Hepatica Lecture with Garden Tour

Nursery owner John Massey VMH will give a superbly illustrated lecture ‘My World of Hepaticas’ in which he takes an in-depth look at this beautiful genus, one of the loveliest of all Spring-flowering plants.

Ashwood Nurseries is one of only a few nurseries in the UK specialising in hepaticas and John is widely acknowledged as being one of the UK’s leading experts: he has his own private plant collection and has travelled to China, Japan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, North America and Europe to see them growing in the wild.

His talk will give a fascinating insight into the various species and cultivars, their habitat in the wild, their uses in the garden and alpine house, as well as a look at developments in plant breeding. John will also share some wonderful anecdotes about his travels in search of hepaticas, introducing some of the extraordinary characters he has met along the way.

In the afternoon there will be a guided tour of John’s Garden and, during the day, there will be a rare opportunity to look at John’s private hepatica collection.

A good selection of plants will be available to purchase, including many divisions of his very special mother plants which are offered for the first time, as well as copies of John’s book ‘My World of Hepaticas’.

• Date: Tuesday, March 10th
• Ticket Cost: £55  (including complimentary hot drink, biscuits and Gardener’s Lunch)
• Lecture commences promptly at 11am
• Duration 75mins
• Garden Tour commences at 2pm
• Essential to book in advance (Seating is strictly limited)
• Reserve your tickets by telephone (01384 401996) or in person at the nursery.