Photo taken by Helen McIllmurray, a new member

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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, winner of the 2018 Photographic Competition, collecting her prize from James Alexander Sinclair

​​NEWS UPDATES

• 3rd September 2019 - Prospect House Trip went well. See Events/Previous Events for write up and photos 
• Full write up of our wonderful holiday in Kent, click on Events/Holiday for more details
  
• 2nd Aug 2019 - Twin Scaling demonstration held by Jane Norris at her home. 5 members got together to find out more about how to propagate snowdrop bulbs by this unusual method. For write up and photos - click here. 
• 23rd July  2019 - Gardeners' Question Time Report and photos - click here. The 2 shows recorded will air on Radio 4 on 2nd Aug and 23rd Aug at 3 pm and then repeated the following Sunday at 2 pm. If you missed the first one and the repeat, you can still listen to it by clicking on link https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00076v0
• 21st July  2019 - GQT now SOLD OUT
• 24th Jun 2019 - Sale of Gardeners' Question Time Tickets now available to local horticultural societies and general public. See details and poster below to see how to apply for tickets.
• 13th Jun 2019 - We have been chosen to host a recording of 2 episodes of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time on Tuesday 23rd July at 5.30 pm. Members given first opportunity to purchase tickets at £4.50 each.
• 9th Jun 2019 - Back to Manor Farm, see Calendar of Events. Fergus Garrett tickets will be available there.
• Also check out the write up for our day Trip to Savill Garden, written by Marion Davies, together with some of her photos. See Events/Day Trips

HARDY TIMES OCTOBER 2019

Our 2019 season continues with,

Saturday 26th October is our ticketed event for an

"Afternoon with Fergus Garrett"

Fergus trained in horticulture at Wye College, London University. He worked in Kent for Rosemary Alexander
of the English Gardening School, for Beth Chatto
at the Unusual Plants Nursery in Essex and then for
the Sackler family at Cap d’Antibes and Gstaad.
In 1992 he became head gardener at Great Dixter,
working closely with Christopher Lloyd until Christopher’s death in 2006. Since then he has become
Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust.
Fergus works full-time, hands-on in the garden,
as well as writing and lecturing extensively
across the world.

Please note
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

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.