An estate agent in Northumberland are selling a house near Berwick with a garden full of plant rarities – Trillium, Paris, Lilium, Primula, Rheum etc. and the owner has asked if any PGG members would like to take cuttings.
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With a guaranteed sunny afternoon we have decided to have a picnic at Adwell House, Oxfordshire for members and families of the Professilonal Gardeners’ Guild.
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After last year’s successful introduction, the PGG have organised a new series of one day garden pest management masterclasses around the UK to help you understand, recognise and control garden pests. The venues for this year are: Abbotswood Gardens on June 20th and Newnham College on September 11th. All levels
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After last year’s successful introduction, the PGG have organised a new series of one day photography masterclasses around the UK to help you improve your plant photography skills. The venues for this year are: Newnham College, Cambridge; Monteviot House, Scotland; Allington Castle, Kent; and Abbotswood in Gloucestershire. All levels catered
Read more →The PGG Study Tour to Belgium will take place between Friday 10th May 2013 and Sunday 12th May 2013. The visit begins on 10th to the little botanical garden of Leuven together with the city of Leuven. Then on Saturday 11th to the Arbor nursery and a private garden. Finally
Read more →The Ancient Yew Group (AYG) was formed in 2003 to monitor, protect and collect scientific data on old yews; Taxus baccata L. It is sponsored by The Conservation Foundation and The Tree Register. The AYG website includes many field reports and papers on yews, both wild and ‘domestic’ as well
Read more →The Cotswolds provide the backdrop for the Guilds Main Summer Meeting when we visit two spectacular gardens each with a very different style. This combined with a two course lunch at the picturesque Seven Tuns Inn at Chedworth makes for a very interesting and worthwhile meeting. Stowell Park Stowell Park
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Two new events have been organised for April 2013. Millennium Seed Bank and Wakehurst Place The first meeting in the South for 2013 promises to be rather special. On the 6th April we have a presentation and behind the scenes tour of the Millennium Seed Bank by Dr Wolfgang Stuppy
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The AGM of The Professional Gardeners Guild is to be held in Worcestershire this year over the weekend of 21st/22nd of September. Day 1: Spetchley Park and the Ron Nettle Memorial Lecture We start with a visit to Spetchley Park near Worcester followed by the AGM at the Bank House
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You’ve worked so hard at getting those roses to look so captivating, you simply must photograph them….Oh dear, you need a bit of help don’t you? But help is at hand at the PGG Garden Photography Masterclass on October 17th where all levels of ability will be catered for to
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Well, put it in a little container and bring it along to PGG Garden Pest Management Masterclass on September 5th and we’ll see what we can do about it! In the delightful setting of Harewood House, we look forward to welcoming you to a full day of learning, help and
Read more →PGG member, Jim Buckland arrived at West Dean Gardens, West Sussex in 1991, an Honours graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and having already had a career encompassing the management of historic and public gardens in both UK and Australia. What he and his wife, Gardens Supervisor, Sarah Wain
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This is a new scheme focusing on the practical side of horticulture, offering an oportuity to hone your professional skills. The scheme will operate for four years and aims to increase the number of highly skilled gardeners available to the heritage horticultural sector in Wales and the UK. The scheme
Read more →A second joint seminar between Professional Gardeners’ Guild Trainees and Historic and Botanic Garden Bursary Scheme Trainees took place at Dunford House in Sussex between 6th and 9th October 2011. On the Friday trainees visited Parham Manor, where Tom Brown the Head Gardener and his team gave them the opportunity
Read more →The PGG’s new website, relaunched at the end of April, brings a host of new features for your ease and enjoyment.
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