A chance to hear all about Sheffield’s urban fruit tree nursery workers co-op, Sheffield Trees, and tips on what to think about when planting trees including rootstocks, staking, mulching and more

In this talk, horticultural lecturer Richard Brown will aim to explain why horticulture is good for our physical and mental health. He will provide all the information needed to propagate, germinate and grow melons and cucumbers and other members of the curcurbit family.

A public tour of the Gardens including an overview of the development of the Gardens through history. Meet at the top of the Thompson Road Drive, near the Dorothy Fox Education Centre.

Not all Himalayan blue poppies are blue! By drawing on the wealth of information available, Professor David Rankin will help us to understand the wonderful yellow Meconopsis - and to explain how relationships between different kinds emerge, and sometimes names have to change.

One-hour long public guided tour at 1pm. Meet at the entrance to the Dorothy Fox Education Centre, at the top of the slope from the Thompson Road gates, off Ecclesall Road. There’s no need to book. You can just turn up.

Master Composter, Rod Weston, will discuss the range of composting methods used to improve our soil.

Professional Garden Designer, Linda Heywood, shares her knowledge and passion for a plant which all of us can grow in our gardens.

Ann Treneman reflects on the life lessons that she learned when she moved from being an award-winning journalist to a brand new career in horticulture.

Political lobbiest Jonathan Sheppard describes his journey as an amateur into establishing two National Plant Collections, exhibiting at RHS Hampton Court, while all the while trying to grow in a sustainable way.

The current owner of Denmans Gardens in Sussex, started by Joyce Robinson and later the home of influential landscape designer John Brookes, describes the restoration of the Gardens and the establishment of the John Brookes Denmans Foundation to secure its future.

Two local Master Beekeepers will share their experience of keeping bees and the importance of providing bee-friendly plants for forage.

The Tangled Bank is a research project underway at St Andrews Botanic Garden, aimed at finding ways to conserve plants and teach communities how to respond to climate change and the biodiversity crisis.

For November we’ll be exploring some of the beautiful trees in the collections.

For October, to celebrate Halloween, we’ll be exploring plants that are weird, wonderful and possibly poisonous.

A practical demonstration on the cultivation and propagation of these beautiful South African plants.

Join Leif Bersweden as he recounts his big botanical adventure around Britain and Ireland.

For September we’ll be exploring the Gardens as apothecary’s apprentices, learning about the medicinal heritage of plants.

Ed Watchorn shares how he has turned his childhood dream of becoming a professional gardener in a historic setting, into reality.

All about growing and propagating a wide range of popular culinary, medicinal and scented herbs and insights into life on the shows circuit.

For August we’ll be exploring the new South African plantings in Osborn’s Field.

Using a mixture of live plants and digital images, Gillian will provide many useful hints and tips to help you to get the best from your houseplants.

Alpine expert, Diane Clement will take us to different altitudes to discover all about the varieties of alpine plants, where and how they grow and how we can adapt our gardens to grow them too.