Cornwall Garden Society
News
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December
05Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show 2020 – Tickets Now on Sale!
Plans for next year’s annual celebration of Cornwall’s early Spring, sponsored by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management, are now well underway. The Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show 2020 will be …
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November
22Horticultural Expert Shares Experience of Some of UK’s Greatest Gardens
The Cornwall Garden Society’s (CGS) December lectures will be delivered by Alan Power who has managed some of the most beautiful gardens and estates in the country – notably Mount Stewart in …
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October
24Blooming Marvellous: Specialist Plantaholic Shares Advice on the Unusual and the Long-lasting
The Cornwall Garden Society’s (CGS) November lectures will be delivered by Derry Watkins who established the Special Plants Nursery in Wiltshire 30 years ago.
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September
05Self-drive visit to Manaton in Launceston and Hooper's Barn in Altarnun
You are invted to join us for our pop-up autumn self-drive visit to Manaton in Launceston and Hooper's Barn in Altarnun on Tuesday 15th October at 10.30am and 2.30pm.Manaton, Dunheved Road, …
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April
11Cornwall Garden Society’s 2019 Spring Flower Show wows the crowds at new venue
More than 5,500 gardening enthusiasts flocked to the Cornwall Garden Society’s (CGS) 2019 Spring Flower Show at The Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge this weekend with visitors, traders and …
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March
29Countdown to the ‘Chelsea of the West’ at its new venue
Countdown to the ‘Chelsea of the West’ at its new venue
An army of volunteers has descended upon the county’s prestigious Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge to transform its Exhibition Halls …
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March
15Enter your best blooms for household names to judge in the Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show’s competitive classes
Having earned its rightful reputation as the first and best of its kind in the south west, the Cornwall Garden Society’s (CGS) 2019 Spring Flower Show, sponsored by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management, …
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February
25Spring Flower Show Schedule Now Online
As glorious magnolias and rhododendrons herald the start of spring in Cornwall, we look ahead to this year's Spring Flower Show which is now a little under two months away!We would love for you to …
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February
22Scotland’s bestselling garden writer imparts knowledge of woodland gardening
The Cornwall Garden Society’s March Lectures will be delivered by woodland garden specialist, Kenneth Cox, drawing the 2018/2019 lecture series to a close.
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February
20Experience the joys of spring at the best flower show in the west
Where better to celebrate the joys of spring than Cornwall with its rich horticultural heritage, sub-tropical microclimate, beautiful blooms and fabulous flora?
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Upcoming Events
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December
10Lecture: Alan Power – Stourhead
For this month’s lectures we will be joined by Alan Power. Join us at The Alverton, Tregolls Road, Truro from 7:30pm, to learn all about his time working at Stourhead
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December
11Lecture: Alan Power – My Journey Through Great Gardens
Inspired by his mother to follow a career in horticulture and arboriculture, Alan has worked in and managed some of the most beautiful gardens and estates in the country, notably Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland, Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire and Stourhead in Wiltshire.
He has collaborated with the Gardeners’ World team on many occasions; presented on BBC Radio 4; co-presented British Gardens in Time on BBC4, and has lectured across Europe and North America.
In 2016, Alan was presented with an Honorary Doctorate by Writtle University for his outstanding contribution to horticulture.
Join Alan at the Penventon Park Hotel, West End, Redruth at 2:30pm