Write-ups

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

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

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

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,

Event date: 26th Septemer 2016 Write up by Heather Russell Alistair Baldwin started our new season of talks with an excellent presentation on his design for the new Wynyard Hall rose garden. He is an interesting mix of a garden

Visitors to the Coffee Morning in Craghead, County Durham, on the first Saturday in September were expecting rain, but thankfully it held off for just about an hour before setting in for the day. This allowed enough time for everyone

Event date: Monday 25th April 2016 Speaker: Leila Jackson Write-up by Pam Ratcliffe Leila Jackson undertook a 580-mile round trip through hail, sleet, snow and occasional bright sunshine to give us a highly entertaining and informative talk on the Campanulaceae family. Leila and

Event date: Monday 25th January 2016 Speaker: Kathleen Scott Write-up by Sylvie Field Kathleen gardens in Ponteland in a north-facing garden with a heavy soil. This has not deterred her from growing a wonderful collection of snowdrops, or should we say Galanthus. We