Not long to go to the first meeting of the new season and the programme is now up for all to see. We hope you like the selection of talks we have this year – we have a few returning
Dahlias and the History of Halls of Heddon with David Hall
Event date: 27th February 2017 Write-up by Ian Millichamp I should start this account by declaring a fondness for the Halls of Heddon nursery. Actually I should say nurseries as there are two sites – at Heddon on the Wall
Plant taxonomy: a little Latin goes a long way with Chris Metherell
Event date: 23rd January 2017 Write-up by Pam Ratcliffe It was all very different from my school Latin lessons: an enthusiastic speaker, an audience eager to learn, and much laughter. Chris Metherell, a member of the Botanical Society of Britain
Bulbs in the Garden with Ian Young
Event date: 5th December 2016 Write-up by Isobel Shaw When I look ahead to each new HPS NE talk, I always know that the speaker will engage and enthuse us all. But last month my expectations were thoroughly exceeded by
Autumn Colour in your Garden (It’s not time for bed yet!) with Helen Picton
Event date: 24th October 2016 Write up by Christine Boulby The lights were on, the chairs set in the huge semi circle because our talk was without slides. Instead we saw a great big bucket stuffed full of plant samples,
SPECIAL EVENT DAY CANCELLED
Please note we will no longer be holding the Hepatica and Clematis Day on 30th March. We hope to reschedule the event next year.
New 2018/19 programme
Our new season of talks will be upon us soon, time flies! The full season of talks has now been updated and includes two special events: we have a celebrity talk in October with Bunny Guinness and a study day
Change to March meeting
Our publicised speaker for the March meeting, Steve Hickman, is no longer able to attend. Fortunately, the show goes on! Steve’s son, Colin, also an expert on the range of plants in the talk “Nerines, Amarines and Tulbaghias” will be attending
October 2017 meeting restrictions
The very popular speaker Bob Brown is coming to give his talk “Daisy Daze” at our October meeting. As our membership level has increased in the last year and we know Bob’s talk will be of interest to many of
Happy New Year!
Well, not quite – but happy new programme year! Monday 25th September is the start of our new 2017/18 programme, seeing us through autumn, winter and into late spring. We have another great programme thanks to our Chairman and speaker secretary Heather