2026
Jan 20th Jon Evans, Photographer. ‘Alpine Plants’.
Feb 17th AGM. ‘Followed by Brian’s illustrated talk on the last 40 years of Hosehill Lake L.N.R’.
Mar 17th Sarah Dixon. ‘The gardens of the Adachi Museum of Art, Japan’.
Apr 21st Geoff Hawkins, retired Head Gardener. ‘Growing Vegetables in Small Gardens’.
May 19th Jane Ibrahim, director of Wild Oakingham. ‘Re-wilding Oakingham Farm’.
Jun 16th Matt Ordidge, Dept of Crop Science, University of Reading. ‘Curating the National Fruit Collection’.
Jul 21st Linda Bostock, Medical Herbalist. ‘Herbs and Health, the use of Medicinal Herbs’.
Aug 18th Anthony Powell, Garden Consultant. ‘Planting for Autumn Colour’.
Sep 15th Austin Crabbe, Englefield Garden Centre. ‘The Affinity Trust and Englefield Garden Centre’.
Oct 20th Lea Grayston-Smith, founder of Hogs on Film. ‘A talk about her research on Hedgehogs as part of her PhD’.
Nov 17th Roger Hirons, Plant Doctor. ‘An Introduction to Pruning’.
Dec 15th Kerry Thomas, Mad Hatter Floral Design. ‘Floral Christmas arrangements’.
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2027
Jan 19th Ian Margetts, Estate Manager Malshanger Farm. ‘An update on the farm including the wildlife and environmental work’.
Feb 16th AGM
Mar 16th Chris Bird, Sparsholt College. ‘Growing Fruit and Veg’.
Apr 20th Paolo Arrigo, Franchi Seeds. ‘Italy from seed to plate’.
May 18th Philippa Silverton, ex Hilliers. ‘Climbers and Wall Plants’.
Jun 15th Sarah Morland, Thrive. ‘Gardening for Health – the Ripple Effect’.
Jul 20th Ailsa Claybourne, Naturalist. ‘Natural bird songs and calls’.
Aug 17th Martine Goodrich, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. ‘Gardening the Globe’.
Sep 21st tbc
Oct 19th Richard Rickett, beekeeper and editor of BeeCraft magazine. ‘A buzz in the garden’.
Nov 16th Souren Ala, Dynamic Gardens. ‘Making and growing a wildflower meadow’.
Dec 21st Kerry Thomas, Mad Hatter Floral Design. ‘Floral Christmas arrangements’.