Hardy Plant SpcietyCumbria
About the Group
The Group meets at the Crooklands Hotel, Crooklands , near Kendal, LA7 7NW (map)
Members free, visitors very welcome - £3.00, free parking
There is a talk, a plant and garden sundries sale, and raffle at every meeting
Our Autumn meetings at the Crooklands Hotel have had to be cancelled.
The revised programme from September onwards is in the form of Zoom meetings, see below:
Contact
Stella Hall
01524 261183
cumbria@hardy-plant.org.uk
All meetings commence at 7-30 pm unless otherwise stated. Please check with the group before travelling.
Garden Visits: the owners' views and the Government's advice will be checked nearer the time, when more information will be given.
2020 Programme
| Monday 20th January, 2020 'The Way We Were' Doug Stewart asking how we gardened over 60 years ago and how much things have changed |
| Monday 17th February. 'A Rainbow of Dahlias' Jack Gott Dahlia tubers for sale |
| Monday 16th March, 2020 AGM followed by 'The Botanical Gardens of South East Australia' Adrian Lees |
| Monday 20th April 2020 CANCELLED 'Daffodils' Ian Tyler Daffodil Society Judge |
| Monday 18th May, 2020 CANCELLED 'The Versatility of Herbs' Helen Shipton-Smith Raffle prize- a herb planter |
| Tuesday 2nd June, 2020 2-00pm CANCELLED Garden Visit to Langholme Mill, Lowick Green, Cumbria |
| Saturday 13th June 2020 10am -Noon CANCELLED Annual Plant Sale Preston Patrick Memorial Hall near Kendal (map) 50p Entrance fee. Many unusual plants. Tea, coffee and cake available |
| Tuesday 7th July, 2020 6.30pm CANCELLED Garden Visit to High Park Barn, Oxenholme |
| Friday 10th July, 2020 2.30pm CANCELLED Garden Visit to Crumble Cottages, Cartmel |
| Our Autumn meetings at the Crooklands Hotel have had to be cancelled. The revised programme is in the form of Zoom meetings as follows: |
| 21st September 2020 ZOOM meeting at 7.30pm 'Hostas' Peter Savage Peter is from Bowden's Nurseries near Oakhampton in Devon. If you would like to view this lecture, for security reasons you will need to contact us at: hpscumbria@gmail.com so that we can let you know the meeting ID and password, and then allow you in from the Zoom waiting room. The waiting room will open at 7.15pm |
| 19th October 2020 ZOOM meeting at 7.30pm 'It's not time for bed yet – rethinking Autumn in the garden.' Helen Picton Helen is from the Old Court Nurseries and the Picton Garden, and holds the Plant Heritage Collection of Autumn-flowering Asters. If you would like to view this lecture, for security reasons you will need to contact us at: hpscumbria@gmail.com so that we can let you know the meeting ID and password, and then allow you in from the Zoom waiting room. The waiting room will open at 7.15pm |
| Monday 16th November 2020 ZOOM meeting at 7.30pm 'Winter Colour in the Garden – Beating the Winter Blues' Geoff Hodge If you would like to view this lecture, for security reasons you will need to contact us at: hpscumbria@gmail.com so that we can let you know the meeting ID and password, and then allow you in from the Zoom waiting room. The waiting room will open at 7.15pm |
| 14th December 2020 ZOOM meeting at 7-30pm Question time and online social evening An in-house sharing of gardening problems with answers from within the group If you would like to view this meeting, for security reasons you will need to contact us at: hpscumbria@gmail.com so that we can let you know the meeting ID and password, and then allow you in from the Zoom waiting room. The waiting room will open at 7.15pm |