Programme 2023
Christine Gibbs - Gardening with the Environment in Mind & AGM
Charlotte Popescu - In Praise of Apples Pip Smith - Nuts About Narcissus Michael Holland - Saucy and Spicy Visit to - Oxford Botanical Gardens Plant Sale - 9.00am - 12 noon, Bob's Corner, High St, Benson Visit to - Primrose Cottage, Steeple Aston Visit to - Marlston Farmgirl, Thatcham The Clubs' Summer Social Visit to - Turn End Garden, Haddenham Charles Dowding - No Dig Chris Day - Taming the Indoor Jungle Paolo Arrigo - From Seed to Plate Programme 2021
Katherine Crouch - New Tricks for Old Gardeners (via Zoom)
Geoff Hodge Zoom - Gardening in Dry & Drought Conditions Andrew Oldham - Digging for Victory (via Zoom) Tomato Growing Zoom Q&A - John Overvoorde & Jill Vaughan, DelflandNursery Everything Fuchsia - Harper & Debage Fuschia Specialists Zoom Plant Sale - 9.00am - 12 noon, Bob's Corner, High St, Benson Visit to The Grange, Chalgrove Visit to Boars Hill Gardens, Oxford The Clubs' Summer Social Visit to Lime Close, Drayton Ray Broughton - Pest & Diseases (venue - Mill Stream Day Centre, Benson) Martin Cook - Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner & stone carver Practical - make a Christmas decoration with Annie Smith |
Programme 2022
Sarah Layton - Wellbeing led Gardening & AGM - zoom mtg
Ben Pope - Cut Flowers (Millstream Day Centre) - also on zoom Nick Hamilton - All Year round Vegetables (Benson Parish Hall) Pip Smith - Perfect Pots & Creative Containers Visit to Purely Plants, Propagation & Transplanting Techniques (eve) Plant Sale - 9.00am - 12 noon, Bob's Corner, High St, Benson Visit to Dower House, Easington The Clubs' Summer Social Visit to - Blewbury Manor, Blewbury Visit to - The Manor House, Dorchester on Thames Nick Bailey - Revive your Garden Andy McIndoe - The Winter Garden Annie Smith - Demonstration of how to create Christmas Door Wreath Programme 2020
Winterbrook Nursery, Wallingford - day to day running of a nursery
Jim McDonald - Growing Sweet Peas for Exhibition and Pleasure Frances Tophill - Right Plant, Right Place (ticketed event) Due to coronavirus restrictions - meetings have been cancelled or are via Zoom David Holmes - Raking up the Past - Garden Antiques - cancelled Visit to Purely Plants, Wallingford - demo on propagation - cancelled Plant Sale, High Street, Benson - cancelled Visit to Lady Pamela Hicks garden - afternoon visit - cancelled Visit to garden in Boars Hill, Oxford - afternoon visit - cancelled 25th Anniversary of Garden Club social Visit to The Manor House Garden & Mill Barn Garden, Chalgrove Darren Lerigo – A very British Garden (via Zoom) Caroline Holmes - Permission to Poison (via Zoom) Doug Stewart - Drunken Gardener (via Zoom) |