Forthcoming Events

8 December 2009
Think Global, Act Local (Speaker - Michael Baker)
Many of you may have been to Michael and Patricia's eco house and garden at Alozaina, which they created from scrub and forest. "The Transition Town Initiative, which began in Kinsale, Ireland is spontaneously spreading around the world. Aspects covered are Permaculture - growing/purchasing locally produced food crops; co-operative growing of vegetables, identifying wild foods in pasture and forest; making a local seed bank to maintain bio-diversity;  networking, local skills ... and much more. Already there are Transition Initiatives in Estepona, Barcelona – and now Alozaina".

12 January 2010 - 18.00
Annual General Meeting
followed by Gardeners' Questions Time and Quiz
A chance for everyone to join in, with some serious gardening chat followed by a lively gardening quiz. On hand will be an expert panel, including; Lindsay, Janet, Simon, as well as Jenny from Guzmans.

9 February 2010
Frazer Island and Sydney to Melbourne: A Botanical Tour
(Speaker: Bill Bessler)
Bill has been a member of TAGG since we started 10 years ago. His is a professional landscape architect and horticulturist and worked in the Middle East for many years, hence his great knowledge about gardening in dry climates. He recently visited Australia on a 16-day tour organised by The Kew Guild to visit places of horticultural and botanical interest.

9 March 2010
Wild Flowers and Insects (Speaker: Denise Walker)
Encouraging Birds and Wildlife to your Garden (Speaker: to be confirmed)
Have you ever wondered why insects and birds are attracted to certain flowers and what you can do to encourage or discourage them? All will be revealed.

13 April 2010
The Creation of Contrast, Drama and Tranquillity through Colour
(Speakers: Lindsay Blyth and Ian Hunter)
Lindsay is our Honorary President and co-founder of TAGG. Most of you will have seen her garden and the amazing array of species and colour she puts into it. Ian is an artist – so between them they will show us what can be done to create the perfect garden.

11 May 2010
The Amazona Garden Project - (Speaker: David Lee)
David is a member of TAGG and has been a professional gardener in Spain for eight years. His talk will describe a woodland garden he has constructed by the Rio Grande near Coin. David will talk about the plants, the design of the garden and the inspiration behind the project, following a visit to Brazil.

8 June 2010
Annual Garden Party
Members only, at Finca Vida, the home of Anne and Chris Hird.

Past events

Members of the Mediterranean Garden Society were invited to attend the following events organised by the Andalucia Gardening Club.

12 February 2008
Jason Ritchie of Dryscapes gave a talk on Gardening with Succulents.

26 February 2008
A "Dig up" morning in aid of Club funds at Lindsay Blyth's Garden. Surplus plants and cuttings.

11 March 2008
Mercedes Maier gave a talk on The Mudejar Gardens of Spain.

8 April 2008
Pablo Luque Alcala from Alamillo talked about some easy ways to grow plants available locally.

26 April 2008
A sale of Promises was organised in aid of the Digital Projector Fund at Lindsay's house.

13 May 2008
Lindsay Blyth gave her report on the AGM in Greece

Branch Head, Lindsay Blyth has had an unusually varied gardening career. She writes:

"I have gardened since I was child and in 1954 was sent to Waterperry Horticultural School from whence I emerged two years later with a Diploma and a RHS Certificate. I married in 1957 and spent the next two and a half years in Calcutta.

"Back in England, I gardened in West Sussex for nearly 18 years until I moved to London where I quickly found three patches of earth. My small house garden featured in Roy Strong's book Creating Small Gardens. I also had an allotment and looked after the garden of a hostel belonging to St Martin-in-the-Fields where I did all the flowers for five years.

Later I had a weekend granny pad in the country where I made a garden and also designed the surroundings of my son-in-law's golf club. Then I moved to Guyana in South America - this was a challenge! My own garden became well known and I wrote a weekly column on native plants for the local paper. I also served on the committee of the local horticultural society and the Biodiversity Park Development Committee.

"Now I am in Andalucia and once again busy with horticultural matters. I belong to three garden societies, one of which The Andalucia Garden Club, I started myself. I shall now do my best to welcome and help MGS Members in the area."