About Us

The Hardy Plant Society Middlesex Group is one of many groups that are affiliated with the main organisation called The Hardy Plant Society (see links page for main Hardy Plant Society web site).

The Hardy Plant Society Middlesex Group, based in Eastcote in the old county of Middlesex, engenders the same ethos as the main organisation. From its earliest days, the Hardy Plant Society has always been a very different society and the range of activities offered locally and nationally gives members plenty of opportunity to meet other keen gardeners, sharing ideas and information in a convivial atmosphere. The activities and work of the Society inform and encourage the novice gardener, stimulate and enlighten the more knowledgeable, and entertain and enthuse all gardeners bonded by a love for, and an interest in, hardy perennial plants.

Membership: Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in hardy perennial plants. The membership fee is paid annually and consists of two separate amounts. The local Middlesex Group fee is £5 (single) £8 (couple) and the main national Hardy Plant Society fee is £13 (single) £15 (couple at same address ) giving a total of £18 (single) or £23 (couple) current of September 2004. Note: if you are already a fully paid-up member of the national Hardy Plant Society, you only have to pay the local Middlesex Group fee to join our group.

A downloadable Membership Application form is available at the bottom of this page.

Visitors: The Middlesex Group welcomes visitors, for which we make a charge at the door of £2 per visitor, per meeting.

What is a hardy perennial plant? A hardy plant is one that will survive overwintering naturally in an outdoor environment, even if the top growth is cut back by frost. A plant's hardiness varies according to local climatic conditions. The term perennial generally refers to a plant that enjoys a natural lifespan of several growing seasons. Some hardy perennial plants can thrive and live through a seasonal cycle over very many years or decades, others may only live, or be at their best from a gardener's point of view, for a limited number of years.

Elected Officers and Committee Members
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Membership Application Form
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The Membership Secretary can be contacted by email here.

Photos: Keith Littlejohns