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See below details of events and important dates in the AGS calendar. For full details of timings, venues and contacts, click on the links in each event.
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  • March 2024

    5 March 2024Shropshire David Charlton, ‘Flowers of the Dolomites’

    6 March 2024Cotswold & Malvern TBA

    6 March 2024 – Derby Jon Evans ‘Plants from AGS Shows’

    7 March 2024South Devon Saul Walker, ‘My life in horticulture (Kew, Chelsea, Stonelands)’

    8 March 2024Chiltern Diane Clement, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Travels in Japan’

    8 March 2024Wirral & West Cheshire Michael Myers, ‘Favourite plant associations and hardy orchids in the garden and the wild’

    9 March 2024Dorset AGM

    9 March 2024Lancashire South Nick Hobbs, ‘Water efficient gardening’

    9 March 2024West Yorkshire Tim Ingram, ‘Gardening on the rocks’ (Zoom in hall)

    12 March 2024Cleveland Neil Huntley, ‘Containers and raised beds’

    13 March 2024East Kent Edward Flint, ‘Meadows’

    13 March 2024Oxford & District David Charlton, ‘Two days in southern Patagonia’

    13 March 2024 Nottingham Tracey Akehurst, ‘The Plant Hunter’

    14 March 2024 North Lancashire Richard Green, ‘Travelling in the Sikkim mountains’

    15 March 2024Bristol Peter Hilton, ‘The Engadine’

    16 March 2024Mid Anglia Tony Goode, ‘Postcard from Pont de Nant’ (at 2.15pm)

    17 March 2024AGS Hepatica Day at Silverdale, North Lancashire

    17 March 2024South Wales Eddie Roberts, ‘Winter wonderland: snowdrops and full supporting cast’

    18 March 2024East Cheshire AGM and Group Show

    18 March 2024Warwickshire Vic Aspland TBA

    19 March 2024AGS Zoom lecture Jenny Wainwright-Klein, ‘Growing Alpines in the Schachen Alpine Garden: a satellite garden of the Munich Botanic Garden in the Bavarian Alps

    23 March 2024Bedfordshire Alpine Show and Plant Sale

    23 March 2024Cleveland Show

    25 March 2024East Lancashire Razvan Chisu, TBA

    28 March 2024Hampshire Christopher Bailes, ‘Growing hardy orchids in the garden – from obscurity to ubiquity…?’

     

  • April 2024

    2 April 2024Shropshire Nigel Hopes, ‘Ashwood specialities’

    3 April 2024Cotswold & Malvern David Charlton, ‘Mats, Carpets and Cushions in New Zealand and Svalbard’

    3 April 2024 – Derby Andrew Ward ‘Success with Sand – How to grow tricky plants easily’

    4 April 2024Dorset John Mitchell, ‘New Zealand’s South Island’

    4 April 2024South Devon Members show and plant display

    6 April 2024Dorset Local Group Show, St. Nicholas Church , Corfe Mullen BH21 3LE

    6-7 April 2024Lancashire South Mini Show- Marble Place Southport

    7 April 2024Mid Anglia Garden visit

    9 April 2024Cleveland AGM

    10 April 2024Oxford & District Julian Sutton, ‘Oregon matters’

    10 April 2024Nottingham Members’ plants and short talks, followed by a buffet

    12 April 2024Chiltern Gareth Manning, ‘A tour of West Green House gardens’

    12 April 2024Wirral & West Cheshire AGM & garden visit

    13 April 2024West Yorkshire John Dower, ‘Troughs and mini-gardens’

    15 April 2024Warwickshire Mini Show and AGM

    18 April 2024North Lancashire Alan Oatway, ‘Exploring in Oregon’

    19 April 2024Bristol Alan Goldsmith, ‘Alpines in Tropical Mountains’

    22 April 2024East Cheshire Neil Huntley, ‘Alpines for troughs and raised beds’

    22 April 2024East Lancashire Local Members Show and other attractions.

    25 April 2024Hampshire AGM & Martin Sheader, ‘With the AGS in Patagonia, 2022’

    27 April 2024Bedfordshire Julia Corden, ‘Wengen’

  • May 2024

    1 May 2024Cotswold & Malvern Hilary Little, ‘The hunt for the red Nototriche’

    1 May 2024 – Derby Annual Show and Plant Sale.

    2 May 2024Dorset Graham Poynter, ‘Plants and peaks of SE Switzerland’

    2 May 2024South Devon Garden visit & AGM and afternoon tea (Haldon Grange EX6 7YE)

    7 May 2024Shropshire Bob Worsley, ‘What’s in a name’

    8 May 2024Nottingham Dr. Mike Davey ‘Plants of the Desert:  An introduction to Cacti and Succulents’

    10 May 2024Chiltern Anthony Goode, ‘Switzerland: Vaud & Valais through the seasons’

    11 May 2024West Yorkshire AGM, spring show and mini talk

    12 May 2024Wirral & West Cheshire Local Show

    17 May 2024Bristol TBA

    20 May 2024East Cheshire Julian Sutton, ‘The Botanical Gardener’

    23 May 2024Hampshire Jon Evans, ‘Plant photography at AGS Shows’

  • June 2024

    5 June 2024Cotswold & Malvern Members mini show

    16 June 2024Mid Anglia Garden visit

    29 June 2024Bedfordshire Andrew Mayo, ‘Kurdish Mountains – Azerbaijan and eastern Turkey’

  • July 2024

    3 July 2024Cotswold & Malvern Members Cheese & Wine – Venue TBA

    7 July 2024Wirral & West Cheshire Plant Fair

    20 July 2024Mid Anglia Joe Sharman, ‘The spring flowers of Mallorca’. Joe will bring plants to sell (at 2.30pm)

    27 July 2024Bedfordshire James Miller, ‘Gothenburg botanical inspiration’

  • August 2024

    17 August 2024Mid Anglia Bulb Sale (2pm – 4pm)

    31 August 2024Bedfordshire David Charlton, ‘African Extremities’

  • September 2024

    4 September 2024 – Derby Simon Gulliver ‘Plant Evolution – how plants evolved’

    14 September 2024West Yorkshire Frazer Henderson, ‘Kyrgystan: in search of wild tulips’

  • October 2024

    2 October 2024 – Derby Cliff Booker ‘Ranunculus for the Garden’

    12 October 2024Mid Anglia Julian Sutton, ‘A plantsman’s Guide to the American West’ (at 2.15pm)

  • November 2024

    6 November 2024 – Derby Short talks by members and auction

    25 November 2024Mid Anglia AGM and members talks (at 11am)

  • December 2024

    4 December 2024 – Derby Samantha Hopes ‘Plants with a story’

    15 December 2024Mid Anglia TBA (at 11am)

Visitors admiring plants at the East Lancashire AGS Show

Visitors admiring plants at the 2022 East Lancashire AGS Show