Colourful Acer taken by Sue Miles in her garden

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Welcome to the website of the Hardy Plant Society Dorset Group. We are a Group of gardening enthusiasts, of all levels of expertise, who enjoy listening to excellent speakers regularly, growing and  buying plants, and visiting beautiful gardens and nurseries. We welcome new members and visitors to all our events. The Group 
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We are one of the regional groups of the Hardy Plant Society, whose aims include stimulating interest in growing hardy perennials. In fact last year, 2018, we celebrated our 20th anniversary year since we were formed, by 21 members breaking away from the Hampshire Group in 1998. 

​For photos and write up of previous meetings ​click here.

Gilly Baxter collecting her prize from James Alexander Sinclair

NEWS UPDATES

• 16th Feb 2019 - Questionnaire issued to members to ask them what they want form their Group, attached to February Hardy Times, see below. Completed surveys to be emailed to address on the form, or brought to the February Meeting
• 1st Feb 2019 - Prospect House Day Trip now SOLD OUT. Wait List available so please let us know r if you would like first refusal if anyone cancels nearer the time
• 26th Jan 2019 - Our AGM took place and the following changes have been made to our main committee. Leaving us - David Burnham-Slipper (Treasurer), Sheila Westgate (Secretary), James Westgate (Speaker Secretary) and Roger Melton. They have been replaced by Richard Cooke, Penny Cleaver, Kevin Steele and Judy Spratley. Thank you to the outgoing members for all your help, and welcome to the new ones. For more details about them click on Committee Members
• 7th Jan 2019 - Holiday now SOLD OUT. Wait List started so register if you are interested.
• 5th Jan 2019 - We have started receiving postal applications for both the Day Trips and the Holiday. Only 1 place left on the holiday. 
• 24th Nov - Our 2019 programme is released, together with the details of next year's holiday to Kent, and 2 Day Trips. These will be posted to all members and added to this website over the next week or so. Applications for the trips should not be submitted until 2nd Jan 2019. ​

• 24th Nov - Our overall Photographic Competition winner was chosen by all those attending the James Alexander Sinclair Talk. The winning entry was taken by Gilly Baxter. Well done! 
• The 3 top entries are also shown on our Photographic Competition page.

       

HARDY TIMES FOR FEBRUARY 2019 MEETING PLUS MEMBERS' QUESTIONNAIRE

We have now started the 2019 season,
and in February we welcome

Rosy Hardy,

from Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants
(where some of us visited last year)

Her displays in Chelsea's Great Pavilion
 regularly showcase some of their
favourite varieties, as well as
their new introductions,
all planted with such artistry
that the Hardys have won 

20 Chelsea Gold Medals  

So why not come along and join us?
She will be bringing plants to sell in addition
​to our usual Plant Table.
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Upcoming events, for Hardy Plant Society (Dorset & other Groups) and other local gardening events

Go to Calendar of Events to see what other gardening events are happening.