We held our Autumn Study Day on 1st November at Reaseheath College.
Our speakers were excellent
Advolly Richmond, garden historian and author, told us about “A Short History of Flowers; The stories that shaped our gardens”
John Scrace, plant pathologist, told us about “Fabulous Fungi (and Malicious Moulds)”
Our next Study Day will be Friday, 21st February 2025 at Reaseheath College.
Our Spring Nesletter has been issued and this includes details of our Summer 2024 outings. We have an interesting programme of events which should be enjoyable – here’s hoping we get a bit of sunshine!
The events include:
Details of our speakers for the October Study Day have been announced.
Our next Study Day is on 27th October at Reaseheath College.
Our lectures will be “’Making the most of your Garden” by Christine Walkden in the morning and in the afternoon, “Breathing New Life into Old Walls – restoring the walled kitchen garden at Haigh Hall” by Sylvia Travers.
More details are available in our Autumn Newsletter which is now available.
Our Winter Newsletter has been issed and incudes reports on our October Study Day plus details of our next Study Day which is on 24th February at Reaseheath College. Please see the Newsletters page if you would like to read it.
On 24th February our lectures will be ‘Salvias and Ornamental Grasses’ by Gordon Malt and ‘The Making of RHS Garden Bridgewater – plans and progress’ by Marcus Chilton-Jones, Curator of RHS Bridgewater.
Members and Guests are welcome.
We had a lovely Study Day on Friday, 25th February at Reaseheath College. It was wonderful to see so many of our members face-to-face again.
Our lectures were “How Plants Communicate” by Dr Tony Polwart and “Edible Landscaping” by Richard Smedley
Write-ups of the lectures for both of our speakers will be available in the Spring Newsletter which will be published in mid-April.
Our next study day is planned for 7th July – details will be published in April 2022.
We had a lovely Study Day on Friday, 29th October at Reaseheath College. It was wonderful to see so many of our members face-to-face again.
Our two talks were “Recent Developments in Hydroponics and Intensive Crop Production” by Dr Paul Challinor and “Colour in the Leaf” by Anthony Norman of Conquest Plants
Reports of both talks will be available in the Winter Newsletter which will be published in late January.
Future Study Days – make a note in your diary:
We are pleased to announce our next Study Day at Reaseheath College on Friday, 29th October.
Our lectures are are:
Full details of the progamme for the Study Day can be found in our Autumn 2021 Newsletter.
Our next study day will be on Friday, 19th February via Zoom. Our lectures are are:
This promises to be an interesting day – read a bit more about our speakers on the “Events at Reaseheath” page.
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.
The Horticultural Enthusiasts' Association 