Every month at our members’ meetings we also have a lecture on a gardening topic.
Upcoming Member Lectures
Lecture: Garden Birds - Colin Varndell – Monday, 20 January 2025 at 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Lecture: The History and Restoration of Painswick Rococo Garden – Monday, 17 March 2025 at 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Joining other members to enjoy lectures by gardening experts on a wide range of topics is the main reason for joining FAGUS.
Lectures are held on the third Monday of the month (December excepted) in the Nailsea Methodist Church Hall, 74 Silver Street, Nailsea. BS48 2DS
Lectures are £2 per event for Members, Guests £4.
Meetings are open from 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start.
Nailsea Methodist Church Hall, Silver Street, Nailsea, BS48 2DS (opens in Google Maps).
List of Previous Speakers 1994 >
| Speaker | Date | ZOOM | Subject | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore, Jane | October 2024 | Painting with plants | |||
| Hope, Nicola | September 2024 | Tales from the potting shed | |||
| Maher, T J | August 2024 | ZOOM | 'Rounded in the Garden – An artist’s guide to creating a beautiful garden in harmony with nature.' | ||
| Flynn, Chris | July 2024 | Reviving the gardens of Dyffryn | |||
| Edney, Steve & Dowle, Louise | June 2024 | The Land and The No Name Nursery – Creating our Gardening Life | |||
| Clarke, Sue | May 2024 | Hardy Geraniums – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | |||
| Morgan, Sally | April 2024 | The Climate Change Garden | |||
| Walker, Tim | March 2024 | A Life in Plants | |||
| Searle, Rebecca | February 2024 | How Our Soils Work | |||
| Alexander, Adam | January 2024 | Meetings with remarkable vegetables | |||
| Doy, Caradoc | November 2023 | Plant Hunters & Pioneers | |||
| Tolman, Andrew | October 2023 | Stumperies, Ferns & Shady Friends | |||
| Little, Mickey | September 2023 | Everthing you wanted to know about bulbs and their selection | |||
| Picton, Helen | August 2023 | Daisy Days -the rise, fall and renaissance of Michaelmas daisies | |||
| Bourne, Val | June 2023 | Dahlias - One of my plant passions | |||
| Mills, Jacky | May 2023 | A fresh look at the world of container planting | |||
| Cross, James | April 2023 | The Bishop's Palace gardens, past present and future | |||
| Ross, Neil | March 2023 | The 'X' Factor: Top tips for an exciting garden | |||
| February 2023 | The Stanton Drew Handbell Ringers | ||||
| Nichols, Clive | January 2023 | Photographing plants and gardens | |||
| Beardshaw, Chris | November 2022 | Painting with Plants | |||
| Payne, Mary | October 2022 | Mary Payne interviewed by Tamsin Westhorpe | |||
| Edwards, Ambra | September 2022 | What makes a great Head Gardener | |||
| Payne, Mary | August 2022 | Compton Acres | |||
| Dexter, Derek | July 2022 | Fuchsias my way | |||
| Smith, Phil | June 2022 | Wollerton Old Hall Garden - A year in the garden | |||
| Wills, Howard | May 2022 | Numbers, patterns & plants | |||
| Brown, Bob | April 2022 | ZOOM | Plants that have recently grabbed my attention | ||
| Shand, Christina | March 2022 | ZOOM | Between a bog to a hard place | ||
| Holland, Debi | February 2022 | Gardeneing for wellbeing | |||
| Crouch, Katherine | January 2022 | ZOOM | New Tricks for Old Gardeners | ||
| Pavord, Anna | November 2021 | Plant partners | |||
| Hoffnung, Margie | October 2021 | Garden visiting a very British tradition | |||
| Garrett, Fergus | September 2021 | ZOOM | Layered planting | ||
| Buist, Janet | August 2021 | ZOOM | Wonderful world of salvias | ||
| Bond, Christopher | June 2021 | ZOOM | The five senses of gardening | ||
| De Beden, Laura | May 2021 | ZOOM | Italian gardens their beauty meaning & relevance today | ||
| Willis, Abigail | April 2021 | ZOOM | The secret gardens of Somerset | ||
| Nex, Sally | March 2021 | ZOOM | Behind the scenes at Chelsea | ||
| Payne, Mary | February 2021 | Minimum effort for maximum effect | |||
| Phipps, Sue | January 2021 | ZOOM | Gardening & health | ||
| Lerigo, Derren | December 2020 | ZOOM | Clippings | ||
| Scot-smith, Troy | November 2020 | ZOOM | Old fashioned roses | ||
| Westhorpe, Tasmin | October 2020 | ZOOM | From border to book | ||
| Wells, Becky | June 2020 | Gravel Gardens | |||
| Wiley, Keith | January 2020 | Gardens don't have to be green | |||
| Frost, Adam | November 2019 | Adam's Journey Special Lecture | |||
| Hamilton, Nick | October 2019 | Barnsdale after Geoff - 1996 to present day | |||
| Westhorpe, Tasmin | September 2019 | Life on a gardening magazine | |||
| Sawday, Elisabeth | August 2019 | What a lovely thing a rose is | |||
| Mikolajski, Andrew | July 2019 | The march of the women | |||
| Watts, Chris | June 2019 | Trees of Tyntesfiled - past present & future | |||
| Britten, Toria | May 2019 | Growing & arranging cut flowers | |||
| Bourne, Val | April 2019 | The living jigsaw explained | |||
| Willgoss, Jack | March 2019 | The wonderful world of hardy perennial and scented violas | |||
| Sperring, Chris | February 2019 | Climate change & wildlife | |||
| Potterton, Rob | January 2019 | Nursery challenge quiz | |||
| Alexander-Sinclair, James | November 2018 | Death sex & gardening | |||
| Cross, James | October 2018 | History & development of Bishops Palace gardens | |||
| Hart-Dyke, Tom | September 2018 | World garden update | |||
| Lucas, Neil | August 2018 | More wow less work | |||
| Avent, Tony | May 2018 | So many plants so little time - new and garden worthy | |||
| Hopes, Samantha | April 2018 | Plants with a story | |||
| Buttress, Jim | March 2018 | 65 years in horticulture | |||
| Routley, Cyril | February 2018 | A history of sun dials (AGM) | |||
| Bell, Yvonne | January 2018 | A garland of edwardian gardens | |||
| Wilson, Matthew | November 2017 | Gardening in a new climate | |||
| Mead, Sarah | October 2017 | Holt Farm to the Yeo valley organic garden in 25yrs | |||
| Thompson, Ken | September 2017 | Some modern garden myths | |||
| McVicar, Jekka | July 2017 | Herbs are more than a garnish | |||
| Lovesy, Neil ( Deceased 2020) | June 2017 | The history of the cottage garden | |||
| Kelaidis, Panayot | April 2017 | The new American garden | |||
| Little, Hilary | March 2017 | Along the floral highway to Patagonia | |||
| Foster, Tim | February 2017 | ||||
| Gregson, Sally | 2017 | Epimediums | |||
| Walker, Timothy | January 2017 | What have plants ever done for us? | |||
| Lancaster, Roy | 2017 | A life in plants | |||
| Gilmour, Paul | December 2016 | Vibrant winter colour | |||
| Wyn-jones, Bleddyn | November 2016 | Plant collecting in the mountains of Columbia | |||
| Pavord, Anna | October 2016 | Stuff | |||
| Christopher, Marina | September 2016 | The plight of the bee-flowers to the rescue | |||
| Brown, Bob | July 2016 | New gardenworthy plants | |||
| Richardson, Tim | June 2016 | The new english garden | |||
| Kesteven, David | May 2016 | Horticultural history of the Sitwells | |||
| Lindsay, Jane | April 2016 | A passion for climbers | |||
| Rowland, Mike | February 2016 | Lipstick on a gorilla - Monuments & statues of Bristol | |||
| Payne, Mary | January 2016 | Winter colour | |||
| Gerrish, Helena | October 2015 | Life & work of H Avray - the garden at High Glanau Manor | |||
| Jones, Dr Michael | September 2015 | The work of Carl Linnaeous | |||
| Hardy, Rosy | August 2015 | Summer flowering herbaceous perennials | |||
| Scot-smith, Troy | June 2015 | Revitalising Vita | |||
| Springer Ogden, Lauren & Scott | May 2015 | Plant driven design - honouring plants, place & spirit | |||
| Dunnett, Professor Nigel | April 2015 | Rain gardens &other eco-sensitive design | |||
| Wray, Nick | March 2015 | Garden landscapes of Sicily | |||
| Packham, Don | February 2015 | My life at Bristol zoo | |||
| Chesshire, Charles | 2015 | The art of dishevelment | |||
| Garrett, Fergus | January 2015 | Designing with plants | |||
| West, Cleve | November 2014 | From spuds to Chelsea & back again Special Lecture | |||
| Mcindoe, Andrew | October 2014 | The Winter garden | |||
| Manners, David | September 2014 | Wildlife in the garden friend or foe | |||
| Merrelt Smith, Gina | August 2014 | Marianne North botanical artist | |||
| Hughes, Kevin | July 2014 | Plants for late summer interest | |||
| Diacono, Mark | May 2014 | A taste of the unexpected | |||
| Watkins, Derry | April 2014 | New plant introductions from around the world | |||
| Harmer, Jennifer | 2014 | Travels with a camera and a smile | |||
| Williams, Kate | February 2014 | Veg verse for gardeners | |||
| Tucker, John | 2014 | Romance & humour in the garden | |||
| Bailes, Christopher | January 2014 | Chelsea Physic Garden -Connecting people to plants over three centuries | |||
| Beardshaw, Chris | November 2013 | Lazy/lively gardens 100 plants etc Special Lecture | |||
| Hitchmaugh, Prof James | October 2013 | Planting the Olympic Park - Alyssum into the East End | |||
| Dilger, Mike | September 2013 | My garden & other animals | |||
| Hodge, Geoff | August 2013 | Life & times of a gardening editor | |||
| Brown, Bob | June 2013 | Plants grow in dirt | |||
| Russell, Heather | May 2013 | Curious & Curiouser | |||
| Alexander-Sinclair, James | April 2013 | Dancing through gardens | |||
| Power, Alan | March 2013 | History conservation & mangement of the garden at Stourhead | |||
| Walker, Timothy | January 2013 | How to be a 21st century gardener | |||
| Jones, Dr Michael | November 2012 | Mistletoe: fact, myth & legend | |||
| Stephens, Harvey | October 2012 | The wonders of Chile National park | |||
| Buckland, Toby | September 2012 | Flowers: Planting for continuous colour | |||
| Salter, Tom | August 2012 | Bees & beekeeping | |||
| Blake, Jimi | March 2012 | The contemporary mixed border | |||
| Rowland, Mike | February 2012 | Humerous reflection on a police career | |||
| Russell, Tony | January 2012 | Garden Trees for 21st century | |||
| Payne, Mary | March 2011 | Lets get growing vegetables | |||
| Walker, Timothy | 2011 | Sex lies & putrefaction | |||
| Alexander-Sinclair, James | October 2010 | New lawn new plants | |||
| Brown, Bob | August 2010 | The garden makeover makeover | |||
| Taylor, David | June 2010 | Pelargoniums | |||
| Wallinger, Rosamund | April 2010 | Gertrude Jekyll at Upton Grey | |||
| McVicar, Jekka | March 2010 | Essential culinary herbs | |||
| Rowland, Mike | February 2010 | Clifton Suspension Bridge | |||
| Wiley, Keith | January 2010 | Making a new garden at Wildside | |||
| Gilmour, Paul | November 2009 | Christmas trees | |||
| Wells, Becky | October 2009 | Foliage the skeleton of a garden | |||
| Beardshaw, Chris | September 2009 | Gardeners/gardens of the future | |||
| Watkins, Derry | August 2009 | Unusual & long blooming plants | |||
| Pratt, Kevin | January 2009 | Poppies | |||
| Wray, Nick | 2009 | Namaqualand Namibia | |||
| Payne, Mary | June 2008 | Growing for gold | |||
| Crisp,Stephen | April 2008 | Cottage garden design | |||
| Gregson, Sally | January 2008 | Winter garden | |||
| Walker, Timothy | January 2008 | Sex lies & putrefaction | |||
| Dillon, Helen | November 2007 | The evolution of a garden | |||
| Brown, Bob | October 2007 | Light in a dark season | |||
| Kirkham, Tony | July 2007 | Trees around the world | |||
| Hart-Dyke, Tom | March 2007 | The intrepid plant hunter | |||
| Hughes, Dr Tony | November 2006 | Mountain flowers of Switzerland | |||
| Gregson, Sally | September 2006 | New cottage gardening | |||
| Hurst, Kim | May 2006 | No business like show business | |||
| Klein, Carol | March 2006 | Plant personalities | |||
| Manners, David | February 2006 | Orchids of Gt Britain | |||
| Lucas, Neil | November 2005 | Perennials for the modern garden | |||
| Bourne, Val | October 2005 | The natural garden | |||
| Williams, Medwyn | September 2005 | Vegetables for Chelsea | |||
| Wareham, Anne | June 2005 | Veddw House Garden | |||
| Wilson, Matthew | April 2005 | Star plants in small gardens | |||
| Anderton, Stephen | March 2005 | Courageous gardening | |||
| Scot-smith, Troy | January 2005 | Garden photography | |||
| Russell, Tony | October 2004 | Gardens of the Cotswolds | |||
| Goodenough, Simon | August 2004 | Creating a subtropical garden | |||
| Gregson, Sally | July 2004 | Hydrangeas | |||
| Wray, Nick | January 2004 | The varied life of the Botanic gardener | |||
| Garrett, Fergus | June 2003 | The garden at Great Dixter | |||
| Brown, Bob | May 2003 | A 2nd bucket of flowers | |||
| Lacey, Stephen | March 2003 | The artist gardener | |||
| Walker, Timothy | January 2003 | A rockery in the garden | |||
| Arbuthnott, James | November 2002 | Unususal plants for walls & follies | |||
| Wiley, Keith | September 2002 | New naturalism | |||
| Crouch, Katherine | July 2002 | How I won BBC Gardener of the Year | |||
| Crisp,Stephen | March 2002 | Winfield House | |||
| Brown, Bob | September 2001 | Too many plants too little space | |||
| Payne, Mary | August 2001 | Gardening with grasses | |||
| Yeo, Christine | 2000 | Salvias | |||
| Watkins, Derry | 2000 | Special Plants | |||
| Bailes, Christopher | 2000 | Brilliant borders | |||
| Wyn-jones, Bleddyn | 1998 | Plant collecting in Japan & Korea | |||
| Walker, Timothy | 1998 | Plants of Anatolia | |||
| McVicar, Jekka | 1998 | Scented & aromatic plants | |||
| Brown, Bob | 1998 | Talk around a bucket of flowers | |||
| Wray, Nick | 1997 | South African visit | |||
| Walker, Timothy | 1997 | Can Americans garden? | |||
| Smit, Tim | 1996 | Lost gardens of Heligan | |||
| Chatto, Beth | 1996 | Making a garden from a wilderness | |||
| Wray, Nick | 1995 | Two forests of Brazil | |||
| Lacey, Stephen | 1995 | Designing with perennials | |||
| Walker, Timothy | 1994 | Euphorbias probably the best genus in the world | |||
| Lancaster, Roy | 1994 | Four seasons in my garden | |||
| Gregson, Sally | 1994 | History of cottage gardens | |||
| Greenwood, Pippa | 1994 | Something nasty in the garden | |||