Spain
18th April– Andrew Sankey
Rethinking Your Garden: design ideas
Saturday 13th May Visit
Michael Heseltine’s Gdn + Upton House NT
Tuesday 23rd May Workshop at
Rob’s Nursery, Moulton
16th May– Stuart Phillips
Secrets & Mysteries of Pruning:
shrubs, trees, & tools
Saturday 10th June Visit
Ashwood Nursery, Kingswinford Stourbridge
+ Packwood House NT
20th June—Paul Green
Plants of the Season:
practical demonstration & plant sale
Sunday 25th June
Weston Favell Village Open Gardens
Saturday 15th July Visit
Easton Walled Gdn [Oakham] guided tour +
Barnsdale Gdns
18th July– Geoff H0dge
Happy, Healthy Roses
August- no meeting
Sunday 6th August afternoon visit
Kathy Brown’s Gdn, Steventon nr Bedford
Saturday 2nd September Visit
RHS Harlow Carr , specialist plant sale
19th September - Dr Andrew Ward
Plants that Excite: mainly herbaceous
17th October– Margaret Easter
Herbs in the Garden
21st November– Caroline Tait
Demo of Christmas Flower Arrangements,
with a twist
12th December [NB 2nd week]
Howard Drury
Winter into Spring
