Horticultural Speakers in Lincolnshire
Sandra Bright
Talk Topics:
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My experience as a Finalist in BBC2 Big Allotment Challenge, televised in 2015 including growing, preserving, floral arranging tasks undertaken in the
competition
- My Cutting Bed. What to grow for your own house full of flowers, including making a seasonal bunch of flowers from my own plot
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Member of the Flowersfromthefarm co-operative of British Flower Growers
Fees: £65 + 40p per mile for travel
sandrathemermaid@aol.co.uk01469 588633
Facebook: @SandraFlowerLady
Twitter: @SandraFlowerLady
Geoff Hodge
Talk Topics:
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A Tapestry of Foliage
- Bugs & Garden Plagues - Pest & Disease Control
- Easy Gardening - Low-Maintenance Gardens
Fees: £100 plus 35p per mile
travelling expenses (Travelling expenses are dependent on fuel prices at the time of the talk and could go up - or down!)
www.gardenforumhorticulture.co.uk
info@gardenforumhorticulture.co.uk
01733 762042
Facebook: @Geoff Hodge
Twitter: @hodgerow
LinkedIn: Geoff Hodge
David Matthewman / 14 Chariot Way, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 3EZ
Talk Topics:
- Growing and culture of Sweetpeas
- Kew through the Seasons
- 50 year in Horticulture
Fees £50 plus 30p per mile travel
07986275346
Janette Merilion
Talk Topics:
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See Website - more than 30 talks listed
Fees £100 plus travelling expenses
01526 860270
Facebook: @Concept_Garden_Design
Twitter: @Conceptgardens
LinkedIn: Janette Merilion
Emma Scarborough/ Riggside, Station Road, Upper Broughton, LE14 3BQ
Talk Topics:
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Garden Design
- Planting Design
- Horticulture
Fees: £50
- £100 plus petrol
emma.scarborough@googlemail.com
07842 076110
Facebook: @EmmaScarboroughGardenDesign
Twitter: @delavayi1
Linda Smith/ Waterside Nursery, Sharnford, Leicestershire
Talk Topics:
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Water gardening in small spaces (including using Container Ponds)
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Planting for the wildlife in your pond
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How to create and plant a successful pond
Fees: from £90 + 45p per
mile
07931557082
Facebook: @pondplantsuk
Twitter: @pondplantsuk
Ian Stephens/ Rosehaven, Church Lane, East Drayton, Retford, DN22 0LH
Talk Topics:
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Lawn Care and Maintenance / Advice
Fees: don't really charge, but if I do ever get paid I donate it to Bassetlaw Hospice
www.lawnmaster.co.uk/ian.stephens@lawnmaster.co.uk
0800 326 5015
Facebook: @LawnMasterNotts
Twitter: @LawnMasterNotts
LinkedIn: Ian Stephens
Doug Stewart / 'Gingko' 7, Cottage Mews, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 9HD
Talk Topics:
- 10 ways to a better Garden
- Real WOW Plants
- The greates Show on Earth (Chelsea)
- see more of over 20 Gardening themed talks at the website
Fees: depending on the number of people present, fee starts at £65 + VAT + travel expenses @35p per mile
talks@dougstewart.co.uk / doug@waringstewartassociates.co.uk
Gail and John Summerfield / Westshores Nurseries, 82 West Street, Winterton, Scunthorpe, DN15 9QF
Talk Topics: 20 years experience of giving talks. 18 topics to date, more in preparation. For details please see website
Fees: £50+ Travelling expenses
are being held at 35p per mile. We are willing to travel up to 100 miles or 3 hours from home, whichever is the shorter.
07875732535
Neil Timm/ The Fern Nursery, Grimsby Road, Binbrook, Lincolnshire, LN8 6DH
Talk Topics: Full List available here: www.fernnursery.co.uk/Talks.htm
Fees: Maximum £60 but there is a
cheap rate of £1.50 per person for the smaller clubs. Transport
is £5 under twenty miles, £10 for the rest of Lincolnshire. Please contact me for a quote for outside
Lincolnshire
01472398092
Facebook: @TheFernNursery
Gill Tomkinson / 33 Porthpean Road, St Austell, PL25 4PJ
Talk Topics:
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Lavender and Pinks. An informal hands on talk including the cultivation propagation, suggested varieties, pruning and advice on growing these beautiful plants.
Plants are available to purchase also
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Grow your own cut flower patch. This talk includes suggested Annual and Perennial flowers to cut for beautiful scent indoors. Seed sowing advice, varieties,
propagation and general cultivation. Plants are available to buy also
- Creating a Natural Country Style hand tied Bouquet of fresh cut flowers and foliage, plus a demonstration of a table centre. Using fres flowers, herbs and garden foliage.
Fees £60+ 40p per mile fuel
expenses (1hour travel radius of Junction 38 M62) For clubs/societies outside of this area please contact me to discuss your requirements
Months available: Lavender, Dianthus talks between March to September, Cut Flower talks March to October, Christmas talks/demos & workshops November & December. No talks January & February
01430 421805
Facebook: @www.lavenderandpinks.co.uk
Twitter: @LavenderPinks
LinkedIn: Gill Tomkinson
Plants available to purchase at March to September talks. I also run workshops throughout the year in East Yorkshire, in particular The Christmas Wreath Making Classes and Creating your own Wedding Flowers. Full details on the website.