- On Bulbs & Rhizomes - "The most frequent response to your talk was that it was fascinating and they had no idea how important those plants were. There were also three retired pharmacists in the audience who enjoyed it as well !" - Joe, Speakers Secretary
- Just a note to thank you for your very enjoyable talk yesterday. Our ladies really enjoyed it and many of them that it inspired them to visit Capel Manor. I do hope that you will visit us again
- I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and I am ever so grateful to Anne for all the information about the type of plants I could use for my shady area.
- Thank you for the interesting talk last night (Gardening 3rd Age). It went down well and there was a lot of “ food for thought”. Harpendon Gardening Society
Thank you for your interesting and informative presentation to Caddington Gardening Club yesterday evening (August 2025)
- "Many thanks for coming to give your very interesting talk to the Hertford National Trust on the ''Ancient Gardens Before The Common Era' last Monday. I know the members I spoke to thoroughly enjoyed it" - Diana
- "Thank you so much again for giving New Vistas your excellent talk yesterday, our members greatly appreciated it. You do have a lovely, clear voice which is easily heard; not always a feature prominent in a lot of our speakers. I will hope very much that you will pay us another visit next year"- Juliet
- "Now don't go home without me booking another talk for next year" Elizabeth - Goffs Oak Horicultural Society
- Anne entertained us with stories about Capel and her time there. I'm sure many of our members will visit, or re-visit, Capel Manor during the Summer (2015) and find it more enjoyable
- "Anne's Wildlife talk was very interesting. I never realised how much we had lost and what is still at risk. I intend to use what I have learnt in my own garden to encourage the birds & bees." Speaker's Secretary Lea Valley U3A Garden Group
Thanks so much for your really interesting talk on Tuesday. Capel Manor is definitely on my list for a visit now. (Sawbridgworth Evening WI - June 2025)
- "It was fascinating learning about the tricks of the trade behind some show gardens etc. We'd love to have you back again for a different talk. I'll be in touch." Carole WGC/Hatfield U3A Garden Group
Just a short note to thank you for a very enjoyable talk yesterday evening. As you pointed out, gardening is great therapy. The important thing is to encourage us oldies to carry on doing it! (Evenley Gardening Society September 2024
- Thank you so much for your really interesting and exceptional talk which is much appreciated
- Thank you for your illustrated talk on Evolution and Adaption of Plants. Our members found it interesting and enjoyed it.Redbridge Pensioners Forum - February 2026
Your talk was excellent, informative and, I think, very helpful to us with all the good ideas for managing our gardens as we get older - and there were some excellent ideas. The talk was very well received as evidenced by the end of meeting gathering of our members to talk to you and to take a closer look at the examples of equipment that you brought (Hertfordshire Engineers - August 2025)
- Another stimulating talk that made me and my fellow gardeners think. Anne does not talk - she imparts knowledge and involves her audience. I asked for a talk on Roses but never thought she would go back to the age of the dinosaur. I have invited her back knowing that whatever topic I choose as speaker's secretary Anne will deliver - Ida, Hitchen Horticultural Society
"Thank you so much for your talk - excellent feedback - all 'excellent' or 'v good' votes! I will be back to you for next year's talks, and I will be happy to recommend you." Brenda, Speaker's Secretary St Albans U3A
Thank you so much for joining us today for our AGM and enlightening us to how colour and shape can influence our mood. It made me think back to when I did my garden design training and you certainly demonstrated it through the pictures that you showed us. (Herts Beds & Cambs Cottage Gardening Society - May 2024)
- "Thank you so much for coming to speak to us last night. Members mentioned to me how much they enjoyed your talk, and we'll definitely consider another of your talks." Louise Puckeridge WI
- Gardeners are generous by nature and Anne is generous with her knowledge and her wit. Her presentation on Why Gardens is serious but filled with humour. My husband did not doze off - now that is saying something
- "Thank you so much for your inspirational talk about your work – the audience were really impressed - and for helping people to recognise how they can use different tools to continue their own gardening if injury or infirmity strikes." Carole Wilcox - Cuffley Horticultural Society
Thank you Anne for coming and imparting your knowledge, several people have said how interesting your talk on Gold Frankinsence Myrrh & More was and your first remark that Bible GOLD was olive oil has really struck a cord with most of us. Obvious really.(Harpenden Ladies Probus December 2022)
- "Just wanted to thank you again for such an interesting talk today. There was a lot of feedback from the members of the group saying they really enjoyed it & found it very informative" - Mary Kelly Croxley U3A
- Once again thank you so much for last night - and the plant list which I will find extremely useful. I can now start planning my borders
Talk to Hertford National Trust Group at Hertford Theatre.
Anne with Jonathan Kaye, Mayor of Ware at High Cross & Thunderidge WI