These articles have appeared in local publications, and are generally reports on the presentations by our Monday Meeting Speakers to members and visitors.
Hannah Charman is a qualified medical herbalist and Herb Society Ambassador. Herbal medicine has been used for centuries to treat common ailments, and a quarter of mainstream pharmaceuticals are still derived from plants. Hannah came to Cleobury Gardeners in June to...
Rosemary Winnall MBE, from Wyre Forest Study Group, gave a fascinating talk in April, all about her fascination with insects! The group is dedicated to surveying, studying and recording the wildlife and ecology of the Wyre Forest, including its insect life. What are...
On a very cold, grey and windy Sunday morning on 1 March 2026, six hardy members of Cleobury Gardeners gathered at Billy Auger’s Fruit Farm, Augernik, in Hopton Wafers for a practical session on pruning soft fruits, coupled with a demonstration of grafting fruit...
Emma Tipton, from Emma Tipton Gardening, presented her tips for wildlife gardening at our March 2026 meeting. UK gardens cover 3 x the area of nature reserves and are critical for biodiversity. The more species of plants, microorganisms, fungi and animals that we...
A panel of experts convened for Question Time at Cleobury Gardeners in February. Jackie Percival from The Creative Garden, Emma Tipton from Emma Tipton Gardening and Wade Muggleton (author and contributor to Permaculture magazine) answered members’ questions on a...
Liam Bedall, Head Rosarian at David Austin Roses Liam began his presentation from a historical perspective, describing how David Austin Senior released his first new rose in 1961, driven specifically by developing roses with three principal characteristics – beauty,...
Lou Archer has been raising Alpacas near Farlow for many years (and collecting their famous “Lou’s poo”). Cleobury Gardeners visited Lou back in June: we loved the alpacas which we got to feed and hang out with! Post Covid Lou also established a cut flower business...
Rachel Shrivens, Chair of Shropshire Organic Gardeners, gave us a great presentation in October on no-dig and organic gardening. Here is a summary of Rachel’s talk along with useful information from her handouts (see also useful links at the end). Added compost:...
Coddington Vineyard and Garden, not the easiest place to find, but well worth the effort which a number of members made on a very very windy day in October: this was also an Open Day for the National Garden Scheme. This is a lovely site to visit and is set in a...
Simplicity, elegance and beauty are the foundations of the ancient art of “bonsai”, meaning “planted in a container”. Linda Ridpath has grown bonsai trees for 40 years and brought some of her beautiful trees for us to see at Cleobury Gardeners in July. Bonsai...