2019 Programme Pickering Hardy Plant Group

Thursday January 17th​

AGM Payment of subscriptions, Dr Charles Lane, Consultant Plant Pathologist FERA. ”Tree warning  systems against emerging threats” ​

Thursday February 21st​

Alan Spenceley, Whitby -  “Alpines in Cultivation”

Thursday March 21st

Peter Williams, Seaton Ross, York –“Special Plants for Small Gardens

​Thursday April 18th

​Steve Hickman Hoyland Plant Centre, Barnsley, South Yorks. “Agapanthus, Nerines and Clivia”

** please note this meeting will be held in the Mill Suite, Memorial Hall (lift available) **

​Thursday May 16th

​Garden Visit to Peter Williams garden at Weathervane House, Seaton Ross.  Coach free for members Entry £5.00 to include refreshments

Saturday May 18th
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Annual Plant Sale and Coffee Morning at RVS Centre, Hungate, Pickering, YO18 7DG 9,30am.
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Thursday June 20th

​Garden visit to Jackson’s Wold, Sherburn, Malton YO17 8QJ by kind invitation of Sarah and Richard Cundall.  Entry for members £5.00 £10.00 for guests both include refreshments

Thursday July 18th​

​Garden visit to Sleightholmedale Lodge, Fadmoor YO62 7JG by kind invitation of Mr Patrick James Entry £5.00 Refreshments will be provided by Hardy Plant Group

Thursday September 19th​

Sarah Owen-Hughes Garden Designer and Horticultural Lecturer at Askham Bryan College , York.  “What on Earth?- Secrets of Soil”
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Thursday October 17th

Phillip Cormie, Head Gardener of the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park, Grewelthorpe, Ripon.
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Thursday November 21st

 Razvan Chisu, Barthomley, Cheshire, Member of the Cheshire Heritage Plant Group.   Plants and Castles of Transylvania.                                 

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Thursday January 19th

Annual General Meeting with speaker or quiz and light refreshments ​