Calendar — Bournemouth In Bloom, Bournemouth Horticultural Society, founded 1884

ZOOM TALKS!

These events are for members only

so JOIN NOW!

Examples of previous speakers are:

Wayne Williams gave us a really interesting talk with photos about his tenure as Head Gardener at Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight

Paul Keeley from Winton Primary School told us all about how he instills a love of growing and harvesting so many kinds of plants into his young charges! Inspirational!

Andy Hunt, who manages the gardens at Kingston Lacy gave an insightful talk on the very varied areas of the grounds around Kingston Lacy as well as the history of the Bankes family, the photos were fabulous of course!

Phil Broomfield, Regional Co-ordinator for Dorset NGS and Lead Garden Volunteer at Russell-Cotes Museum spoke about the history of the National Garden Scheme with photos. It was a most enlightening presentation.

Exbury Gardens Head Gardener, Tom Clarke, who presented on ‘The Challenges of Managing a Historic Woodland Garden in our Changing Climate’ was an extremely engaging speaker and the photos were fantastic! Everyone who attended really enjoyed it.

Mary Payne MBE spoke eloquently on Compton Acres - who knew about the challenges of gardening on a sandy soil with so much tree cover! Again, the photos and the information were amazing!

The next Zoom presentation will be

Friday, 11th September 2026

at our new start time of 7pm

Title: Trees in the Urban Environment ‍

Presenter - Steve Cox ‍

Steve has over 35 years experience of dealing with trees, having worked as a forest manager in Africa and the Pacific and then as an arboricultural officer for the Borough of Poole in Dorset, where he was leader of its arboricultural team for five years.

Steve will talk about trees in urban areas and how they improve the environment. Steve will discuss the effects of pollution and climate change, the trees that could be most affected and what the landscape may look like in the future.

Finally, Steve will look at trees that are of special interest in Dorset.

Members will receive the link by email a few days before

Our Year Book is available and contains all the dates and details for the Shows and Awards Event for 2026. Please join NOW to be on the mailing list to receive a year book and list of benefits including access to the Zoom meetings!

Show dates for 2026

Tuesday 7th April 2026 - Spring Show

Saturday 4th July 2026 - Summer Show

Saturday 12th September 2026 - Autumn Show

St Francis of Assisi Church Hall, 480 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9SH

Doors open at midday until 4.30pm. Awards will be presented at 4.00pm

Members are admitted free of charge, non-members £1.

Other important dates this year to which all members are welcome: