Our gardening noticeboard

¦ Blarney & District Garden & Flower Club presents a spring gardening night with DJ Murphy on Thursday, February 27, in Whitechurch Hall at 8pm. Everyone welcome.

¦ Glenville Flower and Garden Club will kick off the spring season on Tuesday, February 25, in Kades’ Kounty at 8.30pm with a talk by Catherine Kenneally, nutritionist. All welcome.

¦ Cork Alpine Hardy Plant society presents Oliver Schurman, of Mount Venus nursery Walled Garden, Rathfarnham, Dublin, to talk on Designing with Diversity on Thursday, February 27, at 7.45pm at Lavanagh House, Ballintemple, Cork. Plants for sale — please pre-order plants from the website on www.mountvenusnursery.com.