2026 Club Programme
Our talks and activites programme is detailed below and is also available in summary form as a PDF.
All meetings take place in Hose Village Hall unless otherwise indicated. Doors open at 7.00pm, talks commence at 7.30pm, refreshments are served at around 8.30pm. Non-members are welcome at any talk - the cost is £5.00.
Thursday 5th February 2026
Club AGM and Gardening Chats
Club AGM followed by informal Members' Questions about garden issues.
Thursday 5th March 2026
No Mow May - Ellie Mitchell
A few years ago, with ex business partner Ben, Ellie took the plunge and became one of the first organic garden maintenance companies in the UK
Ellie’s Wellies differs from most companies by using organic products and the latest horticultural know-how to bring new vitality to gardens which will benefit both you and the environment. We are based in Nottingham and specialise in gardening for (and with) wildlife.
www.ellieswellies.com
Thursday 2nd April 2026
Opening my garden for the NGS - a talk by Ian Brownhill
Thursday 7th May 2026
Summer Bursts of Colour - Justin Harrison
Thursday 4th June 2026
Evening Trip to NGS Garden
49 Church Street, Long Bennington NG23 5ES
Cost: £8.00 including refreshments. Car share - please arrange own transport. Arrive for 6.30pm
View garden on NGS website
Thursday 2nd July 2026
Evening Trip to NGS Garden
The Vicarage, Halam NG22 8AX
Cost: £10.00 including refreshments. Car share - please arrange own transport. Arrive for 6.30pm
View garden on NGS website
Thursday 6th August 2026
Evening Trip to Floralmedia
Floralmedia, Caunton, NG23 6AQ
Cost: £10.00 including refreshments. Car share - please arrange own transport. Arrive for 6.30pm
Set in the heart of rural Nottinghamshire, their 15 acre site offers horticultural delight around every corner. The gardens have been developed over the past 20 years with wildflower meadows and interesting sculptures. Their most recent development is their fabulous field of dreams Flower Farm supplying local florists, farm shops and offering DIY buckets (see more here).
www.floralmedia.co.uk
Thursday 3rd September 2026
Fatal Attraction - the darker side of plants - Tracey Akehurst
Working at the Natural History Museum (London) gave me an insight into arboreal insect species, particularly wood boring beetles, while at the Institute of Parasitology, I found myself as the largest grower (not physically) of rice in the UK, researching the effects of some interesting plant parasitic nematodes.
If I recall, there were also far too many cockroaches for my liking ...
www.chroniclesfromtheoakwood.com
Sunday 6th September 2026
Hose Produce Show and Plant Stall
Helpers, plant donations, as well as entries needed.
Bring along your best produce to exhibit, donate some plants for the stall, or just come along to see what everyone else is growing and maybe go home with a few bargains.
Thursday 1st October 2026
Right Plant, Right Place - Helen Cheetham
Thursday 12th November 2026 (2nd Thursday)
Bark, Berry and Leaf - Stephen Lovell
An alternative view - forget flowers and look what else nature provides in the plant kingdom.
www.stevelovellgreenspaces.co.uk
Thursday 3rd December 2026
Christmas Quiz and Social
January 2027
No meeting
Programme Archive
View our 2025 programme.
View our 2024 programme.
View our 2023 programme.