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NEXT MEETING ”CANCELLED” 13 Dec 25 2.00pm How to Make Wild Drinks Liz Knight

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Welcome

The HPS Monmouthshire Group is for those who love hardy herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees and enjoy sharing their enthusiasm with other likeminded gardeners in the County and beyond.

We are part of a network of 45 local groups throughout the UK which is registered with the National Hardy Plants Society. Our Group is also an Affiliated Society of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)

https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/local-groups

The President of the HPS is Roy Lancaster and our Ambassadors are Matthew Biggs, Val Bourne, Carol Klein, and Matthew Wilson.

Programme of Events 2025

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NEWSLETTER

PROGRAMME

GARDEN WORKSHOPS

GARDENS OPEN THIS MONTH

Members Garden Centre Discount

We’re delighted to be launching our Members’ Discount Scheme with four garden centres in the area: Abergavenny Garden Centre; Nantyderry Garden Centre, Secret Garden GC; and Morris’ of Usk Garden Centre.

You will need to show your new Monmouthshire Group membership card to receive a discount (10%) on full-price plants only. The plants must be separated from any other items and the card shown before the plants are put through the till.

To receive your membership card, please send a stamped addressed envelope to our Secretary, Brigid Hamilton-Jones and she’ll put one in the post for you. Her address is Nant Ceiriog, Watery Lane, Monmouth NP25 5AT.   

HPS Monmouthshire Group

arranges

Talks by experts from around the UK

Private garden visits

Plant Fairs with exhibits and sales by expert growers and nurseries from Wales, The Midlands and The West Country

Plant and seed exchanges and sales from other members

… and a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge, experience, tips, advice or just plain enthusiasm, all shared over a relaxing cup of tea, cakes and snacks

We meet at

Berthon Road, Pontypool

NP4 0HE

Ample Parking

Next Meeting

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13 Dec 25 2.00pm “CANCELLED “

How to Make Wild Drinks

Liz Knight
https://www.foragefinefoods.com

Liz is a foraging course teacher and author of ‘Forage- Wild plants to gather, cook and eat’ and ‘Wild Drinks’ .When she was in her 20s she bought a second hand wild flower ID book and found that the previous owner had scribbled notes in about how to eat the plants in the book – slowly she started eating them & became hooked, because wild food isn’t just free, nutritious and sustainable; it’s also often very delicious.

Since then she has been on a mission to teach people about those plants and she now spend her days writing and teaching about wild food. 

Liz will encourage us to brew our own wild concoctions and show us how to produce winter warmers and delicate botanical teas – and there will be drinks to taste on the day. It will be a really fun event.