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Ash Village Hall, Queen's Road,
Ash, Canterbury, Kent , CT3 2BG
what3words: star.hexes.villager

Affiliated to the RHS and The National Vegetable Society (NVS)

Ash Village Hall, Queen's Road,
Ash, Canterbury, Kent , CT3 2BG
what3words: star.hexes.villager

Affiliated to the RHS and
The National Vegetable Society (NVS)

Talk Report: Tim Gillian Ingram – Woodland Plants

March 28, 2024

We had a wonderful talk from Tim and Gillian Ingram on Woodland Plants, illustrating their nursery garden and plants through the year.

Tim’s first love was for alpines after visiting Joe Elliot’s nursery in the Cotswolds when he was young and he devotes time and space to growing these in special beds. Allied to love of alpines are the spring plants which take advantage of the early light and moisture. Snowdrops have great charm and diversity followed by Hellebores which continue for months, then a flood of woodland species like Anemones, Hepaticas and Trilliums. As summer approaches  his love for southern hemisphere plants, Umbellifers, and plants which thrive in hot summers by questing for their own source of water deep down becomes obvious.

They have a large number of snowdrop varieties. Tim told us that he propagated them by simply burying the seedheads. You can visit their garden and buy plants from their nursery, Copton Ash near Faversham . For those of you keen on snowdrops, they are open on Sun 2nd and Sun 18th Feb 2025!