News
Mediterranean garden at Sissinghurst
Troy Scott-Smith gave a talk on 2 March for MPG about the Delos garden at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, UK. The image shows a small part of the garden with Salvia sclarea, native to the northern Mediterranean basin, prominent. The lead gardener in the construction phase of the garden has been our member Saffron Prentis, who is moving this month (March) to work at Perch Hill, the garden and nursery of Sarah Raven. The talk was well attended with 71 members logged in to Zoom but, unfortunately, we did not have permission to record the talk for future member interest.
New member of Tours Committee
Julia Corden recently joined MPG’s Tours Committee. She lives in West Sussex, having moved at the end of 2021 from Perthshire to be head gardener at Goodwood Estate, West Sussex. Julia is past president of the Scottish Rock Garden Club and trained at RHS Wisley then the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Julia is shown here in India, where she was leading a botanical tour.
Mediterranean plants at Eden
Catherine Cutler, head of biomes at the Eden Project, Cornwall, gave a talk on Tuesday on Mediterranean plants and their care. The live talk, open only to members, was followed by an opportunity for members’ questions. The talk was recorded and is now available to view here. The picture shows Catherine in the biome.
New website manager
The management committee has welcomed long-standing member Sharon Horder as the new manager of our website. Sharon, a qualified horticulturist who has been a member of MPG for four years, had previous experience using the software used by MPG. She is a member of the gardens team at Merton College, Oxford.
Winter lecture recording now available
MPG welcomed members connecting from France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Spain, Tenerife, Norway, Belgium, Scotland and England to its winter meeting and lecture on 15 January.
If you weren’t able to attend you can still enjoy a recording of Fergus Garrett’s ‘Experiments at Great Dixter and Nezahat Gökyiğit Garden’ here.
Merry Christmas!
This festive arrangement was created by Lindsay Blyth to wish everyone a merry Christmas. Lindsay is a long-standing member of MPG who lives in the mountains behind Málaga in southern Spain. Here she uses berries of Melia, Pyracantha ‘Soleil d’Or’, Salvia leucantha (to pick up the purple in the Strelitzia and Kniphofia rooperi); Mahonia, variegated myrtle, buds of dwarf pomegranate, ivy and evergreens, all from her garden.