Meetings are held in the Assembly Rooms, Dedham at 7.30 pm with Speakers’ evenings on the first Wednesday in the month.   The Society has a varied programme of talks and events – see below.   The annual subscription is £5 and new members are always welcome.   

The Society’s year starts in May but last season members enjoyed the following events:

2 June        An outing to LITTLE BENTLEY HALL WATERWAYS AND GARDEN SHOW

14 June      A COFFEE MORNING at The Willows, Lower Street, Stratford St. Mary

25 August    The AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW

3 October    A talk on FINGRINGHOE NATURE RESERVE by Matthew Cole (Warden)

7 November A talk on UNUSUAL PERENNIALS by Roger Harvey (Harvey’s Garden Plants)

5 December  A Special Christmas Meeting with The Haywainers  including wine and mince pies

5 March      A talk on PLANTS FOR PROBLEM PLACES by Matthew Tanton Brown (The Place for Plants)

19 March     A COFFEE MORNING at Hill House, Lamb Corner, Dedham

2 April        A talk on CLEMATIS by Nurseryman Julian Flood

5 April        The SPRING FLOWER SHOW in the Assembly Rooms

2008/9 programme:

7 May        The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING  plus  THE STORY BENEATH OUR FEET, a talk on Local Fossils by Reg Appleby

12 June      An outing to RHS GARDEN, WISLEY.  Cost: £10 members, £12 (non-members). 

26 June      A COFFEE MORNING at Pound Farm House, Manningtree Road, Dedham with plants and books for sale.

30 August    The AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW in the Assembly Rooms, Dedham

1 October    A talk on COMPANION PLANTING by Karen Kenny (BBC Radio Suffolk)

5 November  SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW a talk by Andrew Tokely from Thompson & Morgan.

3 December  Our Special CHRISTMAS EVENING with entertainment by The Dedham Players

2009 includes talks on Plant Hunting in Chile, Flower Arranging, Exotic Plants and Restoring a Cottage Garden.

For further information on the Society or any of its events, please contact Secretary, Elizabeth Ellis, on 01206 231164 or Chairman, Mike Barker, on 01206 322147.    

VISITORS ARE ALWAYS VERY WELCOME.