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The Lakeland Horticultural Society celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. This featured lecture by BBC Gardeners' World presenter, Adam Frost, will mark the beginning of our year of celebration.
Adam Frost is an award-winning garden designer who believes that design inspiration is all around us - in nature, architecture, art, people and food - if we only take the time to look. He counts memories, special places and people among his own influences. His book 'Real Gardens' describes the ideas behind his Chelsea Gold Medal-winning designs. Adam is an RHS ambassador for Education and Community Gardens and co-founder of the Homebase Garden Academy.
A half-day workshop led by Louise Stoddart. Please note this workshop is now fully booked.
Thursday 21 February 2019 10am - 1pm
Understand why we prune and how plants respond. Learn the basic rules of pruning and when to tackle specific plants. The course will consist of demonstrations with the opportunity to ask questions, and a practical session in which you will try out the skills you have learned.
For those who have done the course before, we are hoping to practise on shrubs and climbers this year.
This is a public lecture, open to LHS members and visitors alike.
2pm, Saturday 23 February 2019
Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, off Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere, LA23 2AF
LHS Chairman Alan Oatway's travels provide a source of fascinating information about plants from around the world. In this talk he will show some of the flowering plants seen in the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, in habitats ranging from sub-tropical jungle to the occasional visit to alpine territory. Predominating will be the areas in between, including a host of shrubs, understorey woodlanders and swathes of meadow plants - most of which would look wonderful in our gardens.
This is a public lecture, open to LHS members and visitors alike
2pm, Saturday 30 March 2019
Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, off Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere, LA23 2AF
How are the changes that we are seeing in our weather and climate affecting the future of gardening in the UK? Gardeners are perhaps more aware of these changes than other groups in society. This talk looks at the many ways that gardeners can reduce their impact on the world's natural resources and at the same time help those plants whose habitat is evolving faster than they are. It is about much more than global warming and not using peat!