28 Sunnyside Terrace
Trimdon Grange
TRIMDON STATION
Co Durham
TS29 6HF
01429 881529
Email dandd@polemonium.co.uk
www.polemonium.co.uk
Lecturer at Houghall Horticultural College on plant science , garden design and conservation for 8 years. Attended two botanical expeditions to the mid-west USA. Author of monograph on Polemonium and other magazine articles. Several appearances on TV and radio, and exhibitor at Hampton Court Flower Show. RHS Gold medal winner. Joint holder of the National Plant Collection? of Polemoniaceae (inc Collomia, Gilia, Leptodactylon and Polemoniums) and Hakonechloa along with husband David, currently teaching RHS courses at our organic plant nursery and four star gold GTBS award B&B.
the most in the world. See for yourself the wonderful variety you could be growing. 2.PLANT HUNTING IN COLORADO. In search of Polemonium species, a glimpse of many other American natives that
have become popular garden plants. 3.NATIONAL PLANT COLLECTION IN THE NORTHEAST. Where are they, what are they, and what is involved in looking after one? 4.COTTAGE GARDENING. Year round interest from flowers, fruit and herbs, which can be successfully mixed
even in small spaces to create a garden you can relax in. 5.FOLIAGE AND COLOUR COMBINATIONS. Good plants for providing a long season of interest and create an interesting garden
all year round. Using colour in successful combinations, and some more unusual ones. 6.PROPAGATION. A practical demonstration giving hints and tips, and with appropriate plant material
for the time of year, which will be available to take away at the end. 7.SLUGS AND SNAILS. The latest ideas on how to get the better of them, including examples of plants
not affected by them. Know your enemy if you want to defeat him. 8.HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW. Slides from several years showing a personal selection of highlights of the exhibits,
plants and gardens. Tips for would be exhibitors and behind the scenes stories. 9.MAKING A GARDEN The entire garden was concrete and we were to open for the Red Cross in five months!!! 10.BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE. Many people don’t plant trees because they think they don’t have the room. This
talk demonstrates the benefits of trees in the garden, suggests suitable ones for different areas and illuminates the ‘wrong’ ones. 11.A-Z OF GARDEN FEATURES. An alphabetical stroll through the bizarre, the delightful and the making of the
British garden.