Welcome to the
Hardy Plant Society
The Hardy Plant Society is dedicated to promoting plant knowledge, fostering communities, enhancing well-being, championing the environment, and facilitating research and partnerships. Our members find relaxation, happiness, and joy in gardening.
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Supporting the
Hardy Plant Society
By supporting the HPS, you’re joining a movement that believes in the joy of plants and the goal of sharing that joy as widely as possible. You’re advocating for a charity where knowledge about these amazing organisms is shared, where communities come together over the love of gardening, and where every individual recognises the therapeutic and environmental benefits of plants.
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Why join the
Hardy Plant Society?
The HPS has activities for every plants person and gardener
Meet like-minded individuals
Meet other members in a local group for talks, plant sales and conversation. Most groups meet monthly during the winter, and also organise trips and online events
Learn from others
Members have access to the latest plant articles and news within our two magazines The Hardy Plant and The Newsletter. Members will have full access to our plant library and the option to receive Cornucopia too.
Help our world
Choose to take part in our Conservation Scheme to preserve and propagate less well known plants. Members also benefit from our Seed Distribution Scheme providing access to hundreds of seeds from growers around the country.
Member benefits
As part of the HPS, you will be able to ask for plant advice, attend a talk, go to a plant sale. Members or non-members can apply for bursary funding.
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Local Groups
Meet other gardeners at one of our many local groups. Local groups meet regularly and arrange an annual calendar of speakers, visits, plant sales and other activities.
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Special Interest Groups
Our Special Interest Groups provide a way to go deeper into specific plants and species
The Hardy Plant Society
Official Publications
The HPS produces three periodicals during the year, and has a range of booklets available. Members receive a year's worth of The Journal and the Newsletter as part of their membership. Cornucopia has an additional fee, as do the booklets.
The Hardy Plant
The Hardy Plant is published twice a year and sent free to members, bringing articles from experts such as Bob Brown and Val Bourne. Each edition provides a wealth of knowledge into plants and gardening, with all the content being original and exclusive to the HPS.
The Newsletter
The Newsletter is where all the news within the HPS is published. It is published 3 times a year and includes news for members, events, updates from our President and Chair, articles, competitions and introductions to people to who run the HPS.
Cornucopia
Published twice a year, Cornucopia is a digest of articles from the newsletters of HPS local and specialist groups. Anyone, including non-members, may subscribe.
The Hardy Plant Society
Booklets
The society publishes a series of booklets you can buy to extend your knowledge of your favourite hardy plants. From Border Phlox to Pulmonarias, these booklets provide detailed insights from expert authors. Visit our shop to get yours.
Latest News
Member Newsletter for March 2024
Fri 15 / Mar / 2024
For HPS members our latest newsletter has now been delivered by post and also available online at the newsletter page.…
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Hybrid Hellebores in the Lakeside Garden
Tue 12 / Mar / 2024
The Hybrid Hellebores are currently a real showpiece on the edges of the woodland setting at the Lakeside garden. Companion…
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On a Chalk Hillside – March 2024
Tue 05 / Mar / 2024
This month I shall describe how we started to plan how we wanted to landscape and plant up our new…
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HPS Bursary Reports for February 2024
Thu 29 / Feb / 2024
The Hardy Plant Society uses our Bursary fund to enable applicants to conduct research and investigation into suitable plant projects.…
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Interview with Pamela Clark at the Garden Press Event
Mon 26 / Feb / 2024
On February 20th the HPS had a stand at the Garden Press Event. Saul Walker and Helen Brown who run…
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Watch Jimi Blake talk about his Snowdrop Obsession on this HPS Zoom
Mon 26 / Feb / 2024
The Galanthus Special Interest Group (SIG) will be hosting a Zoom talk by Jimi Blake of Hunting Brook Gardens on…
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