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  • Gresley Male Voice Choir Charity Concert
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  • Ticknall Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
  • T G Geen Pottery with Iain Hambling
  • Guided Ticknall Walks

Author: Pamela Adams

Vertical Gardening
Gardening Review 

No Plot? No Problem!

Pamela Adams 18 May 202218 May 2022

Philip Aubury came to Ticknall Garden Club’s meeting in May to reassure his audience that there is plenty of scope for planting even

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Ticknall Garden Club
Gardening 

Ticknall Garden Club

Pamela Adams 12 May 202216 May 2022

Green Fingers? Or just green with envy at other people’s success? Whatever your involvement in horticultural pursuits you will be made most welcome

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Gardening 

Showing and Growing Herbs

Pamela Adams 25 April 202214 May 2022

Malcolm Dickson from Hooksgreen Herb Nursery near Stone came to talk at Ticknall Garden Club’s April meeting. He traced his progress from selling

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Gardening Review 

Perfume in the Garden

Pamela Adams 16 March 202216 May 2022

Nick Bailey, a familiar face on Gardener’s World, attracted a sell-out attendance at Ticknall Garden Club’s March meeting. He came to talk about

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Hardy Geraniums aka Cranesbill
Gardening Review 

Hardy Geraniums

Pamela Adams 15 February 20228 March 2022

Gary Carroll came to the February meeting of Ticknall Garden Club to talk about geraniums. But it did not involve the bright and

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Gardening Review 

Life as a Head Gardener

Pamela Adams 23 January 20228 February 2022

Ticknall Garden Club enjoyed a most interesting talk on the working life of a head gardener at its January meeting. After gaining qualifications

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Gardening Review 

Back to Basics in the Garden

Pamela Adams 22 November 202126 December 2021

Ticknall Garden Club anticipated that an interesting evening was in store on Tuesday, November 9th when Darren Rudge came to give a talk entitled

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Clematis is happy against a wall.
Gardening 

Over the Garden Wall

Pamela Adams 27 October 202122 November 2021

Ticknall Garden Club attracted a good attendance on Tuesday, October 12th with an audience keen to hear all about plants that are suitable

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Coprosma Inferno
Gardening 

Garden Club – Together Again

Pamela Adams 19 September 202127 October 2021

Members of Ticknall Garden Club met together on Tuesday, 14th September for the first time since February 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic tragically

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Gardening Review 

Wonderful Agapanthus

Pamela Adams 19 March 20204 April 2021

There was a packed audience in Ticknall Village Hall on March 10th when Steve Hickman came to talk about The World of Agapanthus.

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Sally Smith
Sally Smith, Professional Organic Gardener fielding questions from Ticknall Garden Club members.
Review 

The Wonderful World of Weeds

Pamela Adams 16 February 202016 May 2022

One might have thought that Sally Smith had come to Ticknall Garden Club on February 11th to convert the audience to love the

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Review 

The Beauty of Bromeliads

Pamela Adams 21 January 202016 May 2022

Plants, but not as we know them!  Don Billington came to Ticknall Garden Club’s January meeting and opened eyes to a group of

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Review 

Planting Perennials

Pamela Adams 21 November 201916 May 2022

A perennial is a plant that continuously grows throughout its life. Therefore grass, ferns, bamboo and even shrubs and trees are technically perennials.

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Review 

Plant Genetic Manipulation

Pamela Adams 19 September 201916 May 2022

Gardeners like nothing better than browsing through a tempting new catalogue crammed full of colourful plants; some dependable traditional varieties but often something

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Review 

The Alpine Garden

Pamela Adams 27 July 201916 May 2022

The secret of success in making a garden to suit alpine plants is all in the construction and the maintenance thereafter. At least

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Review 

A Tale of Two Gardeners

Pamela Adams 16 June 201916 May 2022

The last two talks at Ticknall Garden Club in May and June have featured two dedicated gardeners who have been very successful in

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Review 

Garden Gems

Pamela Adams 18 April 201916 May 2022

The last two talks at Ticknall Garden Club have concentrated on the small flowers that often go unappreciated in the garden. Dr Andrew

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Review 

Everything’s coming up roses

Pamela Adams 24 February 201916 May 2022

It was roses all the way when Stuart Dixon gave his illustrated talk to Ticknall Garden Club at its February meeting.  Perhaps surprisingly

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Review 

Gardeners United

Pamela Adams 19 January 201916 May 2022

Ticknall Garden Club enjoyed a double helping of garden delights at its January meeting. Not only did it play host to Tony Kirkham

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Gardening 

Garden Club Holidays

Pamela Adams 28 August 201512 March 2022

One of the highlights of the year is the annual Garden Club Holiday. By a wonderful act of organisation, we are transported to

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