Right Plant / Right Place, Seed Giveaway and Spring Bulb Bonanza

Islington Gardeners' Autumn 2025 Event

Come join us on Wednesday 8th October, 7-8.30pm at St Mary's Church on Upper Street in the heart of Islington for an illustrated talk on Right Plant, Right Place, the BIG seed giveaway and our spring bulb bonanza. There will also be wine and nibbles. All are welcome!

The BIG Seed Giveaway:

We will kick off our Autumn 2025 event with The BIG seed giveaway. Feel free to bring seeds to donate to other attendees. There will be a good selection of seeds (annuals, perennials, edibles etc) for a variety of situations (sun, shade and everything in between).

Illustrated talk: Right Plant, Right Place with Caroline Broome aka Garden-Girl

We will then settle in for the illustrated talk ...

‘Right Plant, Right Place’ will take a look at some of England's finest gardens to see how their grand designs can be adapted to suit your own outdoor space, whether large or small. From Dry Shade to Exposed, Sunny Sites, there's a planting scheme to suit all aspects of your garden. This talk illustrated throughout and includes a Plant List to take away.

A bit more about Caroline

Meet Caroline, professionally known as Garden-Girl. Caroline is an award-winning plantswoman, with over a decade of experience. She specialises in creating beautiful, thriving gardens that perfectly suit her clients’ style and space.

She writes a column in NW London’s quarterly local paper Suburb News and has been contributing monthly to national weekly magazine Garden News Over the Fence for 20 years. Caroline shares her passion for plants and gardens through talks, bringing garden history, folklore and planting wisdom to life. Perfect for garden clubs or private events, Caroline’s presentations are as informative as they are entertaining.

As well as opening her garden for the National Garden Scheme for 10 years, Caroline was NGS Assistant County Organiser for NW London open gardens. Having Chaired the Hampstead Garden Suburb Horticultural Society, she is now its Vice-President. Together with her husband David, she won the London Gardens Society All London Championships Best Small Back Garden three years running and has now become one of their judges.

Her garden has been featured on BBC1 The One Show, and ITV Love Your Garden, twice!

Read Caroline’s regular blogs by visiting her website: www.garden-girl.co.uk/the-blog.

She also aims to feature a different plant in flower every day of the year in her Gallery www.garden-girl.co.uk/gallery-1 or you can follow the link to her Facebook page.

Spring Bulb Bonanza

We are offering the opportunity for IG members to purchase and collect a variety of spring bulbs (planted in the autumn / winter). Check your email inbox for full info about this scheme. We will also provide information about 'lasagna planting' for bulbs which may be helpful. We may also offer packs of bulbs for tree pits and forgotten corners.

Directions to St Mary's Church

The number 4, 19, 30 and 43 buses stop outside the church, and it's a short walk from Angel or Highbury & Islington tubes.

There will be wine and nibbles.

All are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there!