MARCH SOCIAL EVENING
Tuesday 25th March
Pippa Greenwood
My Life in Gardening
Pippa Greenwood trained as a botanist at Durham University (BSc hons) and then gained an MSc in Crop Protection at Reading University. In 2007 Pippa was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science (DSc) by The University of Durham for her work in gardening and its science.
In 1985 she joined the staff of The Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Wisley in Surrey, where she ran the Plant Pathology Department, answering several thousand queries from gardeners every year.
1n 1988 Pippa began working for the BBC, joining Alan Titchmarsh for the gardening slot on BBC 1’s Daytime Live.
From 1989-2002 she was a regular presenter on BBC 2’s Gardeners’ World, presenting many items on garden pests and diseases, science and gardening, and creating and running her organic kitchen garden from her own Hampshire garden.
Since 2002 she has been involved with many different television programmes as well as being a Horticultural consultant.
Ticketed Event Only - £8 available from Jan Williams
*** Fun Competition*** 3 Daffodils in Own Vase
PLANT AND SEED SALE-PROCEEDS TO SOCIETY FUNDS
Sale to take place during ‘refreshment time’ from 6.45pm
