Dear members:
In these topsy times, we trust everyone is well and spending good time in their gardens.
As we move from lockdown towards socially acceptable physical distancing, we have decided to continue to put Open Gardens on hold for June. In the meantime, VHPG is adding a list of interesting websites, videos, newletters, and instagram accounts on our website. Perhaps this will give us a garden boost to where we can’t go in real life. If you would like to add to this list, please send a note to danacromie@gmail.com
Virtual Chelsea
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/virtual-chelsea
Virtual Kew
www.kew.org/about-us/virtual-kew-wakehurst
The Gardener – A film about Frank Cabot at QuatreVents
https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/the-gardener
Facebook only
Peter Korn – facebook.com/peter.korn.5
Tim Ingram – facebook.com/gillian.ingram.773
On line zoom lectures from Xerces Society for Invertebrate conservation
Margaret Roach, A Way to Garden Website
Garden Masterclass with Annie Guilfoyle and Noel Kingsbury, Online Blog and Podcasts
https://www.gardenmasterclass.org/blog-and-podcasts
Sarah Raven Website
Huw Richards Grow Foods Organically Utube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeaKRrrpWiQFJJmiuon2WoQ
The Garden Museum, London newsletter – https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/
Art of the Garden: Dan Pearson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Dan Hinkley’s weekly at Heronswood – https://heronswoodgarden.org/
Ian Young’s Bulb Log, Scotland, weekly digest – http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/
danger garden, a daily garden blog from Portland – http://www.thedangergarden.
Instagram accounts worth following
John Grimshaw, Yorkshire Arboretum – johnmgrimshaw
Fergus Garrett, Great Dixter head gardener – fergusmustafasabrigarrett
Aaron Bertelsen, Great Dixter veg gardener, kitchen and house manager – aaronbertelsenofficial
Great Dixter House and Gardens – greatdixterofficial
Tony Kirkham, Kew – kirkham_tony
Sue Wynn-Jones, Crug Farm Plants – suecrugfarmplants
James Hitchmough, University of Sheffield, Horticulture Ecology and Landscape Architecture – jameshitchmough
Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield, Planting Design and Urban Horticulture – nigel.dunnett
Jimi Blake, Huntingbrook Gardens, Ireland – jimiblake_huntingbrookgardens
Gravetye Manor, Gardens Team – thegravetyegardener
Beth Chatto’s Plants and Gardens – bethchattogardens
Panayoti Kelaidis, Denver Botanic Garden – panayotikelaidis
Sean Hogan, Cistus Nursery, Portland – _sean_hogan
Sue Milliken, Far Reaches, Washington – far_reaches_botanical-conserve
Amy Sanderson, Stellata Plants, Saanich – amysandersonflowers
Stellata Plants, Saanich – stellataplants
Liberto Dario, grower and tour guide, Greece – libertodario