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Umbel….ievable Umbels! A talk about cow parsleys and their relatives. Speaker – Marina Christopher
We welcome Marina, from Phoenix Perennial Plant Nursery, to talk to us about the Aplaceae family, or as we know them “umbellifers”. She studied Botany, Marine Biology and Ecology, followed by 3 years doing a postgraduate research, before escaping the laboratory and getting outside to begin her new life as a nurseryman in 1984. She founded her own nursery in 2002 and is a major advocate for providing a balanced ecosystem to promote beneficial wildlife. Whilst she has won RHS medals in her own right, she is well known for supplying the very best top garden designers with unusual plants, for their award winning gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show and others.
With her table full of goodies, she will use plant material to highlight the delights of umbels. As usual, she will be bringing along some of her own plants so a wonderful opportunity to come along and see a very knowledgeable and entertaining speaker.
