The gardens of Kyoto
8th September 2011Our speaker, Stephen Tate, gave an illustrated talk about his experiences working as a gardener in Japan. This was a well attended talk and there have been requests for a ‘Part II’ to this lecture.
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Shepton Mallet Hort Soc on trend 2019
These notes were taken during Naomi Slade’s talk – Delving into Dahlias – Naomi Slade Interesting facts Many Dahlias are from the mountainous regions of Central America and therefore they like good drainage and humidity Known due to their hollow stems as the ‘water pipe plant’ Many Dahlia tubers are edible as are the petals Dahlia [...] >>>
A few snapshots from our third snowdrop festival
Plants, music, art, workshops, community... >>>
Lecture on Dahlias
Dahlias are trending 2019 >>>
Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival 2019
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Medicine Plants by Malcolm Mills from Castle Gardens
A full house for Malcolm’s talk on Medicine Plants. Malcolm, from Castle Gardens in Sherborne, gave us a very comprehensive talk with many examples, below is a summary. Many plants (including fungi) produce compounds that we use for medicinal uses, otherwise knows as alkaloids – powerful complex chemicals. Why do plants produce alkaloids? Some reasons [...] >>>
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