Events
Unless otherwise stated all events are at Haskayne Village Hall starting at 7.30pm.
Haskayne Village Hall’s address is:
109 School Lane, Haskayne, nr Ormskirk, Lancs L39 7JE (off A5147)
The hall’s location can be viewed here
TALKS
Wednesday 18th September 2024
Members £1.50, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table.
‘Bulb planting Looking to the Spring’ by Marguerite Hughes
Marguerite is a well-known local horticultural tutor, garden designer and speaker. This evening she will be giving us a practical guide for planting spring bulbs and creating a bulb lasagne which will be first prize in the raffle.
Wednesday 16th October 2024
Members £1.50, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table
‘Exotic Planting’ by Kathryn Robey
Kathryn was appointed in 2017 as the Curator at the Dorothy Clive Garden, Market Drayton Shropshire. The talk will give us an insight into how we can easily bring a touch of the exotic into our beds and borders.
Kathryn will be bringing plants for sale.
Wednesday 20th November 2024
Members £1.50, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table
‘The Cultivation & Propagation of Agapanthus and associated plants, Nerines and associated plants by Colin Hickman
Colin grew up in his successful family plant nursery involving his parents and sister. The Hoyland Plant nursery grows and exhibits unusual South African plants and bulbs. So, we look forward to enjoying Colin’s practical demonstration and his plants which are for sale
Wednesday 11th December 2024
Christmas Social, Buffet – NOTE THE EARLY START at 7.15pm
Speaker TBC
2025
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2025
TALKS WILL GO ON UNTIL MAY
Wednesday 19th February 2025
Members £1.50, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table
‘My Life in Plants’ by Jacqueline Iddon
Jackie is a well-known nursery and garden owner who has entertained us on many occasions with her tales of her life as a plantswoman.
Wednesday 19th March 2025
Members £1.50, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table
‘The Life & Times of a Gardening Editor’ by Geoff Hodge
Geoff is a garden writer, broadcaster and editor, working for various national gardening magazines and websites – as well as lots more besides! Previously, he was the Online Editor for the Royal Horticultural Society, Gardening Editor and Editor of Garden News magazine and Technical Editor of Garden Answers magazine.
Wednesday 16th April 2025
Members free, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table
‘Better Borders’ by Maureen Sawyer
Maureen’s presentation gets to grips with the issues when planning or improving a border, its key features and the use of form, texture, colour and tone in creating interesting and exciting planting arrangements.
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Members £1.50, non-members: £3.00, including refreshments. Raffle and plant sales table
‘Pin me to the wall- and do what you want with me’ by Andrew Mikolajski.
How to choose and manage climbers and shrubs – Andrew, the author of 40 books has had a busy career as a gardening author, lecturer and speaker. He was a horticultural adviser on the new edition of the RHS A–Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and more recently on a revision of the RHS Encylopedia of Plants and Flowers.
Previously, he taught garden design and RHS certificate at Warwickshire College, and garden history at the English Gardening School.