Speakers’ List 2017/18 HASTINGS, DEBORAH 3, CROSS PARK, HIGH BICKINGTON, UMBERLEIGH, DEVON EX37 9BA Tel: 01769 560515 Email: ragrugtextiles@btinternet.com Website: www.ragrugtextiles.com
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1. The Plant Hunters 2. Gardening in Gold and Silks 3. Victorian Gardens
17 VALLEY VIEW, CLUTTON BRISTOL BS39 5SN Tel: 01761 452036 Email: clutton.glads@btinternet.com
NETHERFIELDS, FROG LANE, NORTH NIBLEY, GLOS GL11 6DJ Tel: 07876 196074 Email: margiehoffnung@gmail.com
2. Blaise Castle – A Stranger at
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7 CRANBROOK ROAD, EXETER, DEVON EX2 5HG Tel: 01392 214869
Other talks in relation to the above can be tailored to suit your society.
4. Rejuvenating a Tired Garden
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Email: thedancingmaster@outlook.com Website:
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Six centuries of English dance:
OFFICE F11, 10 WHITTLE ROAD, FERNDOWN, DORSET, BH21 7RU Tel: 01202 876177
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Email: enquiries@treeadvice.info Website: www.treeadvice.info
1. The Churchyard Yew 2. Trees in your Garden 3. Trees and the Law Please contact us to discuss requirements. 24
6. Pests and diseases A qualified Horticulturalist formerly involved in weed research and has led walks in the Dolomites.
3. The Creative Shrub Garden
Please telephone or e-mail for details.
5. Christmas Swags, Garlands and Table Decorations
KEARNEY, HELEN
6. 52 Weeks of Colour in Your Garden.
Email: helen@elderfarm.co.uk www.elderfarm.co.uk
mediaeval pavans to Victorian quadrilles. Can cover whole period or focus on one historical era; always illustrated with literary references, live music and some audience participation.
HINSLEY, MARK ARBORICULTURAL CONSULTANT
5. Wild flowers in a land of fallen Giants
2. Roses Galore: How to Grow Perfect Roses
A qualified Garden Designer and Horticulturist with experience of both large and small gardens.
www.northsquarehistoricaldance.wordpress.com
3. Plants for Shade (in conjunction with Long Acre Plants) 4. Plant poisons and potions
1. Garden Design Made Easy
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2. Wild Flowers in the Dolomites
3. Garden Visiting – A Very British Tradition
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Tel: 01934 712729 or 07779 072292
1. Weeds and their Control (including identification)
Email: elzholman@btinternet.com
11 QUARRY COTTAGES, YEOVIL, SOMERSET BA22 9UR Tel: 01935 472771
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Email: adrian@nzzone.net
HOLMAN, ELIZABETH
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2 WESTWELL LANE, THEALE, WEDMORE, SOMERSET, BS28 4SW
Blaise – the development of the park & landscape with particular reference to Humphry Repton
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HUTCHISON, ADRIAN
1. Rosemary Verey 1918-2001 -
1. Growing and Showing Sweet Peas 2. Classic, Rare and Unusual Bulbs 3. So you think you know Gladiolus!
HINCHLIFFE, ANN
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Her Contribution & Legacy to C20 gardening
Gardening in Gold and silks how plants have been depicted in textiles. A display of my work and demonstration how some flowers are created in goldwork, stump work and silk ribbon embroidery.
HAZELL, GILL
HOFFNUNG, MARGIE
ELDER FARM, GREENHAM, WELLINGTON, SOMERSET, TA21 0JY Tel: 01823 674386
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1. Hedgerow Medicine - Learn
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LAWS, BILL
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44 PARK STREET, HEREFORD HR1 2RD Tel: 07742 825813
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how to recognise common plants and make useful medicines. 2. Kitchen remedies - Find out the amazing properties of some of the herbs and spices in your kitchen. 3. Medicinal Herb Farmer - Learn about my off grid 5 acre small holding and my work as a Medical Herbalist. Covers Devon and Somerset.
Email: billlaws@wyenet.co.uk Website: www.billlaws.com
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1. Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History 2. A Curious History of Vegetables 3. Artists’ Gardens Author Bill Laws’ talks are based on his books, Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History, Artists’ Gardens and A Curious History of Vegetables.