West Midlands
About the Group
The group meets at Bentley Heath Community Centre, Widney Road, Solihull B93 9BQ (map)
Contact
Bridget Hardstaff
wmids@hardy-plant.org.uk
2019 Programme
All meetings commence at 2.30 pm except where otherwise stated
| January 12th, 2019 'The Spiny Forest of Madagascar' Jean Dance |
| February 9th, 2019 'Two for the price of one' Timothy Walker |
| March 9th, 2019 'Hellebores' Samantha Hopes |
| April 13th, 2019 'Alpines, Dwarf Bulbs and Hardy Cyclamens' Jim Almond |
| May 18th, 2019 Plant Sale at Bentley Heath |
| June 1st, 2019 Leamington Plant Sale (Plant Heritage) |
| September 14th, 2019 'The Late Show' Dr Andrew Ward |
| October 12th, 2019 'Hepaticas' Samantha Hopes |
| November 9th, 2019 2 pm start 'Monastic Plants' Michael Brown Followed by AGM |
| December 14th, 2019 12.15 pm Shared Lunch 2 pm 'Winter Plants for your Garden' Julian Ransom |
2018 Programme
| January 13th, 2018 ‘In House’ |
| February 10th, 2018 'The herbaceous Boder’ Duncan Coombs |
| March 10th, 2018 ‘Plants From the past’ Sally Cunningham |
| April 14th, 2018 ‘Violas’ Jack Willgoss |
| May 12th 9-30 am Plant Sale at Bentley Heath Hall |
| June 2nd , 2018 10 am to 3pm Plant Sale at Leamington |
| September 8th, 2018 ‘Roses’ Jeff Soulsby |
| October 13th, 2018 'Propagation' Rosemary Mitchell |
| November 10th, 2018 2-00 pm 'Through the Garden Gate' Adrian James AGM |
| December 8th, 2018 12-15 pm Shared Lunch 2-00 pm 'Christmas Workshop - Making a Door Wreath' Elaine Hall |
2017 Programme
| 14th January, 2017 ‘In House’ A general discussion to give members the opportunity to talk about matters concerning our Society, followed by a slideshow, and please do bring and show us your ‘special plants’ |
| 11th February, 2017 ‘Four RHS Gardens’ Dr John Page |
| 11th March, 2017 ‘Clematis’ Stuart Dixon |
| 8th April, 2017 ‘The Aster Family in the Garden’ Bob Brown |
| 20th May, 2017 Plant Sale at Bentley Heath |
| 3rd June, 2017 Plant Sale at Leamington |
| 21st June, 2017 In the 60th anniversary of Hardy Plant Society, our HPS Group will be celebrating the event with a day at Stockton Bury Gardens. Details tba nearer the date. |
| 9th September, 2017 ‘Indispensable Plants’ Dr Andrew Ward |
| September tba,2017 Hardy Plants Open Garden |
| 14th October, 2017 ‘Drought Tolerant Plants’ Nick Hamilton |
| 11th November, 2017 2 pm ‘Experiences as Chairman of HPS’ Cathy Rollinson Followed By AGM |
| 9th December, 2017 12 noon Our Shared Lunch 2.30 pm Christmas Demonstration, by Elaine Hall and Annette Thomas |