Calendar

1 to 15 September 2022 – AGS South Africa Tour

1 September 2022 – Dorset Tim Lever, ‘Within sight of Snowdonia . At home with Alpines’

3 September 2022 – Mid Anglia Annual Plant and Bulb Sale – held at Fullers Mill,West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HD, 2pm – 4pm (garden open until 5pm)

3 September 2022 – Cleveland Ray Drew, ‘Cypripediums’

5 September 2022 – Bedfordshire Tony Goode, ‘Hillary’s view (Vaud Alps)’

5 September 2022  – Kent – Tunbridge Wells  AGM followed by a video of a member’s garden in spring/early summer

6 September 2022 – Shropshire Tony Goode, ‘Crocus,Colchicum and cyclamen’

7 September 2022 – Cotswold & Malvern Paul Ranson, ‘The Genus Dionysia’

7 September 2022 – Derby Gill Fearn, ‘Plant hunting in South Africa and Namibia’

9 September 2022 – Chiltern Keith Bankier, ‘Van and Eastern Turkey – The Volcanoes’

9 September 2022 – Wirral & West Cheshire Paul Cook, ‘RHS Harlow Carr’

10 September 2022 – West Yorkshire John Mitchell, ‘Travels around the world’

10 September 2022 – South Lancashire Diane Clement, ‘Alpines in the wild and in cultivation’

10 September 2022 – West Yorkshire John Mitchell, ‘Travels around the world’

12 September 2022 – East Lancashire Kylie Hodges, ‘Plants of Tasmania’

13 September 2022 – Epping-Forest AGM

14 September 2022 – Oxford & District Graham Poynter, ‘On the trail of Farrer from Dales to Dolomites’

15 September 2022 – Devon Exeter The Roger Stuckey Memorial Lecture Christopher Bailes, ‘Andean Adventures’

15 September 2022 – North Lancashire Alan Oatway, ‘A-Z of Switzerland’

17th September 2022 – AGS Conservation Day Lectures, 3pm -6pm BST

19 September 2022 – Warwickshire Diane Clement, ‘Japan – The narrow road to the distant north’

20 September 2022 – East-Cheshire Julian Sutton, ‘The secret life of bulbs and corms’

20 September 2022 – East Surrey Diane Clement, ‘Japan – The narrow road to the distant north’

20 September 2022 – AGS Zoom Lecture, Dr. Martin Scheader, ‘Cultivation of a selection of Patagonian alpines’

22 September 2022 – Hampshire Razvan Chisu, Autumn bulbs in the Pelopennese and the last of the summer flowers

24 September 2022 – Norfolk Christopher Grey-Wilson, ‘The three mountains’

25 September 2022 – AGS Bulb Day at Spetchley Park Gardens, WR5 1RS

26 September 2022 – East Lancashire Via Zoom: Linda Cochran, ‘Discovering and cultivating showy native plants in the Pacific North-West’

26 September 2022 – Leicestershire Robert Barlow, ‘Hostas’

28 September 2022 – Somerset Kurt Vickery, ‘A bulb hunter’s favourite weeds’

29 September 2022 – Essex John Amand, ‘Bulbs and how they get to your garden’

3 October 2022 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Mark Oddy Harlow Car

4 October 2022 – Shropshire Julian Sutton, ‘The Secret Life of Bulbs and Corms’

5 October 2022 – Cotswold & Malvern Mr. Julian Sutton, ‘A Plantsman’s guide to the American West’

5 October 2022 – Derby Cliff Booker, ‘Zion to Neon – flowers and wildlife from Utah to Nevada’

6 October 2022 – Dorset Julian Sutton, ‘Making sense of the Iridaceae’

6 October 2022 – South Devon Caroline Seymour, ‘Flowers from the Avenue of Volcanoes (Peru and Ecuador)’

8 October 2022 – Bedfordshire Annual Show

8 October 2022 – South Lancashire Celia Wright, ‘Orchids of the Mediterranean’

8 October 2022 – West Yorkshire Michael Myers, ‘Primula marginata – From the Maritime Alps to Yorkshire’

9 October 2022 – Chesterfield & District Dave Mountford, ‘AGS Tour of Chile’

11 October 2022 – Cleveland Jo Scott ‘A Nature Miscellany’

12 October 2022 – Oxford & District Richard Horswood, ‘Limestone Mountains of Italy – Northern Lakes and the Apennines’

13 October 2022 – North Lancashire Tony Willis, ‘Flowers of Macedonia’

14 October 2022 – Chiltern Paul Spracklin, ‘The Great Outdoors – Gardening with Succulents’

14 October 2022 – Wirral & West Cheshire Samantha Hopes, ‘Plants with a story, a year in John Massey’s Garden’

15 October 2022 – Mid Anglia Derry Watkins, ‘Summer flowers from seed, wonderful annuals and biennials’

17 October 2022 – East-Cheshire Peter Williams, ‘Cold and frost-free greenhouse gardening’

17 October 2022 – Warwickshire David Charlton, ‘African extremities. Flowers and wildlife on the Cape Peninsula and Kirstenbosch followed by the Rif Mountains of Morocco and the gardens of Marrakesh’

18 October 2022 – AGS Zoom Lecture Dr. John Grimshaw, ‘Alpines of the Afromontane Archipelago’

18 October 2022 – East Surrey Charlie Bancroft, ‘Nymans Rock Garden Restoration’

20 October 2022 – Devon Exeter Jonathan Webster, ‘Rosemoor and its Plant Delights’

22 October 2022 – Norfolk  Ray Drew, ‘Cypripediums’

24 October 2022 – East Lancashire Via Zoom: Dave Toole, ‘Alpine Plants of the South Island’

24 October 2022 – Leicestershire Sue Miles, ‘Flora and geology of Cyprus’

26 October 2022 – Somerset Chris Lovell, ‘Morocco through bulbous eyes’

27 October 2022 – Essex Mike Sullivan, ‘Hybridisation of Saxifrages, Lewisias & Correas’

27 October 2022 – Hampshire Christopher Bailes, The Dry Garden: adapting to a changing climate

29 October – 7 November 2022 – AGS Peloponnese Tour

29 October – 7 November 2022 – AGS Peloponnese Tour

1 November 2022 – Shropshire Jon Evans, ‘Keith Wiley and Wildside Nursery’

2 November 2022 – Derby Members’ evening and Auction

3 November 2022 – Cotswold & Malvern AGM

3 November 2022 – Dorset Bob & Rannveig Wallis, ‘Maintenance of a bulb collection’

3 November 2022 – South Devon Julian Sutton, ‘Oregon matters a plantsman’s virtual tour’

6 November 2022 – Chesterfield & District Andrew Norwell, ‘Growing Plants in Sand Beds’

7 November 2022 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Alex O’Sullivan Subject to be announced

8 November 2022 – Cleveland Alan Oatway ‘Washington Wildflowers’

9 November 2022 – Oxford & District David Haselgrove, ‘Making the Gardens at Pelham House and Foxhill’

11 November 2022 – Chiltern David Dickenson, ‘An Englishman in the Cevennes’

11 November 2022 – Wirral & West Cheshire Peter Gateley, ‘Native Montane Flora’

12 – 13 November 2022 – AGS Annual General Meeting & Weekend Conference

12 November 2022 – South Lancashire Neil Huntley, ‘Alpines for troughs and raised beds’

12 November 2022 – West Yorkshire Cliff Booker ‘Patagonia – Part One’

15 November 2022 – AGS Zoom Lecture Paul Spriggs, ‘Vancouver Island Alpines: Plant hunting in North America’s westernmost mountain ranges‘

15 November 2022 – East Surrey AGM & Members talk

16 November 2022 – Mid-Kent Mark Oddy, ‘Chilean alpines’

17 November 2022 – Devon Exeter Tom Freeth, ‘The Rock Garden at RGB Kew’

17 November 2022 – North Lancashire David Mountfort, ‘Plants and places in the Austrian Tirol’

21 November 2022 – East-Cheshire Samantha Hopes, ‘Top 100 plants’

21 November 2022 – Warwickshire Selwyn Lane, ‘The Spring Flowers of Eastern Turkey and Nakhchivan’

23 November 2022 – Somerset Members Evening

24 November 2022 – Essex Jon Evans, ‘Wildflowers moving off the chalk’

24 November 2022 – Hampshire Dr Timothy Walker, ‘A Rockery in the Garden’

26 November 2022 – Norfolk Tim Lever, ‘Jewels in the rain’

27 November 2022 – Mid Anglia Tim Lever, ‘Snowdonia,Echoes of Home’

28 November 2022 – East Lancashire Via Zoom: Harry Jans, ‘Botanical and cultural treasures from Armenia’

28 November 2022 – Leicestershire David Charlton, ‘African extremities’

28 November – 18 December 2022 – AGS Patagonia Tour

28 November – 18 December 2022 – AGS Patagonia Tour

1 December 2022 – Dorset Members’ question time

1 December 2022 – South Devon Richard Horswood, ‘Northern Patagonia with the A.G.S.’

5 December 2022 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Social event with a Quiz Night

6 December 2022 – Shropshire Eddie Roberts, ‘A Winter Wonderland’

7 December 2022 – Cotswold & Malvern Chris Lilley, ‘A visit to Scotland during lockdown’

7 December 2022 – Derby Keith Bankier, ‘Flowers of Van and Eastern Turkey’

8 December 2022 – Devon Exeter Seed Exchange, Grand Raffle & Christmas Party

8 December 2022 – Hampshire Via Zoom – Seasonal meeting including quiz and short presentations by members.

9 December 2022 – Chiltern Kaye Lillycrop, ‘Australian gardens & Christmas social’

9 December 2022 – East-Cheshire Keith Bankier, ‘Exploring Azerbaijan in search of the flowers of the Talysh and Lower Caucasus’

9 December 2022 – Wirral & West Cheshire Christmas Members’ Evening

10 December 2022 – South Lancashire Cliff Booker, ‘From Zion to Neon: An American road trip’

10 December 2022 – West Yorkshire Group members Members’ photographs

11 December 2022 – Chesterfield & District AGM and Christmas get-together

13 December 2022 – Cleveland Peter Maguire ‘Photography’

14 December 2022 – Mid-Kent AGM

14 December 2022 –  Oxford & District AGM, followed by talk TBA

14 December 2022 – Somerset Christmas Social (provisional date)

15 December 2022 – North Lancashire David Morris, ‘The Mardale project, 5 years on’

19 December 2022 – East Lancashire Via Zoom: David Rankin, ‘Meconopsis in the wild and the garden’

19 December 2022 – Warwickshire Members Talk with Punch and Mince Pies

21 December 2022 – Norfolk AGM & Christmas Social (1pm – 4pm)

4 January 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern No Meeting

7 January 2023 – Dorset Diana Guy, ‘The joy of the garden in Winter’

10 January 2023 – Cleveland Members Night

11 January 2023 – Oxford & District Member’s meeting

12 January 2023 – South Devon Kurt Vickery, ‘Botanising in the year of lockdown- Treasures under our noses’

13 January 2023 – Chiltern Harry Jans (via Zoom), ‘Armenian alpines’ TBC

13 January 2023 – Wirral & West Cheshire Zoom meeting: George & Liz Knowles (from Toronto), ‘Echoes of Wild Places’

14 January 2023 – West Yorkshire Jim Almond – ZOOM TALK IN HALL. Primulaceae in pots

16 January 2023 – Warwickshire Razvan Chisu, ‘Spanish Daffodils and other Gems’

17 January 2023 – AGS Zoom Lecture

18 January 2023 – Norfolk Bob Wallis, ‘Fritillaries on Four Continents’ (via Zoom)

19 January 2023 – North Lancashire David Charlton, ‘Mats, carpets and cushions in New Zealand and Svalbard’

26 January 2023 – Hampshire Via Zoom – Adrian Cooper, TBC

1 February 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Jon Evans, ‘The Wildside Garden’

4 February 2023 – AGS Snowdrop Day at Lilleshall National Conferencing Centre, Shropshire TF10 9AT

4 February 2023 – West Yorkshire Paul Cumbleton & Colin Everett – ZOOM TALK IN HALL ‘Our Odyssey With Bulbs’

7 February 2023 – Shropshire Tim Ingram, ‘Alpines and Perennials for Dry Gardens’ (Speaker zoomed into the Hall)

8 February 2023 – Oxford & District John Grimshaw, ‘The Treasure Chest: Gems from a Plantsman’s Garden’

10 February 2023 – Chiltern TBC (via Zoom)

10 February 2023 – Wirral & West Cheshire Zoom meeting: Paul Cumbleton, ‘Crevice gardening’

14 February 2023 – Cleveland David Charlton, ‘African Extremities’

14 February 2023 – Norfolk Richard Green, ‘Northern India’ (via Zoom)

16 February 2023 – North Lancashire TBA

20 February 2023 – Warwickshire Ian Smith, ‘Flowers of the World’

23 February 2023 – Hampshire via Zoom, TBC

1 March 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Hillary Little, ‘In pursuit of the plants of Peru’

2 March 2023 – South Devon Paul Cumbleton, ‘Plants of the Meadows, Woodlands and High peaks of the Dolomites’

5 March 2023 – Shropshire Celia Wright, ‘My favourite moments in the Mountains and elsewhere’ (preceeded by AGM)

6 March 2023 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Martin Denney Early Spring and Late Summer in Georgia

8 March 2023 – Oxford & District Diane Clement, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Travels in Japan’

10 March 2023 – Chiltern John Tyler, ‘The Ridgeway / World of Fungi & flower show’

10 March 2023 – Wirral & West Cheshire Neil Huntley, ‘My favourite alpines’

11 March 2023 – West Yorkshire Eric Rainford, ‘Greencombe Gardens’

14 March 2023 – Cleveland Diane Clement, ‘Japan’

16 March 2023 – North Lancashire Colin Crosbie, TBA

20 March 2023 – Warwickshire Hilary Little, ‘Newfoundland’

23 March 2023 – Hampshire Hester Forde, TBC

23 March – 11 April 2022 – AGS Bolivia Tour

25 March 2023 – Norfolk Group Show, Michael Sullivan, ‘Hybridisation, Saxifrages, Lewisia, Correas’

23 March – 11 April 2022 – AGS Bolivia Tour

3 April 2023 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Tom Freeth Flora and Gardens of Colorado

4 April 2023 – Shropshire Diane Clement, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North- Travels in Japan’

5 April 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Samantha Hope, ‘The Genus Roscoea’

6 April 2023 – South Devon Members Show. Display of any plants or cur flowers of interest

11 April 2023 – Cleveland AGM

12 April 2023 – Oxford & District Jim Jermyn, ‘Inshriach – home to Jack Drake’s Nursery and many famous plants’

14 April 2023 – Chiltern Julian Sutton, ‘Beneath the Trees’

14 April 2023 – Wirral & West Cheshire Local Show

15 April 2023 – West Yorkshire David Charlton, ‘Flowers of the Picos de Europa’

17 April 2023 – Warwickshire Mini Show and AGM

20 April 2023 – North Lancashire Ian Woosnough, ‘High Andean Cacti’

22 April 2023 – Norfolk, Kit Strange, ‘Alpines of the Western Pacific Coast of the USA’

27 April 2023 – Hampshire AGM & Jon Evans TBC

1 May 2023 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Paul Spraklin The Great Outdoors

2 May 2023 – Shropshire Jim Almond, ‘Primulaceae in the Garden’

3 May 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Dr. Wilson Wall, ‘Hardy Orchids’

12 May 2023 – Chiltern David Jewel, ‘Sir Harold Hillier Gardens’

12 May 2023 – Wirral & West Cheshire AGM & garden visit

13 May 2023 – West Yorkshire AGM, Group Spring Show and short talk

25 May 2023 – Hampshire Diane Clement, TBC

29 May 2023 – South Devon AGM and garden tour- Saul Walker at Stonelands House Dawlish – (2.00 p.m.)

June 2023 Kent – Tunbridge Wells BBQ venue to be announced

7 June 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Members Mini Show

5 July 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Members Cheese and Wine – Venue TBA