ILLUSTRATED GARDEN TALKS 2012-13

 

All talks are professional PowerPoint presentations and contain amusing anecdotes and stories. They are delivered in an enthusiastic and entertaining manner. Audiences will be supplied with a slide list of the images featured in the talk.

 

Lecture Reviews - click here for reviews of talks

 

1 Euphorbias All you need to know about this very popular genus delivered in a highly amusing and informative way. Great slides show the wonderful variety of plants throughout the year.

2 The National Plant Collections of Great Britain Involves 2 spectacular journeys. A 3 mile vertical journey and a 3000 mile horizontal one visiting around 40 different and diverse National Collections. There is a conservation theme to the talk which concludes with an exhilarating climax.

3 Living with a National Plant Collection Written for the successful HPS Autumn Weekend. Hilarious anecdotes and experiences from owning a very trendy and active National Collection. Oh, and some good slides as well.

4  Perennials Throughout the Year A comprehensive look at herbaceous perennials with slides from January-December and peaking in the months of June and July.

5 Euphorbias and Other Spring Flowering Perennials All the Euphorbia jokes and an excellent selection of other seasonal flowering perennials which pay homage to Euphorbias during the spring!

6  Late Herbaceous Perennials A sumptuous array of Perennials which give of their best from midsummer onwards. Including numerous examples of the more colourful and fashionable genera.

7  Summer Perennial Colour No whites or pastel colours in this talk. Just spectacular rich and vibrant floral colours which are around during the peak summer months

8  Herbaceous Perennials and Borders A short evolution of the English herbaceous border since Victorian times. We visit many of England’s most famous and spectacular herbaceous borders and gardens. The second half of the talk focuses on plants which are grown in these borders.

9 The A-Z of Garden Perennials Do you know any perennials which begin with Q, X or J? Some surprising inclusions, as well as plenty of our favourites. Many of the slides in this talk are in close up detail.

10 AGM’s - A Glorious Medley of Plants A plethora of highly garden worthy plants that have received the coveted R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit. A little more entertaining and colourful than the other AGM evenings that we attend!!!

11 Ten Top Gardens No historic parks or landscaped gardens in this talk. Just fabulous gardens where herbaceous plants and planting take pride of place. New ideas for garden visiting days out or just reminisce if you have already visited.

12 Hardy Planter's Winter Survival Kit Plants, projects, activities and strategies to help you get through the dark nights and cold days between October and March. An amusing talk with some wonderful slides of winter plants and gardens.

13 People, Plants, Pleasure and Passion Written for a HPS 50th birthday lecture day, this talk contains funny people stories and fabulous plant images classified into interesting themes. Pleasure and passion, being abstract nouns cannot be illustrated but permeate the whole talk.

14 Walking With Flowers Combining my two passions of walking and wildflowers, these are holiday snaps with a difference! Whether it’s coastal, countryside or mountain walking we see beautiful pictures of many of our garden plants in stunning scenery, where they choose to grow naturally.

15 Is Big Ever Beautiful? Great things don’t always come in small packages. Whether it’s giant blooms, large plants or enormous gardens there’s something to be admired and enjoyed about being oversize.

Lecture fees:-

Groups >70 -   £70

Groups 50-70 - £60

Groups 30-49 - £50

Groups < 30 -  £40

all + travel, currently 30p/mile

 

EUPHORBIA STUDY DAYS - Learn all you need to know about this wonderfully diverse and popular genus by booking a half day STUDY DAY. The programme includes 2 x 1 hour+ sessions tailored to your groups' needs.

Session 1 - Practical:

        i)  the unique floral structure

       ii) seed production and collection

       iii) propagation

Session 2 - Slide presentation:

         i) variety of life

        ii) cultivation

       iii) euphorbias throughout the year

       iv) using euphorbias in the garden

Maximum group size 30.  

Cost £80 +travel @30p/mile

A STUDY DAY can be booked in Harthill and then the 2 sessions can be combined with a visit to the collection to make a full day. Use contact page for further details.