The next Study Day at Reaseheath will be Friday 30th October. Our Speakers will be:
That should be an interesting and varied day.
Details of the programme are available in our Autumn 2020 Newsletter.
Details of our next Study Day on 21st February 2020 have now been announced. Our speakers will be:
Nick Hamilton (son of the late Geoff Hamilton) who will be talking about “Barnsdale after Geoff”.
Sue Clarke, holder of one of the Plant Heritage National Collections of Hardy Geraniums, will be talking about “Hardy Geraniums – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.
Please see our Events at Reaseheath page for details of the full programme.
We had a very successful and interesting Study Day on 1st November at Reaseheath College.
Our first lecture was “Some Talented Women and their Association with Historic Gardens” by Maureen Thomas. It was a fascinating insight in to some of the women who have not let convention stand in the way of their horticultural endeavours. The women included botanical artists, amateur botanists, authors and landscape architects, many of whom are unsung heroes (or should I say, heroines).
Our second lecture was “A Wildegoose Chase” by Jack Willgoss from Wildegoose Nursery, Shropshire. This was an inspiring talk about of how Jack and his wife, Laura, gave up secure employment in pursuit of their dream of starting their own nursery and in turn restoring a Georgian walled garden and glasshouses of national significance. What they have achieved is truly amazing and I am sure a visit to Wildegoose Nursery will be on the list for our Summer outings.
http://www.wildegoosenursery.co.uk/
The plant sale was also a success with a huge range of plants to choose from, including some young Puya mirabilis plants grown from seed provided by Roy Lancaster at last year’s 40th Anniversary event.
Each year THEA makes an award (in the form of book tokens) to two outstanding students from the RHS courses at Reaseheath.
The winners for the Horticultural Enthusiasts Association Award for Endeavour is Kyle Lane, and the winner of Horticultural Enthusiasts Association Award for Best Practical Student is Aaron Turner . Congratulations to them both.
The Autumn 2019 Newsletter has been published. Please see the Newsletters page if you would like to view it.
The Newsletter contains the programme for our next Study Day on Friday, 1st November at Reaseheath College. It also contains reports on the garden visits THEA members enjoyed over the summer.
Take a look. We hope you enjoy it.
Following on from the excellent talk on Japanese Gardens at our November Study Day, we have been inspired to arrange a trip to the Japanese Garden at Tatton Park so we can see first-hand what we’ve heard about.
Simon Tetlow (Head Gardener at Tatton) will be conducting the tour on 25th April 2019 which will take approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes after which time you will have the option to visit the rest of the gardens at your leisure. This is a rare opportunity to get access to the Japanese garden as this is not generally open to the public.
See our GARDEN VISITS page for more details.
Details of our next Study Day on 22nd February have been announced. Please see the EVENTS page for more details.
PROGRAMME
Friday, 22nd February 2019 – Main Lecture Theatre, Reaseheath College
From 10.00 Sign in
Members leave items for Plant/Book Sale
10.15 Coffee available in Restaurant
10.45 Lecture: The National Garden Scheme
Lecturer: – John Weston
11.45 THEA Plant Sale
12.00 Lunch available in Restaurant
1.30 Raffle Draw Prizes
2.00 Lecture: Hellebores, their biology and habitats.
Lecturer: – Mike Byford, of Hazles Cross Farm, Staffordshire
The Horticultural Enthusiasts' Association 