
A funny, light-hearted talk about her eccentric path to becoming a garden designer from muddy beginnings to mentoring clients across the South West.

A funny, light-hearted talk about her eccentric path to becoming a garden designer from muddy beginnings to mentoring clients across the South West.
31 May 2025 @ All Day – Visit to RHS Wisley, Surrey Saturday 31st May 2025 Cost: Free to Dorset PH Members, £25.00 for Guest/Partners, payable in advance Outline itinerary. 1st Pick up Upwey 7.40am; Poundbury Garden Centre 7.55am; Dorchester Museum Bus Stop 8.05am; Colehill Memorial Hall Wimborne 8.45am. Short comfort break Rownhams Service Station; Arrive Wisley by 11am. Depart Wisley at […]
12 February 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Ken Thompson was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield where he was a key member of the first of two ‘Biodiversity of Urban Gardens’ (BUGS) projects investigating the significance of urban gardens as habitats for ‘natural’ biodiversity. He now writes for many books magazines and papers […]
13 March 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Bob Brown – well known Nurseryman of Cotswold Garden Flowers, Evesham Bob’s ethos is indeed to grow and sell perennials that are easy and unusual for the flower garden. He writes regularly for ‘Gardening Which?’ and is a fund of practical knowledge about plants and their suitability for different positions. He has a fascinating website with blogs […]
31 July 2026 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Members Visit to Ryewater Nursery, Near Sherborne 10am – 1pm Friday 31st July 2026 Following a brilliant talk from Wren Franklin back in late 2024, we have arranged a visit to Clive Farrell’s impressive nursery, garden and wonderful wildlife haven, 5½ miles south of Sherborne. It is difficult to describe this place, which is not normally […]