Salisbury Plain Mini-Group
About the Group
The Salisbury Plain Mini-Group meets at Urchfont Village Hall, Church Lane, Urchfont, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4QT (map)
Contact
Please contact the Wiltshire and Avon Group.
2019 Programme
All meetings commence at 7-30 pm
| January 25th, 2019 'Derbyshire Gardens' Lyn Miles |
| February 22nd, 2019 'Gardening for Wildlife' Richard Cripps |
| March 29th, 2019 'How a visit to Canada led to a Chinese Garden in Wiltshire' Dr Colin Little |
| May 10th, 2019 'In Pursuit of the Plants of Peru' Hilary Little (no relation) |
| June 7th, 2019 Gertrude Jekyll—her Plants and Designs David Usher |
| September 27th, 2019 'Crap Soup, Rat & Dog - It’s all on the menu in Vietnam, Plant hunting in temperate Vietnam' Nick Macer |
| November 1st, 2019 TBC |
| November 29th , 2019 TBC |
2018 Programme
| Jan 26th, 2018 'Snowdrops' Lyn Miles Lyn is a well known HPS member |
| Feb 23rd, 2018 'Plant introductions to National Trust Gardens' Chris Chadwell Chris has travelled extensively in the Himalayas |
| March 23rd, 2018 'The Living Jigsaw' Val Bourne Val is a well known writer and organic gardener. |
| April 27th, 2018 'Ghastly Gardening’ Michael Brown Michael designed & created the medieval gardens at Prebendal Manor He promises us The Horrible History of Gardening |
| May 25th, 2018 TBA |
| Sep 28th, 2018 'Plants of the Season' Paul Green Paul owns Greensleaves Nursery A demonstration using seasonal plants, which will be for sale afterwards |
| Oct 26th, 2018 'Irresistible Garden Plants for Butterflies' Roy Cheek Roy is a lifelong gardener |
| Nov 30th, 2018 'Fritillaries & Other Choice Bulbs' Jim Almond Jim specializes in dwarf & alpine bulbs |
2017 Programme
All meetings commence at 7-30 pm
| Jan 27th, 2017 'Companion Planting' Ray Broughton |
| Feb 24th, 2017 'Microclimates' Nick Wray |
| March 31st, 2017 'Private gardens in Capetown & Johannesburg & the South African Plants we grow' Victoria Logue |
| May 5th, 2017 'Scree & gravel gardening' Don Everitt |
| May 26th, 2017 'Lovely Lilies' John Baker |
| September 29th, 2017 'Amaze the Neighbours — tall & unusual perennials' Roger Turner |
| Oct 27th, 2017 'The Winter Garden' Sally Gregson |
| Nov 24th, 2017 'Peonies & Irises' Sue Applegate |