SPEAKER EVENTS 2018-2019

• Generally each Meeting is booked for the last Saturday each month unless affected by Bank Holidays.
• We meet to hear a range of Speakers from January to April, then September to November. 
• Our doors generally open at 2.00 pm ready for the talks ​to start promptly at 2.30 pm, unless otherwise indicated. 
• All are welcome - group members are free and visitors cost £3.50, unless they join at the Meeting, where the cost of their entrance is refunded 

Read more about the Group and what happens at our Meetings

Date and Time of Meeting	Speaker	More about the Speaker	Title of Talk
Saturday 27th January 2018 ​at 2.30 pm	Helen Yemm	Famous for writing the Telegraph's Thorny problems column	Inspiration for Late Summer Colour
Saturday 24th February 2018 ​at 2.00 pm EARLY START	AGM followed by ​Ray Broughton	Ray is a horticultural scientist and lecturer with over 30 years of experience, currently teaching at RHS Wisley.	Pests and Diseases
Saturday 7th April 2018            ​at 2.30 pm	David Hurrion	Deputy Editor of the BBC Gardeners World Magazine, and broadcaster	The Answer Lies in the Soil
Saturday 28th April 2018 ​at 2.30 pm	Mary Payne	Writer, garden designer, broadcaster	Compton Acres - Revisited
Wednesday 26th September 2018 at 7.30 pm	Alan Edmondson replacing Nick Gilbert	Alan is an RHS speaker and contributes regularly to Radio Solent's "The Kitchen Garden" programme. He is a positive expert with masses of experience.	Primulas and Auriculas
Saturday 27th October 2018 ​at 2.30 pm	​Jon Evans	​	Autumn at Blackthorn Nursery
Saturday 24th November 2018 at 2.30 pm TICKET ONLY	James Alexander Sinclair	Garden designer, award winning writer, an accredited judge at the RHS Shows and Chair of the RHS Gardens Committee	An Afternoon With  ​James Alexander Sinclair
Saturday 26th January 2019 ​at 2.30 pm	Lyn Miles	​	For the Love of Snowdrops

2017-2018

Date and Time of Meeting	Speaker	More about the Speaker	Title of Talk
Saturday 25th March 2017 ​at 2.30 pm	Ken Thompson	​Plant Biologist, lecturer, author and Telegraph columnist	Dealing with Plants that Behave Badly
Saturday 29th April 2017 ​at 2.30 pm	Kevin Hughes	Owner of Heale House Nursery which specialises in unusual plants and shrubs	Stars of the Spring Garden
Saturday 30th September 2017 ​at 2.30 pm	Marina Christopher	Owner of Phoenix Perennials Nursery and supplier of plants to many RHS Show Gardens	Gardening with Gravel
Saturday 28th October 2017 ​at 2.30 pm TICKET ONLY (Last few remaining)	Roy Lancaster	RHS President, Broadcaster and celebrated Plant Hunter	A Life of Plants
Saturday 25th November 2017 at 2.30 pm	Neil Lucas	Owner of Knoll Gardens & Nursery, local specialists in grasses	Using Perennials in the Modern Garden
Saturday 27th January 2018 ​at 2.30 pm	​Helen Yemm	Famous for writing the Telegraph's Thorny problems column	Inspiration for Late Summer Colour