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Home Counties Group Meeting (25th September 2016)

September 25, 2016 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm

There is a Heather Society event at RHS Garden Wisley on Sunday 25 September 2016 including a walk around the National Collection. We will meet at the entrance between 10.30am and 10.45am. This is an open event to all who would like to attend.

Vanessa Penn (RHS Partnership Coordinator), Barry Sellers and John Hall have made the following agenda for the day:-

11.00  Guided Tour of the National Heather Collection (with Andy Collins).

12.30  Lunch.

13.00  Free Workshop – How to propagate heathers

13.15  Free Workshop – Heathers for non-acid soils.

13.30  Free Workshop – How and When to trim your heathers back.

13.45  Practical demonstration – Planting up a heather container.

 14.00  Presentation – Discovering a new Heather, by Molly Hall & John Hall.

 14.30  Presentation – The new Wisley National Heather Collection, scheduled to be planted Autumn 2017 by Peter Jones (RHS Garden Manager for Hardy Ornamentals)

Details

Date:
September 25, 2016
Time:
10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Event Category:

Organiser

Barry Sellers
Phone:
07985 444266
Email:
sellersbarry@aol.com

Venue

RHS Garden Wisley
Woking, GU23 6QB United Kingdom + Google Map
Website:
www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley