Talks Programme 2025

All talks commence at 7-30 pm at the Uppingham Methodist Church
Doors open at 7-00pm for 7-30pm start
Admission £3-00 Rutland HPS members, £5-00 visitors

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2025 September to December

Tuesday, 9th September
Ben Preston
‘Cliff Bank Nursery -
A New Chapter’

Ben and his partner Laura took over the derelict nursery and site in 2022, this is the story so far. Ben will be bringing a selection of plants but please look at website before he comes as he will be able to bring orders.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 14th October
Colin Moat

‘Every dog has his Day’

A talk on garden worthy perennials that in my view deserve to be better known and used more often. It may be because they have fallen out of fashion, hard to get hold of, or, fairly new to the market. Colin and his wife Cindy have closed their nursery Pineview Plants and are concentrating on clearing their own garden and breeding plants.

Tuesday, 11th November
Camilla Anderson.
“Gardens of the Arts and Craft Movement and Edwardian Gardens with a focus on the gardens of Harold Peto”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 9th December

Sharron and Paul Cutler

Paul and Sharron Cutler both members of the HPS will give a talk titled
“Meeting magical flower meadows of the eastern edge of the French Alps”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2025 January to April

Tuesday, 14th January, 2025

Paul and Sharron Cutler gave a talk on “Hanging up the Hosepipe” - creating a dry garden. Paul and Sharron both retired gardeners gave us an illustrated talk showing how they changed the labour and water intensive herbaceous borders into a low maintenance dry gravel garden.

Tuesday, 11th February, 2025

Harriet Rycroft gave a talk on “Winter interest and Spring joy”.

Harriet a retired professional gardener, a keen plantswoman and writer and an expert on container gardening.

Harriet showed us a very wide range of planting schemes from when she worked at Wichford

Pottery and the stunning displays she creates in her own garden.

Tuesday 11th March 2025

Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots Nursery gave a very informative talk entitled “Good in Bed”. A look

at those plants that have a particularly long season of interest in the garden and really earn their keep. She was very generous with her knowledge of growing the plants and giving lots of useful

information.

Tuesday 8th April 2025

Samantha Hope gave us a fascinating talk on “Hellebores” going into detail of where the

breading of Hellebores” all started at Ashwood Nurseries and bring us up-to date with the new

and up and coming plants that are coming forward. She also gave us very useful hints and tips on their cultivation. Samantha worked alongside John Massey on his Hepatica collection and is a

passionate gardener and plantswoman.