Date: Monday 30 March 2026
Club: Ewhurst Horticultural Society
Contact: Mrs. Anne Dyball
Phone: 07980 122530
Website: http://www.ewhursthortsoc.org.uk
Ewhurst Horticultural Society are holding this event in Ewhurst Village Hall, the Street, Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7PX. Doors open at 7.30pm, a bar is available, the talk starts at 8pm. Visitors £7.50, please purchase tickets in advance from Anne (07980 122530), Carole (273580), or email tickets@ewhursthortsoc.org.uk. There will be refreshments and raffle.
Ewhurst Horticultural Society 2026 Special Spring Talk By Ben Pope “Cutting out the middle man – Growing your own cut flowers”
We are pleased to welcome back Ben Pope to deliver our Spring talk this year. After studying and working in horticulture for the last 24 years, Ben is currently enjoying leading a team to maintain and develop a private garden in West Sussex. The role includes caring for a large walled kitchen garden, herbaceous borders, shrubberies, topiary, ornamental lawns, a floral meadow, water features, woodland and hedges. Ben’s team propagate, grow and store fruit, vegetables and cut flowers for the house, whilst maintaining the garden to a very high standard…. and in his spare time, he looks after the onsite apiary.
Alongside his role as Head Gardener, Ben enjoys lecturing at the Chelsea Physic Garden for The English Gardening School and West Dean College of Art and Conservation. He has gained the RHS Master of Horticulture and is a member of the RHS Herbaceous Committee. He also regularly writes for Gardens Illustrated and other publications, as well as delivering talks to gardening clubs and organisations.
The talk is in the Ewhurst Village Hall, The Street, Ewhurst. Refreshments and raffle from 7.30pm, talk at 8pm. Book early to avoid disappointment! Tickets are £7.50 for non-members and should be reserved in advance from Anne (07980 122530), Carole (273580) or tickets@ewhursthortsoc.org.uk.
“I love the fact that in gardening you never stop learning, there is always something new to discover and share with others!”