5th January 2021
Plants, fruit and flowers for Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
Kirsty Norman hosts our first meeting of the New Year and gives us a glimpse of how Plants, fruit and flowers form part of the Chinese New Year celebrations in tropical Hong Kong.
2nd February 2021
How to Make a Wormery
Mark Ridsdill Smith of Vertical Veg returns to give us a masterclass in setting up and running a home made wormery. A wormery will recycle your waste food to make a superb fertiliser for your crops and a living soil in your containers. Wormeries are perfect for small spaces: they’re small, don’t smell and make compost faster than conventional composters.
2nd March 2021
AGM and Irene’s Nature Reserve
This year we combine our AGM with a talk from committee member and journalist Irene Slegt. During lockdown Irene has kept many of us entertained with stories from her garden which she treats as a mini nature reserve. She will share some of her ideas and tips on how our gardens can become a haven for wildlife.
6th April 2021
John Little on creating wild landscapes
Zoom meeting
We are so pleased to welcome back John Little who will talk about his innovative work in planting brownfield sites and experimenting with alternative growing mediums.
‘I’ve always liked a plant, especially the wild sort. Ever since I was a kid I’ve used our native flowers, and then finally in 1998 I started the Grass Roof Company. Since then we have introduced wild landscapes into schools, public space and onto roofs. We can use this love of plants as a tool to change places for people and for other wildlife. Greenspace is key in making places liveable and good. We are privileged to work in public space as the potential to change and improve our towns and cities is huge and so underplayed.’
16th May 2021
DBG Plant Sale as part of the De Beauvoir spring shopping trail
We will be selling plants in Northchurch Road so please get dividing, potting up and sowing seed to sell. Proceeds will help us to return to normal service and hold our meetings back in the Crypt.
Tuesday 18th May 2021
Alison Benjamin, Helping bees in the city
Rainbow Park / Ufton Gardens 6.30pm
The author of The Good Bee teaches us how to provide for pollinators as gardeners. This is a special outdoor event in Ufton Gardens organised to coincide with outdoor group activities becoming legal again. If things change this will be a zoom meeting.
Tuesday 15th June 2021
A Tour of Arlington Square Gardens
Tuesday 13th July 2021
Garden Walkabout in E8 and N1
Meet at Albion Drive 6.30pm to explore four local gardens on foot
Tuesday 7th September 2021
Wolves Lane Flower Company
We are back in the Crypt at last. Marianne and Camila run a micro urban flower farm in Wood Green with a sustainable and organic approach. They will talk about how they got started, what they grow and how their ethos developed. http://www.wolveslaneflowercompany.com
18th September 2021
DBG Natural World Art Exhibition
19th September 2021
DBG Plant Sale as part of the De Beauvoir autumn shopping trail
We will be selling plants outside 22 Northchurch Terrace between 11am and 3pm.
5th October 2021
Paul Wood’s guided Tree Walk
Paul Wood is the author of London Tree Walks. This is a walk around de Beauvoir at the earlier time of 5.30pm and ending with a glass of wine and questions in the Crypt. Meeting place to be confirmed.
2nd November 2021
Preparing for Autumn and Grafting masterclass with head gardener Andrew Luke
7th December 2021
Houseplant Q&A with Maddie Bailey
Join us for an interview with Maddie Bailey from South London’s cult plant shop @Forest. She will be discussing her passion for indoor plants, talking about her books and sharing her tips to make your plants thrive. Our festive meeting includes a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.
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