Keeping on top of trends is an integral part of running a business. Our speaker this month, Susie Davis from Katies Garden Nursery, knows how important it is to understand and react to these influences: plant trends such as colour, size, new varieties, plant licensing and labelling gardening styles - tropical, wildflower meadows, low maintenance the influence of media - Monty's must have plants! regulation and red tape; plant health developments, use of pesticides environmental concerns, water (or lack of…

We all have that problem area in the garden - under a tree, beside a fence, in the shadow of a building. Our speaker this month, Simon McWilliams, from Hedgehog Plants and Gardens, is passionate about shade lovers: "I’m often asked which shade lover is my favourite ....In spring I fall in love with anemones, fern fronds as they slowly unfurl and of course the stunning beauty of the Epimedium flowers. In summer it’s the enormous ‘umbrellas’ of the Astilboides,…

Gardening in a small space? Looking for inspiration to brighten your displays? Susannah Sharman has over 30 years experience in the horticultural trade and is giving us tips this month on how to make the most of our containers. Susannah will take us through the pros and cons, the styles, types of pots and tricks of the trade, for indoor and outdoor container gardening.       

Book now for our coach trip to Peter Beales Rose Festival at Attleborough. The coach will be leaving Woodbridge Community Hall at 9.30am and returning at around 4.30pm. It promises to be a great day out with Garden Tours, Craft Stalls, Gardeners' Question Time, Musical Entertainment and much more. Booking essential - please use the contact form.

Our speaker this month is Sharon Hadley, who teaches horticulture at Hollesley Bay open prison. Sharon has first hand experience of the benefits of gardening for good physical and mental wellbeing, and will be talking about her role at the prison.

Would you like to learn more about bees and beekeeping, and the plants we should grow in our garden to attract pollinators? This month, we have a beekeeper from the local Beekeepers Association talking about beekeeping, together with our own passionate plantswoman, Deborah Pratt, talking about the best plants for pollinators.

Our speaker this month is local man Kevin Rogers, who is an enthusiastic advocate of encouraging wildlife into our gardens and how we can benefit from them. Perhaps he will even have a solution to how we can enjoy watching the deer without them ruining our precious plants!

How to get plants for free - what's not to like about our topic this month? Our expert speaker from Woottens of Wenhaston will be giving us hints and tips on how to propagate successfully. Woottens is a traditional plant nursery that specialises in Herbaceous Perennials and grows some of the largest collections of Iris, Auricula, Pelargonium and Hemerocallis in the UK.  

As a thank you for the support and fund-raising efforts of our members, we will be offering a free buffet during the evening to celebrate a successful year. Entertainment will be provided and this is a members only event, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Bring your own soft drinks or tipple of choice.

Our new membership year starts on 14th January with the AGM and Cheese and Wine Social. Come along and have your say. Membership renewal for the year is just £12.  

Our speaker this month is Karen Kenny, an environmentalist and freelance Garden writer, Broadcaster and Lecturer. Karen occasionally writes articles for gardening magazines and is regularly heard on BBC Radio Suffolk’s Saturday Gardening programme.  Karen is one of the founder members of the Ipswich Organic Gardeners group and is a keen advocate of a chemical free approach to gardening. Karen was for many years involved with The Britain In Bloom Campaign as a judge for Anglia in Bloom and is…

Test your gardening knowledge with a quiz compiled by Matthew Tanton Brown of The Place for Plants, East Bergholt.

Our speaker this month is Geoff Hodge, garden writer, book author, local radio & TV broadcaster. A former Web Editor for the RHS and Gardening Editor for Garden News & Garden Answers, Geoff will have plenty of information to give us on how to control pests and diseases in our gardens.

Our popular speaker, Simon White of Beales Roses, will be giving an interesting talk this evening on the Gardens of East Anglia. Some gardens you may have already visited, but others are hidden gems, just waiting for you to discover them.

To celebrate the longest day, we have a full day of garden visits planned for you. Starting with Barry Gayton's Desert World near Thetford in the morning, we will visit the 1¼ acre garden created by the Radio Cambridgeshire gardener specialising in tropical and arid plants. We will then travel to nearby Fullers Mill Garden, an enchanting and tranquil waterside and woodland garden, situated on the banks of the River Lark at West Stow.  It combines a beautiful site of…