Forthcoming events
12 October
Alstroemeria & Iris
Speaker: Viv Marsh from Marsh Postal Plants UK.
9 November
Tree Management
Speaker: Jeff Shoemark, our local Tree Surgeon.
Organic Pesticides
Speaker: Michael Baker, one of our members and organic gardener.
14 December
Gardening and Gardens in the Languedoc
Speaker: Gill Pound from "The Hidden Gardens of France".
(Christmas drinks at this meeting.)
11 January 2011
AGM 2011 - Wild Flowers & Bulbs
Speaker: Simon Hill, one of our members, garden writer and horticulturist.
8 February
Sex, Drugs & Botanical Fulfillment
Speaker: Rosie Peddle from "Natural Pools, Portugal".
8 March
Gardeners' Question Time and Quiz
12 April
Growing in Pots & Containers
Speaker: Janet Symons, our plant lady.
10 May
La Mortella and other gardens near Sorrento
Speaker: Lindsay Blyth, MGS Branch Head.
14 June
Annual Garden Party
With the participation of Graeme Holmes.
Whilst we do try to keep to the organised programme, it can sometimes be subject to change.
Past events
Members of the Mediterranean Garden Society were invited to attend the following events organised by the Andalucia Gardening Club.
12 February 2008
Jason Ritchie of Dryscapes gave a talk on Gardening with Succulents.
26 February 2008
A "Dig up" morning in aid of Club funds at Lindsay Blyth's Garden. Surplus plants and cuttings.
11 March 2008
Mercedes Maier gave a talk on The Mudejar Gardens of Spain.
8 April 2008
Pablo Luque Alcala from Alamillo talked about some easy ways to grow plants available locally.
26 April 2008
A sale of Promises was organised in aid of the Digital Projector Fund at Lindsay's house.
13 May 2008
Lindsay Blyth gave her report on the AGM in Greece
Branch Head, Lindsay Blyth has had an unusually varied gardening career. She writes:
"I have gardened since I was child and in 1954 was sent to Waterperry Horticultural School from whence I emerged two years later with a Diploma and a RHS Certificate. I married in 1957 and spent the next two and a half years in Calcutta.
"Back in England, I gardened in West Sussex for nearly 18 years until I moved to London where I quickly found three patches of earth. My small house garden featured in Roy Strong's book Creating Small Gardens. I also had an allotment and looked after the garden of a hostel belonging to St Martin-in-the-Fields where I did all the flowers for five years.
 Later I had a weekend granny pad in the country where I made a garden and also designed the surroundings of my son-in-law's golf club. Then I moved to Guyana in South America - this was a challenge! My own garden became well known and I wrote a weekly column on native plants for the local paper. I also served on the committee of the local horticultural society and the Biodiversity Park Development Committee.
"Now I am in Andalucia and once again busy with horticultural matters. I belong to three garden societies, one of which The Andalucia Garden Club, I started myself. I shall now do my best to welcome and help MGS Members in the area."
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