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February 15th – AGM

Cothi Gardeners AGM with social event where we all bring food to share and enjoy a challenging quiz.

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March 15th – Adam Alexander – “A Garden above the Estuary”

“From a neglected field in 2014 to a highly productive fruit and vegetable garden, my plot, overlooking the Severn Estuary is an arc for growing nearly five hundred varieties of rare, endangered, delicious heritage and heirloom varieties from around the world.  In this talk I tell the story of my work as a seed guardian for the Heritage Seed Library and the benefits of sustainable and organic gardening.  With very little effort one can turn the most neglected space into an imperfect paradise! Filled with guidance, helpful tips and techniques to keep growing affordable and pleasurable my mantra is, ‘If you want to eat great food you really should grow it yourself!’” Adam Alexander, the Seed Detective

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April 19th – Janine Thompson – “Epimediums – Rising Stars of the Shade Border”

Janine runs Heartease Plant Nursery based near Cenarth, where she grows herbaceous perennials and bulbs, especially shade tolerant plants, and is a devotee of Galanthus (Snowdrops), Helleborus, Hepatica and Epimedium. There will be plants for sale!

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May 17th – Marion Stainton – “Murder, Magic & Plant Potions”

Marion is active in a broad range of horticultural projects for domestic, commercial and community gardens and spaces. Her interests include sustainable, environmentally friendly gardening, including pest management, vegetable growing, plant & garden history and the science behind plants and their uses. She is published in The Horticulturist and The Plantsman.

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June 21st – Liz and Paul O’Neill – “Plants I’ve Killed”

Paul and Liz moved to LLwyngareg in 1992 and tried their hand at small scale farming of the 28 acre holding. This proved exhausting and ultimately impossible (to quote Paul). Then a gift of a Rhododendron from Paul’s A-level students kick-started a passion for gardening and led to the development of the 4 acres of amazing garden they have today full of rare trees (Paul’s passion) and ‘blowsy plants’ (Liz’s preference). Open to visitors through the NGS, see their website https://www.llwyngarreg.co.uk/. Plants for sale!

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July 19th – Carley Green – “Conservation and Propagation of Native Welsh Plants at the National Botanic Garden of Wales”

Carly Green is a graduate horticulturist working at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. In 2018 she was responsible for restoring the Conserving Wild Plants area at the Gardens.

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August 16th – Summer Social

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September 20th – Joseph Atkin – “Succession in the Garden”

Head gardener at Aberglasney from 2011 to 2022, Joseph helped to make it one of the finest gardens to visit in the UK. Now running the Plough Inn at Nantgaredig he continues to keep his horticultural hand in growing produce for the Inn and giving talks to garden clubs among other things.

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October 18th – Club Forum

Club Forum, more details later!

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November 15th –  Nancy Stevens – “Delightful, Delovely, Deranged” (Recording of Zoom lecture)

From the superbloom of the Atacama and the Flying Duck Orchid of Australia to the ‘Apple of Death’ of Central America, the Red Spider Lily of Japan and all points in between.

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December – Christmas Social

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