Author Archives: Wes Lawrance

Alice will be talkong about living better with plants: covering all areas of keeping indoor plants and helping them to thrive, with time at the end for any questions. Aliced has a very successful shop in York called The Outside In.

Something different – Hannah Sylvester is a highly experienced Medical Herbalist and wild nature guide from Lincolnshire. She helps people nurture, grow a deeper connection with, and establish confident interactions with the wild plants and trees on their doorstep.

In this talk Doug shares two easy ways to garden with tired joints, changing the way we garden, and then using some of the amazing new tools that are out In this talk Doug investigates the tools, the tips and the techniques to allow us to garden in later years.

Jo Munson comes to us from Smith and Munson, a family business founded in 1949, and based near Spalding. Flowers are grown both in glasshouses and across their flower and bulb fields. Jo will be talking about the commercial growing of high quality tulips and how gardeners can maximise their success.

Martin Fish has been a regular speaker visiting Winterton and District Cardeners Club . On this occasion Martin will be accompanies by his wife Gill. Martin will be talking about what can be grown over the winter period and Gill will be giving ideas about how winter produce can be prepared and presented.

Neil Timm is well known to Winterton amd District Gardeners club . Many of us have visited the Fern Nursery at BInbrook and added his ferns to our gardens. His talk tonight is about the exciting range of gardens to visit in Lincolshire. Sadly a few gardens have closed in recent years but Neil will offer inspiration about possible visits to venues across the county.

On June 18th 2025 members of the Gardening club and guests visited a local garden with a spectacular display of bonsai. Everyone had a lovely evening and we raised £100 for the Air Ambulance. A big thanks to the hosts for the evening. Additionally a number of members have a newly kindled interest in Bonsai.

19:30 21st May 2025. We are delighted to welcome Paul Czartovskian to introduce the world of Hostas. Among the best of all foliage plants (summer flowers are a bonus), hostas vary from large plants to more diminutive types that are suitable for rock gardens. 

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19:30 16th April 2025. As Peter Walker (Wack) is no longer available for this date we are pleased that our President Gail Summerfield has stept in to talk about Scented Pelargoniums. Gail has an extensive collection of these plants and there may be the opportunity for you to purchase one of these beautiful indoor plants

19:30 March 19th 2025. Kevin will be talking about succulents, which are trending as very popular plants. Although succulents have mainl bee seen as house plants there is a growing awareness of how many vaieties can be grown outside in the summer months, where their colours and textures can add much to a summer display!

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