Talk - The Greenhouse Year by Gillian Taylor
2025-11-03 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Church Rooms
Gillian Taylor The Greenhouse Year 3rd November
Gillian formerly worked as a vet but now devotes most of her time to gardening in her own gardens in Hampshire and Northern France. She is an experienced horticultural speaker, writer and plants woman. Gillian is a member of the Historic Rose Group, Auricula Society, Hampshire Gardens Trust and Plant Heritage.
Her talk will cover aspects of greenhouse design, uses including overwintering of tender plants, propagation, production of flowers and vegetables and where to visit interesting greenhouses
Doors on 7.30pm talk starts at 7.45pm raffle & tea as usual. £1 Members & £2 Non-Members please do share the details with anyone who may be interested.

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Nicola Hope 'Talking Tomatoes'
2026-02-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Church Rooms
Nikki runs a successful organic gardening consultancy and garden design service. She holds the prestigious title of Royal Horticultural Society Master of Horticulture and has a diploma in professional garden design from the Cotswold Gardening School.
Nikki has worked as an assistant gardener at Highgrove for HRH Prince of Wales and also spent time working at Sting’s Lake House, The Abbey House, Malmesbury and leading designer Anoushka Hempel’s Cole Park.
Nikki adores tomatoes and has grown them for herself and clients for many years. Her talk ‘Talking Tomatoes’ will share growing tricks aplenty and lots of great variety recommendations. All of her talks include lots of fantastic photos that she has taken throughout her years of being a professional gardener. Nikki will be bringing along some of her own heritage and heirloom variety seeds for sale. They are £3 per packet or £5 for two packets.
Members £2 Non Members £4 which includes refreshments & raffle

AGM
2026-03-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Church Rooms
Doors 7.15pm start 7.30pm
General business & reviews of the year.
A chance to have your say

Quiz Lambourn v Ramsbury
2026-03-26 19:30 - 22:00
A fun & informative evening with our quiz master Anthony Powell. Lambourn & Ramsbury battle it out through various rounds to win the trophy.
If you would like to be on the team contact Di Barnett via email diannbarnett@hotmail.com
For the audience its a fun evening of facts & snacks.
No need to book a seat just turn up and support the teams.
Doors open 7.15pm Quiz starts 7.30pm

Spring Show
2026-04-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Ramsbury Memorial Hall, United Kingdom
Entry is free & open to all.
Only members within the Whitton Benefice will be awarded trophies.
full details of exhibits 2026 final schedule

Summer Show
2026-08-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Ramsbury Memorial Hall, United Kingdom
Entry is free & open to all
details on what & how to exhibit can be found here 2026 final schedule

Sally Morgan - The Resilient Gardener
2026-09-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Church Rooms
Sally is an experienced no-dig, organic gardener and plant lover, growing her first plants at the tender age of 5. She is a botanist by training, author and freelance writer specialising in resilient, climate change gardening, organic gardening, smallholding, wildlife and countryside issues. Sally is an experienced speaker and has given talks at RHS Hampton Court.
She is the former editor of Organic Farming Magazine published by the Soil Association and writes for magazines such as for Living Earth, Bloom and Amateur Gardening and other titles in the gardening and smallholder field.
Sally’s latest book is The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, Her talk on ‘The Resilient Gardener’ looks at how to make your growing space better able to deal with changeable climate – covering topics such as soil (no dig, living roots, root diversity,. mulches, living mulches), diverse planting, natural predators, flowers to grow, managing water (too much and too little) and ending with rewilding.

Autumn Show & W.I Country Market
2026-10-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Ramsbury Memorial Hall, United Kingdom
for details on how to enter & what classes we have click here 2026 final schedule

Andrew Tolman - A Winter’s Tale.
2026-11-02 19:30 - 22:00
Andrew started his Horticulture career in 1983 becoming a Parks Department Trainee Garden in Swindon doing City & Guilds Ornamental Horticulture at Lackham College. He then took a job as Greenkeeper with Swindon Parks at Broome Manor Golf course where he stayed for 16 years up to Deputy Head.
He now works in several large private gardens and estates mainly in South Glos and North Wiltshire my work is very varied from garden consultation, garden restoration, design & build, specialist renovation pruning, general pruning including a lot of trained fruit, topiary & ornamental hedges.
My main personal plant passions are Snowdrops, Ferns, Shade & Woodland plants, alpines, dahlias, other tropical style plants and many more besides.”
I then wanted to return to working with plants and work in the private sector for my first time. I worked at Several large private estates and gardens for 13 years before going Self employed in 2013 which I have continued doing so until this day.
I now work for a variety of country houses & estates mainly in South Glos & North Wiltshire with a few further field and my work is very varied from garden consultation, garden restoration, design & build, specialist renovation pruning, general pruning including a lot of trained fruit, topiary & ornamental hedges.
My main personal plant passions are Snowdrops, Ferns, Shade & Woodland plants, alpines, dahlias, other tropical style plants and many more besides.”
Please note: Although Andrew worked at Highgrove many years ago, this talk and Q&A will not cover anything to do with his time there.
