WE WELCOME ALL GARDENERS TO OUR AUTUMN /WINTER PROGRAMME OF TALKS
Talks take place monthly on the 2nd Tuesday at the Village Hall, Longstock at 7.00 pm
Oct to April
The Garden Club is for both experienced and inexperienced gardeners. At each meeting, there is a guest speaker, a chance to socialise with other gardeners over tea or coffee and topical advice from experienced members.
Guest are welcome £3 Raffle tickets £1 each
2025 sign up only £15 for 7 great talk
Our Autumn programme in the Village Hall
NEXT MEETING
December Christmas 9th with Mince pies
Carol Watson
My wild flowers hot-spots of the world
Always an excellent speaker Carol’s first talk was in 2008 and has been a regularly requested speaker ever since.
Welcome to 2026
January 13th Andy McIndoe
A special meeting will be at Stockbridge Town Hall. Book here Free to club members
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The Winter Garden Plants come into their own during the winter. Foliage Flower Stems & Bark.
Tuesday 13th January at 19.30 in Stockbridge Town Hall
(Doors open at 19.00)
Andy is the well known ex-Managing Director of Hillier Nurseries, responsible for 25 consecutive Gold Medal winning exhibits at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. He is one of the UK’s leading horticulturists and is a Garden Consultant, Planting Designer, Author, Lecturer and Broadcaster.
Tickets: £10.00 bookable online in advance at LINK
Free to Longstock Garden Club members
Cash bar
February 10th AGM with wine ..
Nick Gilbert
‘Gilberts Dahlia Year’ Nick will bring a selection of tubers to buy
Nick runs Gilberts Nursery near Romsey where they grow over 400 varieties of dahlias; they hybridize to get their own new varieties. They sell dahlias as rooted cuttings and potted plants not only at their nursery, but also by mail order. Nick has appeared on Gardeners’ World, in the national press and on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time. Their 2 ½ – 3 acre dahlia production field …
Save this date
A plant sale will be held on 16th May 2026 in Mary Matthews’ garden, Stockbridge 8-12
8.00-12.00.
in Richard’s garden Oct 2025
of our four garden visits for 2024 are below or Book at our March or April meetings
Past Speakers and visits
November 11th Geoff Hawkins
From 30 Acres to 30 sq yds
Geoff Hawkins, Head Gardener for many years on a 30-acre estate, Mill Court, in Alton, Hampshire. A man with lots of experience! He has been one of the gardening experts to speak on LBC, Southern Counties Radio and Delta FM and is a member of the Surrey Guild of Judges and Lecturers. Now retire The 4th talk to Longstock GC
October 14th Souren Ala
Persiana Gardens
Souren Ala For the last 23 years Souren has been engaged garden design, creation and planting. He began writing for The Hardy Plant (the journal of the Hardy Plant Society) in 2014 and became its editor in 2019. He has a particular interest in bulbs and wildflower meadows.
April 8th Gillian Taylor 2025
Shrubs The Back Bone of your Garden
This is the second time Gillian has come to Longstock in March 2020 she gave us a highly entertaining talk.
March 11th Clare Mitchell 2025
Climate Change and Gardening
It should be an interesting talk about how we adapted to growing plants either too wet or very hot & dry The weather has always been a topic to talk about in England but in recent years we have had extreme making gardening a challenge
Ray Broughton Alpines
Alpines are ideal for small gardens, pots on the Patio
Ray Broughton.
Ray is a highly qualified horticulturist, teacher, lecturer and examiner, with over 30 years of experience in addressing gardening clubs and societies. Ray has spent a lifetime in horticulture, he is ahead of Horticulture at Sparsholt and in 2000 was made a Fellow of the RHS.
Jan 14th 2025
Derek Taylor of Kirton Farm Nursery
The History of the Hairy Pots
Christmas Cancelled power outrage re Schedule December 2026
Members evening
A fantastic selection of photos taken by our members
Over the past 18 months
with mines pies
An afternoon Forest Lav evening
Another great evening and well support
Please join us at our fund raising meeting in aid of Horatio’s Garden,
the charity that provides accessible gardens at NHS Spinal Injury Centres
that nurtures the wellbeing of people after life changing injuries.
Tuesday 12 th November at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) in Longstock Village Hall
Lucy Thorpe, Head Gardener and Garden Therapist, from Horatio’s Garden, Salisbury will
give a presentation on the gardens, their designs and plants and how they benefit the
Raffle
Horatio’s Gardens sales table
Tickets £5 (free to LGC members)
Oct 8th
Mrs Rosemary G. Legrand,
Spectacular South African Flora and Fauna
A fantastic evening wonderful photos
April 9th
Mr Roger Butler A talk on Pelargonium with plants for sale
March 12th Glen Duggan Fantastic Flora of Australia History of Flowers
Along with his wife Theresa, he is an avid gardener, bird watcher, photographer and bird artist. Glenn specialises in birds of the tropics, whilst Theresa specialises in flowers, plants and butterflies. Glenn has now visited over 100 countries and includes two places few people have visited; Tristan da Cunha possibly the remotest island in the world and the Darien Jungle on the border with Panama and Colombia – one of the most dangerous places in the world!
January 9th Geoff Hawkins The Herbaceous Border
Our next meeting
February 13th AGM with wine
Wilf Simcox
Plants and wildlife of the cloud forest of Honduras
Jan 10th 2023 Member’s evening
This evening was a great success it will be repeated December 10th 2024
2024 Please remember to take photos your garden and gardens you visit
Autumn Winter program at Longstock Village Hall
Feb 14th 2023 GREAT EVENING OVER 90 ATTEND
Andy Mcindoe
Planting for Wildlife: Shrubs, perennials, annuals and bulbs that provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects and berries and seeds for birds. A little about trees, meadows and garden habitats.
A special meeting wine and nibbles free to members
March 14th AGM
Antony Powell Colour of the Pyrenees
April 11th By Mr Matthew Soper,
On Carnivorous plants
Hampshire Carnivorous Plants.Ltd
are one of the top nurseries in the UK growing and selling …
Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula Sarracenia is a plant nursery with the widest range of top American pitcher
Plants for sale after Talk
Horatio’s Garden Thursday the 22nd May 10 – 11.30 Price per person is £20 Max of 20 in the group. Shared cars Full taking names for 2026 visit
Spitfire House, Stockbridge, SO20 6JS on Tuesday the 10th June from 5 – 7 pm. £10 pp to include refreshments Full
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