{"id":7778,"date":"2024-12-13T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=7778"},"modified":"2024-12-13T13:57:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:57:01","slug":"plant-hunting-round-the-world-by-nick-macer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=7778","title":{"rendered":"Plant hunting round the world, by Nick Macer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grayshott Gardeners rounded up its 2024 Programme of Lectures with a fascinating talk from Nick Macer, a specialist nurseryman and owner of Pan Global Plants, a nursery in Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nick-Macer-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nick-Macer-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nick-Macer-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nick-Macer.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nick Macer with Sue Wheeler (GG Programme Secretary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick had what he describes as a \u201crebellious youth\u201d \u2013 at school they said he was \u201cbright but bored\u201d. He dropped out before he was 16, and worked for a landscaping company to earn some money.&nbsp; He soon learned that a life working outside appealed to him, and trained as an arboriculturalist at Merrist Wood, where he developed a passion (bordering on an obsession) for trees and plants.&nbsp; In 1997 he persuaded the bank to loan him the money to set up his own nursery, and Pan Global Plants was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick has been on many, many trips around the temperate world, searching for attractive and unusual plants that will thrive in the UK climate.&nbsp; In many countries this means seeking out the higher altitudes \u2013 and such remote spots bring their own challenges.&nbsp; We heard of lightning bolts, marauding bears, fording rivers and sleeping in the open \u2013 not for the faint hearted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was fascinating to see amazing plants growing in their natural habitat, alongside the images of the same plants growing in his own nursery.&nbsp; Many seeds and bulbils have been collected and nurtured on the nursery until they are ready for sale to eager customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the evening we felt like we had been around the world ourselves \u2013 albeit from the comfort of Grayshott Village Hall.&nbsp; And since most of us are unlikely to be that adventurous, we were very grateful to Nick for sharing his experiences in such an entertaining way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grayshott Gardeners rounded up its 2024 Programme of Lectures with a fascinating talk from Nick Macer, a specialist nurseryman and owner of Pan Global Plants, a nursery in Gloucestershire. Nick had what he describes as a \u201crebellious youth\u201d \u2013 at school they said he was \u201cbright but bored\u201d. He dropped out before he was 16, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=7778\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plant hunting round the world, by Nick Macer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7782,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7778\/revisions\/7782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}