It makes me so happy when the garden club talks kick off again.
Last week I went to Stoke Lacy, not too far away from where we live thankfully. It was a cold night but they had a good turn out for the size of their club (about 25 turned up).
I gave it my all as always, glad to be back up in front giving a talk. I had loads of lovely feedback at the end and managed to sell a few triangle scoops and a bird feeder.
The first was at a village just outside Bromsgrove, and as I pulled up the village hall I could see all the lights on, even though I was really early. I parked up the truck, got some of my gear and walked up to the hall. I then stood looking through the doorway in shock...
I have a good number of talks booked up for the coming year so I thought I'd share on here where and when they are.
Normally you can go to a garden club you're not a member of and pay a visitors fee, but it is best to email the garden club directly to check first!
I've added this as a tab below my header, I'll try to keep that page updated as I get more bookings.
2023
25th Jan - Malvern Garden Club - Unusual Fruit and Veg I
8th Feb- Blakeney Garden Club - Preserving the Harvest
16th Feb - Southam - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
8th March - St. Michaels - Tenbury Gardeners - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
13th March - Bishops Cleeve Gardening Group - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
6th April - Dymock diggers - Preserving The Harvest
10th April - Llanthony - Preserving The Harvest
15th April - Worcester black pear gardening club - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
19th April - Gothering - A Talk About Our Homestead & How We Got Here
20th April - Kington - Preserving The Harvest
1st May - Colwall - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
17th May - Winchcomb - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
31st May - Little Thorne - Unusual Fruit And Veg II
8th June - Alderton - Preserving The Harvest
10th June - Hellen's Garden Festival - Q&A Session
27th June - Hereford Fuchsia Society - Unusual Fruit And Veg I
18th July - Leominster - University of the Third Age - A Talk About Our Homestead & How We Got Here
12th September - Slimbridge - Preserving The Harvest
15th September - Lower wye Valley - Unusual Fruit and Veg
21st September - Newent - Preserving The Harvest
27th September - Severnside cottage gardening society - Unusual Fruit And Veg II
10th October - May Hill garden club - Preserving the Harvest
8th November - Wellington Heath Garden club - Preserving The Harvest
13th December - Bourton Vale Horticultural Society - Preserving The Harvest
2024
16th January - Stoke Lacy Garden club - Unusual Fruit and Veg I
I'll try and add in dates as they get booked.
Let me know if you're coming to any of them! I wonder if I should do some courses here as well at some point in the future, let me know what you'd like a course on (that you think I could teach).
We look forward to this weekend every year since we first went in 2016.
They asked me to do a talk again this year and luckily for me it was at 12 O'clock which meant that it was out of the way early on and I could then just relax and enjoy my day once it was over. When I'm doing lots of garden club talks I don't get nervous, but it's been well over a year since my last one.
