Hardy Plant Society 

                                                      
                                                                                                                         Cumbria Group
 
Our group loves hardy perennials. We help each other to grow them better, to try different species and to exchange information about them.
 
The group warmly welcomes members and non-members to our monthly talks by local and national speakers held on Mondays at 7.30 p.m. at the Crooklands Hotel on the A65 near Junction 36 of the M6. We hold a number of other events including plant sales and garden visits.
 
Monthly Talks: fascinating talks on a range of subjects. Members free, visitors £3.00, free parking. Small plants and sundries are normally for sale and a raffle is held at each meeting.

The following programme of talks is planned for 2019:
 
Monday 18th February    'Translating your garden' - Lyn Brunetti

Monday 18th March    Annual General Meeting, followed by members slides of “A garden that impressed me”.

Monday 15th April   'Flower Power' - Maureen Sawyer 

Monday 20th May 'The interaction between Bees and Flowers' - Julia Hoggard 

Monday 16th September 'Some Floral Highlights of South West China' -  Alan Oatway
                                                                                                                  
Monday 21st October 'Tulips Past till Present' - Matthew Smith
 
Monday 18th November ‘Architectural Foliage' - Michael Myers
 
Annual Plant Sale:
 
Saturday 8th June: Plant Sale at Preston Patrick Memorial Hall 10am-Noon