Past Meetings & Events
OCTOBER MEETING
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 19:15Andrew Sankey
Garden designer, nurseryman and lecturer
‘Cottage Cures & Superstitions’
A look at various plants (wild/cottage), their uses, supposedly medicinal properties and connected superstitions. Find out why country folk swallowed live spiders or rolled naked in beds of nettles!!!
SEPTEMBER MEETING
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 19:15
Andrew Bloomfield
Holkham born and bred naturalist. Warden at Holkham NNR and often featuring in TV wildlife programmes.
‘Holkham National Nature Reserve’
Andrew grew up in Holkham Park, the son of a shepherd. His upbringing in those surroundings left him with a deep love of natural history, eventually becoming a warden at Holkham Nature Reserve, which Andrew will give an in-depth talk about.
AUGUST MEETING
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 19:15Summer Show and Social Evening
A light-hearted, slightly competitive evening with something for everyone including a Quiz.
JULY MEETING
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - 19:15Paul Laurie
From the Bird Ventures Shop in Holt
‘Birds of the Norfolk Garden’
The title says it all!!!
JUNE MEETING
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 19:15Jan Smith
A volunteer at 'Ryston Rachel’s Hedgehog HoteL'
‘Hedgehogs and Their Benefit to Gardens and Gardeners’
Jan is one of a team of volunteers led by Rachel Brown. They rescue, rehabilitate and then release hedgehogs from Norfolk, the Fens and parts of Suffolk. Her talk will cover both the benefits to gardeners and how important gardens and gardeners are to hedgehogs.
MAY MEETING
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 19:30Fritha Waters
The Experiences of a Jobbing Gardener.
You might see the gardener just once a week but what are they doing the rest of the time?
Fritha Waters leads you up the garden path of her time as a gardener and designer in Norfolk, her observances and experiences whilst working in the gardens of others. She examines how nostalgia and history influence our tastes and how gardening has crept into other aspects of her life, seemingly without her knowing it.
ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 08:30Annual Plant Sale
Reepham Market Place
From 8.30 until sold out.
APRIL MEETING CANCELLED
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 19:30CANCELLED DUE TO ILL HEALTH
Simon Partridge
‘The How Hill Trust and Gardens’
Simon is the Director of How Hill Trust, Ludham. He gave us an excellent talk in 2017 on this ‘Environmental Study Centre for the Broads’, including its fantastic gardens. He will now bring us up to date as to what has been happening at How Hill during the last 5 years.
MARCH MEETING
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 19:30Jim Payne
‘The Secret Life of Plants?’
Jim is the owner of Walnut Tree Garden Nursery and his talk 'The Secret Life of Plants’ explores some of the latest and most remarkable discoveries about the inner workings of plants. How do plants tell the time? How and why do plants communicate with one another? Did you know that some plants can generate enough heat to melt snow, whilst others nourish their young? These and other extraordinary stories from the secret life of plants makes for a fascinating talk that will enhance your enjoyment of the plants in your garden and in the countryside about us.
Plants will also be on sale!
FEBRUARY MEETING
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 19:30Jane Steward
‘The Wonderful Medlar, Our Forgotten Fruit’
Jane is owner of Eastgate Larder, specialist grower and producer of medlar preserves. Jane will talk about her passion for reviving the medlar and the orchard they have planted at Eastgate.