Calendar

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

1 February 2023 – East Kent Members talk, Tim Ingram & Jeremy Spon

1 February 2023 – Derby  Diane Clement, ‘Woodland Plants in the Wild and in Cultivation’

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’

15 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’

22 February 2023 – AGS Zoom Lecture Alan Ayton, ‘Alpine Flora of Australia’

23 February 2023 – Essex David Haselgrove, ‘The South African West coast – an AGS Trip’

23 February 2023 – Hampshire via Zoom, TBC

25/26 February 2023 – East Kent, Garden visit (weather dependent)

27 February 2023 – East Cheshire Razvan Chisu, ‘Early summer in the Western Alps’

27 February 2023 – East Lancashire ZOOM Lecture T.J.Maher, ‘Taking a field & making a garden’

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 – Bedfordshire Bruce Bennett, ‘Scottish wildflowers and gardens’

6 March 2023 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells Martyn Denney ‘Early Spring and Late Summer in Georgia’

8 March 2023 – East Kent, Martyn Denney, ‘The Pre-Monsoon Flora of the Sikkim Himalaya’

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, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Travels in Japan’

16 March 2023 – North Lancashire Colin Crosbie, TBA

20 March 2023 – East Cheshire Neil Huntley, ‘Alpines in troughs and raised beds’

20 March 2023 – Warwickshire Hilary Little, ‘Newfoundland’

21 March 2023 – AGS Zoom Lecture Jiří Papoušek, ‘Dionysias in Iran – travelling with the CIA‘

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’

26 March 2023 – East Lancashire ZOOM Lecture John Lonsdale, ‘Woodland Treasures’

30 March 2023 – Essex Mike Lavelle, ‘Climate change and plants in the garden’

23 March – 11 April 2022 – AGS Bolivia Tour

3 April 2023 – Bedfordshire John Amand, ‘Unusual bulbs and how they get to your garden’

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 – East Kent, Afternoon garden visit – joint with Mid Kent

12 April 2023 – East Kent, Charlie Bancroft, ‘Restoring the Rock Garden at Nymans’

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

18 April 2023 – AGS Zoom Lecture Harry Jans, ‘Botanical tour through the South Island of New Zealand’

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’

24 April 2023 – East Lancashire ZOOM Lecture Ger van den Beuken, ‘Cultivation & propagation of exquisite alpines’

25 April 2023 – East Cheshire AGM and Group Show

27 April 2023 – Essex Julian Reed, ‘Pteridology – National collection of Polystichum and Polypodium’

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’

8 May 2023 – Bedfordshire Ian Woolnough, ‘Cacti and other high altitude plants from South America’

10 May 2023 – East Kent, Philip Oostenbrink, ‘Plant Collections’

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

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

15 May 2023 – East Cheshire Ray Drew, ‘Cypripediums’

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

25 May 2023 – Essex Richard Rolfe, ‘Argentina – Part 2’

25 May 2023 – Hampshire Diane Clement, TBC

27 May 2023 – Norfolk Paul Cumbelton & Colin Everett (Zoom into our Hall at Hethersett), ‘Our Odyssey with bulbs’

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

5 June 2023 – Bedfordshire Liz Livermore, ‘Alpine flowers of the Upper Engadine’

7 June 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Members Mini Show

24 June 2023 – Norfolk David Livermore, ‘Russian Caucasus’

29 June 2023 – Essex Tim Ingram, ‘Gardening on the rocks’

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

27 July 2023 – Essex Liz Livermore, ‘The alpine flora of the upper Engadine’

7 August 2023 – Bedfordshire David Haselgrove, ‘Spring and summer in South Africa’

31 August 2023 – Essex Diane Clement, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Travels in Japan’

4 September 2023 – Bedfordshire Keith Bankier, ‘Cappadocia and inner Anatolia’

13 September 2023 – Norfolk Alice Hunter, TBA

18 September 2023 – East Cheshire Diane Clement, ‘The narrow road to the deep north – Travels in Japan’

28 September 2023 – Essex Razvan Chisu, ‘Spanish daffodils and many other gems’

2 October 2023 – Bedfordshire AGM

26 October 2023 – Essex Julian Sutton, ‘Making sense of the Iridaceae’

4 November 2023 – Norfolk TBA

11 November 2023 – AGS Annual General Meeting

30 November 2023 – Essex Martyn Denney, ‘Late summer and early spring in Georgia, 2 field studies’

25 November 2023 – Norfolk Martyn Denny, ‘A Botanical tour of Japan’