Winning photo for the 2020 Photo Competition taken by Helen Powell

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We are announcing 2 new additional speakers - Mat Reese, Head Gardener of Malverleys, on 24th July and David Hurrion, Associate Editor of the Gardeners World Magazine, on 21st August. These will go ahead should the covid unlocking continue as planned.
We have also organised 2 Day Trips, to Wildside/Garden House and RHS Wisley. Click here for more details.
All of these will be available to Members Only, so please contact us about renewing or joining us by clicking here

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. 

​​NEWS UPDATES

• 7th June 2021 - We have announced our 2 Day Trips for 2021, and 2 additional speakers, for July and August, in our Hardy Times which is being issued to all our members today - click below to see its contents.
• 7th June 2021 - We are now also able to accept contactless payments for all payments - phone Debbie on 01202 877390.
• 8th May 2021 - Our first event of 2021 took place - a Car Boot Plant Sale in Colehill Memorial Hall Car Park. Despite the weather forecast, the rain had blown through by the time we started, and many came along to buy plants and see some old friends. See pics by clicking here
• 29th April 2021 - Holiday prices finally confirmed. Final payments now due by Thursday 13th May. All travellers have been contacted to advise.
• 21st April 2021 - We now have confirmation that our Annual Plant Sale will go ahead on the 8th May, albeit slightly differently. It will be held at 11.00am and will be in the Hall Car Park, instead of inside, during the afternoon. See poster below with more details or click here for the relevant page.
• 2nd April 2021 - We find we now have vacancies for our annual holiday to Cheshire in July 2021, which we are hoping to be able to run. We have been in contact with the hotel, coach company and gardens, and are very optimistic, but this will not go ahead unless we are allowed to do so safely. Click here for more details. Please contact us if you would like more information or to register your interest.
• 22nd March 2021 - We are in the process of confirming all of the components of last year's holiday with a view to hopefully being able to run it this year instead. We are liaising with the hotel, coach company and individual garden owners to ensure it is as covid safe as we can make it. Due to the current circumstances we now find we have spare places and would ask that if you are interested, you register that interest with us via the Contacts page. For more details of the trip click on the Holiday page.
• 28th February 2021 - Our AGM took place last weekend. As well as the committee, we were joined by a further 7 members. It was lovely to see you all. The Committee were all voted to continue for a further year, and the proposed changes to our Constitution were approved, and this has now been updated on the website. Click Here
• 13th January 2021 - The latest Hardy Times has been issued, together with all the paperwork relating to our 2021 AGM, to be held on Skype. Accompanying paperwork may be found by clicking here. Hard copies will also be posted to all our non email members.
• 10th January 2021 - We have had to cancel Anna Pavord, our Jan speaker, move Terry Baker from March to April, and Troy Scott-Smith from April to September 2021. We aim to keep you informed as we adjust our Schedule due to the pandemic​

Our 2019 Celebrity, Fergus Garrett, with our Chair, Debbie, Committee Member Judy Spratley, and local celebrity Neil Lucas from Knoll Gardens, who came along to enjoy the afternoon

SPECIAL NO. 18 HARDY TIMES MAY 2021

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.