Our next meeting will be held on Thursday November 9th when Sue Clarke will talk about Hardy Geraniums -The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Sue is a well-known expert on everything to do with growing hardy geraniums. She has been growing them for 25 years and has a Plant Heritage National Collection of Geranium sylvaticum & renardii. Geraniums can be beautiful but some can also be thugs. Sue will talk about the vast range of geraniums that are available and which are best for different environments.

Please note – our December meeting, on Thursday December 14th at 2pm, is a ticket only event (so we know how many mince pies are needed). Please collect your ticket at the November meeting.

Before that however we have two Zoom talks from TSGCN – on Thursday October 26th Timothy Walker (formerly of Oxford Botanic Gardens) will give a talk titled Bordering on Insanity (creating an all-year-round border) and on Wednesday November 9th Andrew Mikolayski will ask Do Your Roots need Doing? Good root growth is essential for healthy and productive plants. How can you be sure your plants are performing well under ground when you can’t even see them? Full details of these talks and how to join them are on the Tender Shoots Garden Club Network website.

If you need to make plans for the New Year our January meeting on the 11th is via Zoom and TSGCN when Sally Gregson from Mill Cottage in Somerset will tell us about Hydrangeas.

February is our AGM at 7pm followed by a talk at 7.30 from Jeff Bates about the Royal Gardens, Windsor. Details of all our meetings are on the Programme page.

Remember to keep an eye on your emails (and check the spam folder) especially through the winter months for changes to venue and programme in case the weather causes disruption to our plans.