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Programme of Events
Meetings are usually held in Lorenden School Hall, Painters Forstal at 7:30pm unless otherwise stated.
Programme of events for 2023
February Monday 13th AGM followed by a talk
March Monday 13th Talk by Alan Harvey
April Saturday 1st Spring Show Staging from 10am to 11:30am
Show opens 2:30pm to 3:30pm
See the Show Schedule in your club booklet for more details
May Saturday 13th Plant Sale 10am to 12 noon,
June Wednesday 14th Club Visit 2pm Tram Hatch Gardens, Charing
(Members to arrange own transport)
August Monday 7th Garden Picnic Churchmans Farm from 5:30pm
September Saturday 9th Autumn Show Cancelled
October Monday 9th Steve Edney Talk The Long Border
December Monday 4th A Christmas Gathering The Alma, Painters Forstal, from 7pm
Programme of events for 2024 (Subject to change)
February Monday 12th AGM followed by a talk
March Monday 11th Talk by Alan Harvey Biodynamic Gardening
April Saturday 6th Spring Show Staging from 10am to 11:30am
Show opens 2:30pm to 3:30pm
See the Show Schedule in your club booklet for more details
May Saturday 11th Plant Sale 10am to 12 noon
June TBC Club Visit (Details to be confirmed, Members to arrange own transport)
August TBC Garden Picnic (Details to be confirmed, Members to arrange own transport)
September Saturday 14th Autumn Show Staging from 10am to 11:30am
Show opens 2:30pm to 3:30pm
See the Show Schedule in your club booklet for more details
October Monday 14th Talk by Rose Hardy of Hardy Plants
November Monday 11th Talk (Speaker TBC)
What we did in 2022
February Monday 14th AGM online - via Teams
April Saturday 9th Spring Show
May Saturday 14th Plant Sale Churchmans Farm
June Wednesday 15th Club Outing to Mount Ephraim at 1pm
August Monday 8th Visit to Bill and Sally Harbour's garden
September Saturday 10th Autumn Show
October Wednesday 12th Christine Walkden A Talk on Water Wise Gardening
What we did in 2021
February Monday 8th AGM via Zoom
March Date TBC Online Quiz
April 10th Spring Show (Online)
May Plant Sale Cancelled
June Club Outing cancelled
July 17th Cancelled
August 16th Visit to Churchmans Farm
December 6th (7pm) 'It’s not all sand, the mountains of Yemen’ Frazer Henderson
What we did (or planned to do!) in 2020
February Monday 17th AGM followed by a quiz
March Monday 9th "How to show daffodils" a talk by Janine Daulton
April Saturday 4th Spring Show: (cancelled - online show)
May Saturday 16th Plant Sale & Coffee Morning: 10am – 12am (cancelled)
June TBC Club visit (Own Cars) (cancelled)
July Saturday 18th Summer Show
August Monday 10th Happy Hour Churchmans Farm 6:00pm
September Monday 14th On Line Autumn Show:
October Monday 12th Frances Moskovits - Australia, plants on tour (cancelled)
November Monday 9th Donna Richardson Enchanted Gardens (cancelled)
December Monday 7th Steve Edney Exotic Gardens (Zoom meeting, members event)
What we did in 2019
February Monday 11th AGM followed by a quiz
March Monday 11th "It's all in the name" a talk by Kevin Tooher
April Saturday 6th Spring Show
May Saturday 18th Plant Sale & Coffee Morning: 10am – 12am
June Wednesday 12th Coach outing to Hyde Hall, Chelmsford
July Saturday 20th Summer Show
August Saturday 3rd 40th Anniversary Party at the ALMA Pub Painter’s Forstal 4pm
September Monday 9th Dahlia Competition: Staging 6.15pm – 7pm, Judging from 7.15pm
October Monday 14th Nick Bailey - Horticulturalist and Gardener’s World presenter
November Monday 11th Talk & Slides by Hugh Raggett on Hanbury Gardens
December No meeting
