The Tender Shoots Garden Club Network is a national collective of UK garden clubs set up during the worst of the Covid 19 pandemic to work together, have joint online events, and to share resources and experiences. The Tender Shoots Garden Network are promoting regular Zoom meetings to which all WHS members are invited to join for no charge. The list is being updated regularly. The Network has its own website at https://tendershoots.uk/
Members will need to download the Zoom app first in order to access the talks presented by Tender Shoots. Download the Zoom App here.
Once you have installed the Zoom app then the talks can be accessed from the Tender Shoots website. The Zoom link is the same for meetings open to the general public:
Meeting ID: 404 301 4750 (usually entered automatically)
Passcode: bonsai
Tender Shoots Garden Network have announced the next set of Zoom talks for the Autumn.
Tender Shoots Garden Club Network
Dates of meetings (breakout rooms open at 7.15pm for 7.30 start for all meetings unless stated otherwise):
2025 talks
Feb – 12th Wed – Katherine Crouch – Grow the Food You Can’t Buy
Feb – 20th Thu – Catherine Horwood biographer of Penelope Hobhouse & her great contribution to horticulture
Feb – 24th Mon – Charlie Harpur – Re-wilding – the planting at Knepp Castle
Mar – 20th Thu – Guy Deakins – Committing the Perfect Murder (and how to use the body in the garden)
Apr – 29th Tue – Ruth Plant – Dieramas (Angels Fishing Rods)
Meetings open at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start and as usual there is no charge to attend so everyone is welcome. Feel free to pass it on to your gardening friends.
Zoom link is the same for meetings open to the general public:
Meeting ID: 404 301 4750
Passcode: bonsai