Hello and welcome to the Surrey Horticultural Federation Winter January 2025 newsletter!
Happy new year!
Please share this newsletter with your members and help them stay up to date with all the events happening in Surrey and the surrounding areas.
Join the Surrey Horticultural Federation or Renew your Gardening Club or Horticultural Society’s membership now!
It’s time to renew your club or society’s membership of the Surrey Horticultural Federation. Our membership runs from January through until December, so everyone’s membership has expired and needs to be renewed now. Membership is incredibly good value – we’ve held our price at £10 per club yet again for the year (we are grateful for any extra donations you can give). We’re a non-profit organisation and we strive to offer good value to our members.
If you’re society, club, or group has not been a Surrey Horticultural Federation member before, we’d love you to join us this year. Here’s a link to our membership form: https://surreyhorticulturalfederation.org/news/membership-renewal/
The Speaker for our Surrey Horticultural Federation Spring Talk is Award-Winning Garden Designer and TV Presenter, Ann-Marie Powell!
The Surrey Horticultural Federation are delighted to announce that the speaker for our Spring Talk will be award-winning garden designer, author, journalist and presenter, Ann-Marie Powell!
We hope you’ll join us on Tuesday 18th March 2025 at 7.30pm, when we’ll be welcoming Ann-Marie to Normandy Village Hall, Manor Fruit Farm, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 2DT.
Ann-Marie will be giving us her latest talk entitled, ‘A Passion for Plants‘. Ann-Marie Powell is a multi-award winning garden designer, television presenter, journalist and author, who divides her time between designing innovative gardens for private clients, companies and charities, and enthusing people about gardening through her books, television appearances and articles in national newspapers and magazines.
Tickets for Ann-Marie Powell’s talk are on sale now! If you want to come to this special event, hurry up and order your tickets, before we sell out!
Advanced Tickets (non-refundable) can be purchased by:
- BACS transfer (Note – new bank details): Surrey Horticultural Federation, Metro Bank Sort Code: 23-05-80
Account No: 55314837 Reference: Your surname - Cheque: payable to Surrey Horticultural Federation, and sent to the Treasurer:
Katharine Deaville, 8 Hookley Close, Elstead, Surrey, GU8 6JG. Tel: 01252 702630
Advance tickets will be available for collection at the door on the evening. Please send a S.A.E. to Katharine Deaville receive your tickets via post.
Tickets are £10 each for members of SHF affiliated societies when purchased in advance, and £15 each for non-members. If we do have any tickets left on the evening of the talk they will be sold for £15 on the door.
Hamish Sinclair’s Diary
Hamish Sinclair from the Alpine Garden Society has been writing a diary a couple of times a month about the Rock Garden at RHS Garden Wisley – it’s free to read on the AGS website. Perhaps, Hamish’s diary will inspire you to visit Wisley’s rock garden more often? View online and follow how Wisley’s Rock Garden changes every few weeks, throughout the year.
New Speaker Suggestions
Have you arranged your speakers for 2025? Are you looking for a speaker for your club or society for 2026? I’ve been contacting groups and organisations, putting out requests for new speakers to contact me, so I can share their details with you and help your club or society’s Programme Secretary. Here is some information on some local speakers that you might not have heard before. I hope to share the details of more speakers (when I’ve received confirmation from them) in my next newsletter.
David Blackwell
Contact details:
Email: davidblackwell@rhs.org.uk
David Blackwell has worked at Wisley for nearly 8 years, starting as a student then working on Battleston Hill, the woodland garden, for five years, across two remits. As of June this year, David started a new a role as the Team Leader of Herbaceous Ornamental, looking after Seven Acres, the Winter Walk, the Glasshouse landscape, and the new Piet Oudolf Landscape. David is the holder of two National Collections: Eucryphia spp. and Woodland Daphne Species and Cultivars.
David’s talk topics:
- Winter Interest in the Garden.
- The Woodland Garden Through the Seasons.
- National Collections and their importance.
- Garden Worthy Daphne.
- Gems of the Woodland Garden.
David’s speaker fee is £100 plus travel expenses.
Glenn Carmichael
Contact details:
Email: glenncarmichael0@gmail.com
Telephone: 07483 848 837
Glenn Carmichael is a wildlife volunteer at Wisely, he also leads the Dorking and District RSPB local group. Glenn has given a range of talks focussed on birds, including: introducing bird watching, the Big Garden Bird Watch and identifying garden birds.
Glenn is happy to develop new talks that might be of interest such as “attracting birds to your garden”.
Glenn Carmichael’s speaker rate is £100, plus travel expenses.
Tilly Clark
Contact details:
Email: tillyclark@rhs.org.uk
Tilly Clark has worked as a horticulturist at RHS Wisley for the past two and a half years. She is part of the Formal Ornamental team that cover the formal areas of Wisley, such as the Walled Gardens, Rose Garden, Exotic Garden, and the Cottage Garden; however the Cottage Garden is Tilly’s specific area – the area where she works on a day-to-day basis. Tilly has gained most of her experience in herbaceous perennial planting.
In 2024, Tilly designed and led the build of the RHS Wisley Show Garden at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. Her show garden was titled ‘Formal Gardening for Wildlife’, here’s a link to more information about the garden.
Tilly Clark can give a talk about the process of designing and building this garden, as well as ways in which people can implement parts of her design in their own gardens.
Tilly gives talks on a range of subjects, including:
- Dried Flower Floristry
- Cottage Planting
Tilly Clark’s speaker fee is £100, plus travel expenses.
Louise Jones
Email: louisejones@rhs.org.uk
Telephone: 07854428794
Louise Jones is a plant pathologist at RHS Garden Wisley. She’s a fairly recently qualified plant scientist with a masters degree in plant pathology. Louise enjoys gardening. She studied the RHS level 2 Principles and Practices of Horticulture to become a better gardener, when she was captured by the biology of plants, and this led her to take the plant science route.
As a member of the RHS plant health team, Louise Jones conducts scientific research of existing and new plant diseases and advises members on plant health related issues, via the RHS advisory service and at horticultural shows. For the last two years, Louise has been part of the advisory team at both Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace Flower Shows. She has given several talks related to plant diseases at RHS Hilltop, and recently gave several talks on plant pathology at the London Excel, as part of the New Scientist event.
The diseases we see in our gardens are mainly caused by fungal pathogens, so this is what Louise works most on, however, if your club or society wanted a talk on a particular disease, Louise would be happy to accommodate this.
Louise lives in West Sussex and is willing to travel to any of the surrounding counties, including Surrey. Her speaker fee is £100, plus travel expenses.
Chloe Knight
Contact details:
Email: chloeknight@rhs.org.uk (work) chloe.knight170899@gmail.com (personal)
Telephone: 07923649470 (mobile)
Chloe Knight currently works as a Horticulturalist on the Herbaceous team at RHS Wisley. The area of the garden Chloe looks after is comprised of trees, shrubs, and pot displays, as well as herbaceous borders. Most of the planting is aimed at autumn and winter interest and she is currently working towards creating a National Collection of deciduous Euonymus at RHS Wisley. Chloe also has multiple planting renovation projects on the go, which are rather exciting!
Previously, Chloe studied with the Professional Gardeners Guild (achieving Distinction grade in her diploma), working at gardens including: Godinton House and Gardens, The Garden House, and Windsor Great Park (Savill Gardens, Valley Gardens, and Frogmore). These years of study were filled with an abundance of fantastic opportunities (in additional to gardening theory and practical work), including: creating show gardens, Rhododendron hybridizing, public speaking, article writing, and garden tours. Before this, Chloe undertook RHS Level 3, whilst working at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens; as a result, organic gardening is a subject that Chloe is still very passionate about and is trying to incorporate into her work at RHS Wisley.
Chloe Knight’s Talk Topics:
- Winter colour and interest in the garden.
- Autumn colour and interest in the garden.
- Organic gardening solutions.
Chloe Knight’s speaker fee is £100. If the commute to the venue is over 30 minutes, Chloe would also charge an extra £10 towards fuel costs.
Gillian Light
Contact details:
Email: speakers@guidedogs.org.uk
Gillian Light has been a volunteer for the Guide Dogs charity since 2010. When Gillian joined the charity, they still had an office in Merrow and needed local people to give homes to dogs that were in advanced training (the mid-way stage – after they have moved on from their puppy raisers – but before being matched to their blind or partially sighted partner). Unfortunately the office eventually closed, but a new volunteering opportunity opened for Gillian to help the local puppy raisers boarding dogs when needed. Gillian also became involved in fundraising and was invited to give talks on behalf of the Guide Dogs charity. In addition to these roles, Gillian has supported a blind gentleman with his new dog (Glen), giving the dog regular downtime walks. Gillian undertook this role for 5 years until Glen came up for retirement, when she was able to have Glen live with her until he passed away in 2022. Gillian also co-ordinates the local volunteers who manage the counter top collection boxes, which are left locally at various businesses.
Gillian Light’s Talk
Gillian’s talk title is, The work of The Guide Dogs Charity
During her talks, Gillian briefly covers the history of the charity, the costs involved (which are all raised by fundraising), the work of the National Breeding centre, the work of the volunteer puppy raisers, and onward matching of the partnerships. Gillian invites questions from the audience, which can also be directed to the puppy raiser (providing one can accompany her to the talk).
NB: Gillian does not ask for a fee, but is grateful if the club or society can make a donation to the Guide Dogs charity.
Elizabeth Mooney
Contact details:
Email: elizabethmooney@rhs.org.uk
Elizabeth Mooney has worked at Wisley for over five years, starting as a student and now a permanent member of the edibles department. She works predominantly with vegetables but also across the rest of the edibles area, and has a particular interest in no-dig and sustainable horticulture. Elizabeth is one of the key authors of the recently published RHS book about growing vegetables all year and she has been involved in producing a couple of YouTube videos around the area of edible horticulture.
At the latest Festival of Flavours, Elizabeth Mooney gave two talks, one on growing edibles at Wisley, looking at the techniques used, as well as some of the more unusual crops and the category of edimentals (edible ornamentals). The other talk was on vegetable growing and its wider significance, looking at the wider issue of food security and the role growing your own has within this. Elizabeth also gives talks on seed sowing, plants as medicine, the story of the apple, winter in the vegetable garden, and the plants of Harry Potter.
Please email Elizabeth to discuss fees and travel costs.
Kayleigh Sinclair
The Historical Herbologist
Email: kayleighsinclair@rhs.org.uk
info@thehistoricalherbologist.com
Telephone: 01483 363168
Kayleigh Sinclair holds the position of Horticulture Team Coordinator at RHS Wisley, where she plays a key role in supporting various horticultural projects and initiatives. Beyond her responsibilities at RHS Wisley, she has a passion for Herbology and is pursuing an in-depth study of this field at the prestigious Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). In addition to her academic pursuits, Kayleigh proudly serves as an Ambassador for The Herb Society, advocating for the appreciation and understanding of herbs in historical and contemporary contexts.
Her primary interest lies in the evolution of medicinal herbs, exploring how they have been utilised throughout history. Kayleigh delves into the folklore and superstitions surrounding these plants and examines how these cultural narratives have influenced modern-day medicine and how we interact with them.
As a speaker and educator, Kayleigh frequently delivers engaging talks at the RHS, addressing topics such as Poisonous Plants, Elder, Mistletoe, and the Evolution of Herbal Medicine. With a passion for sharing knowledge and engaging her audiences, she has several presentations planned for 2025, where she aims to delve deeper into the intricate relationship between herbs, culture, and medicine.
Kayleigh Sinclair’s speaker rate is £85-£95, plus travel expenses.
Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society Zoom Talk: Encouraging Wildlife in your Garden by Andrew Halstead on Tuesday 21st January 2025
Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society are hosting a Zoom Talk at 7pm on Tuesday 21st January 2025. Entomologist, Andrew Halstead will be giving a talk entitled Encouraging Wildlife in your Garden. Any garden can be enhanced to provide food and habitats for wildlife through the choice of plants and wildlife-friendly management. Insects and other invertebrate animals are vital components of a healthy wildlife garden, providing services such as pollination, recycling of dead plant material and providing food for birds, bats, hedgehogs, frogs and toads. Andrew Halstead is an Entomologist who worked for the RHS at Wisley Gardens for 41 years. He has a wide knowledge of garden wildlife, particularly the smaller kinds.
You don’t need to be a member of Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society to attend this Zoom talk – tickets are £5 for non-members – please click here to book your place. If you have any problems, contact chairdhhs@gmail.com.
The Therapy Garden’s Walk for Wellness
The Therapy Garden‘s Walk for Wellness is a sponsored walk taking place on Saturday 25th January 2025. The Therapy Garden are looking for as many people as possible to join them for a lovely walk, followed by drinks and refreshments back at the Therapy Garden afterwards. To register, please email stephen.jones@thetherapygarden.org. For more information, telephone Steve Jones or Stella Diamond on 01483 813846 or please click here to visit the Therapy Garden’s website.
Surrey Gardens Trust Winter Lectures at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall
Surrey Gardens Trust‘s first Winter Lecture of 2025 takes place on Saturday 25th January 2025 from 2pm until 4pm at at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BE. SGT Members: £12. Non SGT Members: £15. Ticket prices includes tea, coffee & cake afterwards. For more information and to book your place, please click here. Enquiries: eventssgt@gmail.com.
Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop
EcoLocal are holding a Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop from 10.30am until 3pm on Saturday 25th January 2025 at Carshalton Community Allotment, Carshalton, SM5. To book your place, please email food@ecolocal.org.uk or telephone 020 84041522.
Alpine Garden Society Show at Wisley on Saturday 8th February 2025
On Saturday 8th February 2025, it’s the Alpine Garden Society Show in the Garden Room at Hilltop at RHS Garden Wisley from 10am until 3.30pm. Visitors can admire displays of alpine plants. Specialist nurseries will be selling rare plants at this event, which is free to visitors of RHS Garden Wisley.
Dunsfold and Hascombe Horticultural Society Zoom Talk: Food as Medicine by Michael Holland
Dunsfold and Hascombe Horticultural Society have invited Michael Holland to give a Zoom Talk entitled Food as Medicine at 7pm on Thursday 13th February 2025. Join nature-educator and author, Michael Holland for a fascinating evening talk exploring the rich world of plants and the powerful substances they produce. From ancient medicinal practices to modern uses, discover how the flavours we enjoy—bitter, sweet, spicy, or sour—are more than just a delight to our taste buds – they offer medicinal protection for us, just as they do for plants. With stories ranging from Hippocrates’ famous words to the evolution of edible species, this talk will provide an engaging overview of how plants have shaped our diets and health throughout history. Let’s Zoom into nature’s pharmacy together!
Michael Holland, a nature educator and author, discovered his fascination for plants at the young age of eight. After completing his studies in Ecology at Lancaster and Oregon State Universities, he dedicated 25 enriching years to Chelsea Physic Garden in London, where he ascended to the role of Head of Education. Tickets for this Zoom talk are free for Dunsfold and Hascombe Horticultural Society members and £5 for non-members, to book your place, please click here. Please contact chairdhhs@gmail.com if you have any queries.
PLEASE NOTE, CHANGE OF DATE: Mark Gregory will be giving a talk about Designing and Building a Chelsea Show Garden to New Society Gardening Club on Thursday 20th February 2025
New Society Gardening Club are hosting a very special event where award-winning garden designer, Mark Gregory will share his insights on designing and building a Chelsea Show Garden. Learn from Mark’s experiences and be inspired to create your own stunning outdoor space! Mark will be talking about how he built the Savills Plot to Plate Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This garden pushed a lot of boundaries on the sustainability front, by removing all cements and discovering lots of new and old techniques that have long been forgotten.
This in-person event is a must-attend for anyone passionate about gardening and landscaping. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from one of the best in the industry! As a designer, constructor, lecturer, mentor, judge, ambassador and managing director, Mark Gregory has been at the forefront of horticulture and landscaping for 35 years.
Mark Gregory was educated at Askham Bryan Horticultural College. He trained at RHS Wisley, is a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and a Chartered Landscape Architect. Mark has spent his life designing and creating gardens. In 2023 he was awarded the RHS Associate Of Honour, an award held for life which recognises his unique, distinguished service to the practice of horticulture during his career. In 2022, Mark was the recipient of the Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry and he also became the RHS Ambassador for Landscapers. In 2017, and again in 2022, Mark was voted the Most Influential Person in the garden and landscape industry by his peers. Mark has built more RHS show gardens and has received more medals than any other constructor.
Mark hasn’t missed a Chelsea Flower Show since he started in 1989. Even when Covid cancelled the 2020 show, Mark was awarded Garden Of The Decade for his Welcome To Yorkshire Garden which captured a slice of Wensleydale at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018. This design celebrated Yorkshire’s stunning scenery, natural materials, traditional crafts, and artisan food production. Celebrating quintessential buttercup meadows and rich flora, this show garden was set on the edge of a woodland and featured a tumbling beck running past a stone bothy into soft pastures. Who can forget Mark’s audacious 2019 Chelsea Flower Show design, which incorporated a pair of canal lock gates, a lock keeper’s lodge with private garden and vegetable patch with a towpath running next to a perennial meadow?
For RHS Chelsea 2023, Mark created his most complex build, The Savills Garden. This garden invited us into an intimate walled sanctuary with an abundance of beautiful ornamental and edible planting. At the heart of the garden was a working kitchen and adjoining dining area where Chelsea Pensioners enjoyed meals prepared with ingredients from the potager and walled garden – a true ‘plot to plate’ experience. Mark’s genuinely sustainable and environmentally sensitive design featured reclaimed hard landscaping materials; brick, pantiles, Yorkshire flagstones, and cement-free concrete. Mark’s whole ethos was to build the garden in as sustainable manner as possible and push boundaries. The garden lives on at a residential centre in Nottinghamshire, where it is used to teach cookery skills to young people.
This event will be held at St Paul’s Church, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2AD.
Doors open at 7pm, the meeting will start at 7.45pm. The talk will last approximately 1 hour.
Tickets for this event are:
£2 for members (booking fee applies).
£10 for non members (booking fee applies).
Please click here to visit New Society’s website and buy tickets.
Refreshments will be available to purchase £2.50 for a drink and cake (cash only).
Parking will be limited, so where possible please car share. Thank you.
Currant Growing & Pruning One Day Workshop
EcoLocal are holding a Currant Growing and Pruning One Day Workshop from 10.30am until 3pm on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at Carshalton Community Allotment, Carshalton, SM5. To book your place, please email food@ecolocal.org.uk or telephone 020 84041522.
Hold the Date: Sunday 29th June 2025 for a Surrey Horticultural Federation Garden Opening
Please keep this date free in your diaries! I’ll confirm the details in a future newsletter.
Do you need certificates for your Flower Show?
The Surrey Horticultural Federation Certificates of Merit are available from our Chairman, Janet Arm. If you would like to receive Certificates of Merit, please post an A4 or Foolscap sized, stamped addressed envelope with a large second class stamp (£1.55) to Janet Arm at Redleaf Nursery, Green Lane, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2AP.
Spreadsheets for Show Cards
John Manches has devised a special computer spreadsheet to cope with printing show entry cards and adding up the points won for cup presentations. If any Surrey Horticultural Federation Clubs and Societies are interested in receiving John’s template, please contact John by email at: johnmanches74@gmail.com or phone 01252-702752.
Sunday Gardening Programme on BBC Radio Surrey
Don’t miss the Sunday Gardening programme on BBC Radio Surrey from 10:30am until 12 noon. Each week, the show have a segment where they promote gardening events in the local community; from talks to workshops, from fairs to meet-ups. No matter if it’s big or small, ticketed or free, the team want to hear from you and your society about what events you’ve got planned.
If you have any events to promote, then get in touch via email: Sunday.gardening@bbc.co.uk. It’s possible you could also have the opportunity to come on the programme and tell the listeners about your group and what it is you do.
Additionally, please do let your members know that if they ever have any gardening questions, they can reach out to the Sunday Gardening programme via email Sunday.gardening@bbc.co.uk or call the team from 10am on Sundays on 0800 587 1046. The Sunday Gardening programme are joined every week by a gardening expert who is ready to answer any question you may have.
Report Asian Hornet Sightings
I am sharing this early, to allow you to have time to share this information with your members, so they’re informed and prepared, ready for summer. Asian Hornets have been sighted in the UK in recent years. Why does this matter? The Asian Hornet is highly aggressive predator of our native insects; entomologists feel that the Asian Hornet poses a significant threat to honey bees and other pollinators.
Two Asian hornet nests were found in Surrey in September 2023. The nests were subsequently destroyed by experts from DEFRA. Keep up to date with Asian hornet sightings by clicking here.
If you think you’ve seen an Asian Hornet, take a photo if you can. Please take care and do not disturb an active nest. Members of the public who suspect they have found an Asian Hornet should report it to the NNSS through their online form or by emailing alertnonnative@ceh.ac.uk.
A free ID sheet is available from the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS). Click here to view detailed pictures to help you correctly identify an Asian Hornet.
Speaker Feedback
Has a speaker given a talk to your society over the past few months? Please share your confidential feedback by emailing me your thoughts, both positive and negative on the speakers you booked last year, and I will share your feedback privately (via email) with the other clubs that are members of the SHF – thank you. My email is beth@pumpkinbeth.com.
NB: Speaker feedback is private and confidential and is not to be shared with anyone other than your group’s programme secretary.
Publicising Your Club or Society’s Events
If your club or society is a fully paid up member of the Surrey Horticultural Federation, I will be delighted to add your society or club’s events to our website. Please email me, beth@pumpkinbeth.com. To successfully publicise your event, I need to know:
- What date your event takes place.
- What time your event starts.
- Where your event is held.
- What type of event you’re holding? If it’s a talk, please let me know the name of the speaker and their talk title.
- Finally, I need to know the entrance fee for non-members and visitors.
Do You Have Anything You Would Like Me to Add to the Next Surrey Horticultural Federation Newsletter?
If you are a member of the Surrey Horticultural Federation and you have something you would like me to add to the next newsletter, please contact me, Beth Otway, the Surrey Horticultural Federation’s Website & Events Secretary – my email is beth@pumpkinbeth.com.
On behalf of our Chairperson Janet Arm, Our Membership Secretary and Treasurer, Katharine Deaville, and all the Surrey Horticultural Federation Council, I’d like to send you our very best wishes.
Kind regards
Beth
Beth Otway
Website & Events Secretary
Surrey Horticultural Federation
Upcoming Events:
| January 2025 | ||||
| Sat 11-Jan-2025 | Succession Planting for a Long Season: a talk by Fergus Garrett | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Wed 15-Jan-2025 | St Kilda And The Hebrides – Sailing To The Edge Of The World: a talk by Sarah Frost | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 15-Jan-2025 | Japanese Plants and Gardens: a talk by Vincent Gradwell | Onslow Village Garden Club | Mrs Anne Bradbeer | 01483 563421 |
| Thu 16-Jan-2025 | The history and future of Munstead Wood: a talk by Ian Molesworth | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Tue 21-Jan-2025 | Dunsfold and Hascombe Horticultural Society Zoom Talk: Encouraging Wildlife in your Garden by Andrew Halsted | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society | Paul Goudie | |
| Wed 22-Jan-2025 | Epsom Garden Society Quiz | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Wed 22-Jan-2025 | All Year Round Colour: a talk by Geoff Hawkins | Horsley Garden Society | Terry Lazenby | |
| Sat 25-Jan-2025 | Plants Across the Pond: a talk by Letta Jones | Surrey Gardens Trust | Sheri Sticpewich | |
| February 2025 | ||||
| Mon 3-Feb-2025 | A Working Gardener: a talk by Dennis Moore | Merstham Horticultural Society | ||
| Tue 4-Feb-2025 | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club’s meeting | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Tue 4-Feb-2025 | Dahlias: a talk by Claire Brown | Shamley Green Gardening Club | Mrs. A. Tomkins | 01483-892114 |
| Wed 5-Feb-2025 | A Talk by Mark Saunders, Head Gardener at Fittleworth House | Wonersh and District Garden Club | Mrs. H. Goodridge | 01483-535108 |
| Fri 7-Feb-2025 | English Cut Flowers: a talk by Claire Brown | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club | Louise Clubley | 07843 962421 |
| Mon 10-Feb-2025 | Fuchsias: a talk by Carol Gruber | Ripley and District Horticultural Society | Mrs. Sue Stranger | |
| Wed 12-Feb-2025 | What makes a great gardener? a talk by Annie Guilfoyle | Grayshott Gardeners | Sue Wheeler | 07719 457821 |
| Thu 13-Feb-2025 | Plant Heritage Surrey Group AGM, Wisley Students’ Talk, Flower of the Meeting Prize, Raffle, Photographic Competition & Prize Giving | Plant Heritage, Surrey Group (NCCPG) | Wendy Bentall | 01276-858256 |
| Thu 13-Feb-2025 | Dunsfold and Hascombe Horticultural Society Zoom Talk: Food as Medicine by Michael Holland | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society | Paul Goudie | |
| Sat 15-Feb-2025 | Lost Gardens of London: a talk by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan | Surrey Gardens Trust | Sheri Sticpewich | |
| Sat 15-Feb-2025 | The Changing Seasons at Munstead Wood: a talk by Annabel Watts | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | AGM & Flower Arranging on a Budget: a talk by Janice Tattersdil | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | Gardening Quiz | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | Manos Kanellos: Orchid Growing tips & Workshop | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | The Magic of Houseplants: a talk by Sarah Foss | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Thu 20-Feb-2025 | Designing and Building a Chelsea Show Garden: a talk by Mark Gregory | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Fri 21-Feb-2025 | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society Membership Renewal & Talk | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society | Georgia Lacey | 01428 683120 |
| Wed 26-Feb-2025 | Herbs – History, Growing & Care, Culinary & Health uses: a talk by Belinda Allen | Horsley Garden Society | Terry Lazenby | |
| March 2025 | ||||
| Mon 3-Mar-2025 | Arts and Crafts Gardens of the Southeast with Cherrill Sands | Merstham Horticultural Society | ||
| Wed 5-Mar-2025 | Containers: a talk by Ben Pope | Wonersh and District Garden Club | Mrs. H. Goodridge | 01483-535108 |
| Fri 7-Mar-2025 | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club AGM & Talk: Roses: their Planting & Growing by Alan Goold | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club | Louise Clubley | 07843 962421 |
| Tue 11-Mar-2025 | An Evening with Andy Mcindoe | Shamley Green Gardening Club | Mrs. A. Tomkins | 01483-892114 |
| Wed 12-Mar-2025 | West Dean: managing legacy in a changing climate: a talk by Tom Brown | Grayshott Gardeners | Sue Wheeler | 07719 457821 |
| Thu 13-Mar-2025 | Plant Heritage in-person & Zoom talk: A Horticulturists Home Garden: a talk by Steve Edney & Lou Dowle | Plant Heritage, Surrey Group (NCCPG) | Wendy Bentall | 01276-858256 |
| Fri 14-Mar-2025 | Pruning Fruit: a talk by Jim Arbury | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Sat 15-Mar-2025 | AGM followed by ‘Containing the Unconventional’: a talk by Ben Pope | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Mon 17-Mar-2025 | Alternatives to Peat: a talk by Ray Broughton | Ripley and District Horticultural Society | Mrs. Sue Stranger | |
| Tue 18-Mar-2025 | The Surrey Horticultural Federation Spring Talk: A Passion for Plants: a talk by Award-Winning Garden Designer, Author, Journalist & Presenter, Ann-Marie Powell | Surrey Horticultural Federation | Ms. Beth Otway | |
| Wed 19-Mar-2025 | Learning from each other, including seed and plant swap | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Wed 19-Mar-2025 | Films & Television plants – fruit, vegetables & plants on the big & small screen: a talk by Jacqueline Aviolet | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Wed 19-Mar-2025 | The Olive Journey from Grove to Nursery: a talk by Mike Burton from Rotherhill Nurseries | Thursley Horticultural Society | Mrs. Pat Clake | 01252-706869 |
| Thu 20-Mar-2025 | Shrubs: the backbone of your garden: a talk by Geoff Hawkins | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society | Paul Goudie | |
| Thu 20-Mar-2025 | Hall Grove Walled Garden Renovation: a talk by Joanne Buckler | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Sat 22-Mar-2025 | Epsom Garden Society Mini Spring Show (not judged) | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Sat 22-Mar-2025 | Exploring the Oxford Herbaria: a talk by Stephen Harris | Surrey Gardens Trust | Sheri Sticpewich | |
| Sat 22-Mar-2025 | Woldingham and District Horticultural Society Spring Flowers, Art and Crafts Show | Woldingham and District Horticultural Society | Heather Stark | 0790 1944 381 |
| Sat 29-Mar-2025 | Plant Heritage Propagation Day at Hever Castle | Plant Heritage, Surrey Group (NCCPG) | Wendy Bentall | 01276-858256 |