{"id":2347,"date":"2026-05-12T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/?page_id=2347"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:37:53","slug":"2025-2026-progamme-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/2025-2026-progamme-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"2025\/2026 Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18845b8cab56a06500afd144329c54b0\" style=\"color:#074f45\"><strong>PROGRAMME FOR 2025\/2026 SEASON<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>September 24th 2025&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Philip Aubrey&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Subject:<\/strong>&nbsp;New plants from seeds, cuttings, division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philip Aubrey is the former Director of Oxford Botanic Gardens and has spoken to MUWAGA on a number of occasions in the past. We have enjoyed his informative talks and benefited from his expertise. Learn how to increase your plant stock with a variety of methods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OBGdownload.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>October 22nd 2025&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Dr Mike Jones&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Subject:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mistletoe \u2013 Fact,Myth,Legend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to welcome back Dr Michael Jones who previously gave us a very spirited talk on Carl Linnaeus. This time he will be focusing on one of our best loved Christmas plants Mistletoe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_20250416_100046_resized_20250416_100636000-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1942\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>November 26th 2025 Nathalie Mignotte<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject:&nbsp;<\/strong>Japan \u2013 Landscape &amp; Vegetation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An inveterate traveller Nathalie will illustrate her talk with unique photographs from her recent visit to this fascinating country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/japan-2165507140-612x612-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/japan-2165507140-612x612-1.webp 612w, https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/japan-2165507140-612x612-1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>January 28th 2026&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Cheese Wine and Pate Social Evening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Always an enjoyable start to the New Year with good food, laughter and a raffle .A quiz will test your knowledge too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CWimages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1952\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>February 25th 2026 Kari Beardsell&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Subject:<\/strong>Shrubs and Roses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kari is a local gardening expert who will be dealing with two topics requested by members. You can read all about her garden and landscape design achievements on bluebridge-garden design.co.uk and maybe sign up for an 8 week private gardening course<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rosesdownload.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1954\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>March 25th 2026&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Val Bourne<\/strong><br><strong>Subject:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dahlias<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you lift and store or leave in the ground over the winter? Opinion is divided but who doesn\u2019t love a dahlia? Val Bourne is a well known writer who combines a hands on approach with natural gardening and will answer all our questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dahliasdownload.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1956\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>April 22nd 2026 Nicky Pratt&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Subject:<\/strong>&nbsp;Over the Garden Gate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Needs no introduction to us . Our Chair will share her tips for creating her beautiful garden , her successes and failures and what she has learned along the way. A great talk to end the MUWAGA speaker programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MUWAGA-Gardeners-Joy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MUWAGA-Gardeners-Joy.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MUWAGA-Gardeners-Joy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/2021-2022-talks-and-events\/\">2021\/2 Events<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/past-2022-2023-talks-and-events\/\">2022\/3 Events<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/past-2023-2024-talks-and-events\/\">2023\/4 Events<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/past-2024-2025-talks-and-events\/\">2024\/5 Events <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/events-and-evening-talks\/\">Current Programme<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/\" style=\"border-radius:25px;color:#074f45;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:100;text-transform:capitalize\">&lt; Back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROGRAMME FOR 2025\/2026 SEASON September 24th 2025&nbsp;Philip Aubrey&nbsp;Subject:&nbsp;New plants from seeds, cuttings, division Philip Aubrey is the former Director of Oxford Botanic Gardens and has spoken to MUWAGA on a number of occasions in the past. We have enjoyed his informative talks and benefited from his expertise. Learn how to increase your plant stock with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/2025-2026-progamme-and-events\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025\/2026 Programme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2025\/2026 Programme - Milton Under Wychwood Allotments &amp; Gardens Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muwaga.com\/welcome\/2025-2026-progamme-and-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2025\/2026 Programme - Milton Under Wychwood Allotments &amp; Gardens Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PROGRAMME FOR 2025\/2026 SEASON September 24th 2025&nbsp;Philip Aubrey&nbsp;Subject:&nbsp;New plants from seeds, cuttings, division Philip Aubrey is the former Director of Oxford Botanic Gardens and has spoken to MUWAGA on a number of occasions in the past. 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