Calendar

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’

12 March 2023 – Chesterfield & District Sue Miles and Ian Sutton ‘Yellowstone National Park, Geology and Flora’

13 March 2023 – North East England Diane Clement, ‘A Year in the Life of an Alpine Gardener’

14 March 2023 – Cleveland Diane Clement, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Travels in Japan’

16 March 2023 – North Lancashire Colin Crosbie, TBA

18 March 2023 – Mid Anglia 2:30pm Jamie Blake from Bressingham Gardens ‘Around the World in 80 plants’

20 March 2023 – East Cheshire Kevin Pratt, ‘Rare, Unusual and Pictorial Plants’

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 Julia Corden, ‘Meconopsis ‘Bhutan in the Footsteps of George Sherriff’

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’

1 April – 8 April 2023 – AGS Crete Tour

1 April 2023 – AGS Garden opens for National Garden Scheme, 11am-4pm.

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 – Dorset David Dickenson, ‘How the Cevennes uniquely survived the Ice Age’

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

9 April 2023 – Chesterfield & District David Charlton, ‘African Extremities’

10 April 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Spring Show & Plant Sale, Hartpury Village Hall, Over Old Road, Hartpury, GL19 3FD

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 (Note: not 2nd Sat) Jack Ogg ‘York Gate Garden’

17 April 2023 – Warwickshire Mini Show and AGM

19 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’

24 April 2023 – Leicestershire  Diane Clement, ‘A Seedy Business’

24 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 ‘Wildside Nursery‘

29 April 2023 – AGS Garden opens for National Garden Scheme, 11am-4pm.

30 April 2023 – Mid Anglia  Start at 11:00am – A guided walk around Arger Fen and Spouse’s Vale
near Assington, Sudbury Suffolk CO8 5 BN with Richard Hobbs.

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’

4 May 2023 – Dorset Hilary and Austin Little, ‘Wildflowers and Wallabies of Western Australia’

8 May 2023 – Bedfordshire Meeting cancelled – due to Coronation

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

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

14 May 2023 – Chesterfield & District Visit to Lea Gardens, near Matlock

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

25 May 2023 – Essex Barry Hennessy, ‘The Patagonian Lake District’

25 May 2023 – Hampshire Diane Clement, ‘Chinese Lanterns & Tibetan Prayer Flags‘

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

28 May 2023 –  Chesterfield & District Visit to the Alpine Plant Centre, Calver, for Guided Tour and Talk on the Garden

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

31 May 2023 – AGS Garden opens for National Garden Scheme, 2pm-6pm.

June 2023 Kent – Tunbridge Wells BBQ venue to be announced

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

15-18 June 2023 – AGS Young Person’s Weekend

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

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

3 July 2023 – Bedfordshire Liz Livermore, ‘Alpine flowers of the Upper Engadine’

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’

20 August 2023 – Mid Anglia Plant and Bulb Sale at Pentlow Mill, Pentlow Lane,Cavendish, Sudbury,  Suffolk, CO10 7SP from 2:00pm, Guest Nurseries: Monksilver, Pottertons and Desirable plants.

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’

9 September 2023 – West Yorkshire Diane Clement,‘Cyclamen and Hepaticas’

10 September 2023 – Chesterfield & District Diane Clement, ‘Japan, the Narrow Road to the Distant North’

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’

1 October 2023 – AGS Bulb Day

2 October 2023 – Bedfordshire AGM

8 October 2023 – Chesterfield & District Gill Fearn, Abbey Brook Nursery, ‘Plant Hunting in South Africa/Namibia’

21 October 2023 – West Yorkshire David Charlton‘Flowers of the Picos de Europa’

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

4 November 2023 – Norfolk TBA

5 November 2023 – Chesterfield & District Keith Bankier, ‘Lake Van, Turkey’

11 November 2023 – AGS Annual General Meeting

30 November 2023 – Essex Richard Rolfe, ‘Argentina – Part 2’

25 November 2023 – Norfolk AGM

10 December 2023 Chesterfield & District Group AGM (2.30pm Start)