Calendar

4 December 2023 – Kent – Tunbridge Wells TBA

4 December 2023 – Shropshire Ian Young, ‘Waves of colour’

5 December 2023 – AGS FREE Zoom lecture John Mitchel, ‘Two seasons in Tibet’

6 December 2023 – Cotswold & Malvern Bob and Rannveig Wallis ‘Maintenance of a Bulb Collection’

6 December 2023 – Derby Razvan Chisu, ‘Spanish daffodils and many other gems’

7 December 2023 – Dorset Christmas party and members evening

7 December 2023 – South Devon Graham Salmon, ‘Greece – North and South’

7 December 2023 – South Wales AGM & Short talks

8 December 2023 – Chiltern Members talk and Christmas social

8 December 2023 – Wirral & West Cheshire Christmas Members’ Evening

9 December 2023 – Lancashire South Kevin Pratt, ‘Unusual hardy plants’

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

11 December 2023 – East Cheshire Anthony Goode, ‘Alpines for the time-challenged’

12 December 2023 – Cleveland Members evening

12 December 2023 – Somerset Christmas social

12 December 2023 – AGS Zoom lecture Michael Mauser, ‘Working with alpines in the botanical garden of Tübingen – more than cultivation‘

13 December 2023 – East Lancashire Quiz night, (AGM), Social event and ‘Jacob’s-join’ refreshments

13 December 2023 – Kent – Mid AGM

13 December 2023 – Oxford & District AGM & Walter Sawyer, ‘Bulbs, corms and tubers’

14 December 2023 – Devon – Exeter Seed Exchange, Grand Raffle & Christmas party

14 December 2023 – Hampshire Quiz and short presentations over Zoom

15 December 2023 – Bristol Christmas social

18 December 2023 – East Lancashire (Zoom lecture) David Charlton, The United States and Canada, from Alaska to Oregon

18 December 2023 – Warwickshire Members’ talk with punch and mince pies

19 December 2023 – AGS FREE Zoom Lecture Dino Zelenika, ‘Wild orchids of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina’

19 December 2023 – Bedfordshire and Mid-Anglia Zoom: Wim Boens, ‘Epimediums – the small and the beautiful’

21 December 2023 – North Lancashire AGM & Bob Wallis, ‘Mountain Fritillaria’ (Zoom)

3 January 2024 – Cotswold & Malvern TBA

3 January 2024 – Derby AGM. Short talk – One day in the Cascade Mountains. Bring and Share supper.

6 January 2024 – Dorset Bob Gibbons, ‘Flowers of the high Pyrenees’

9 January 2024 – Cleveland Keith Bankier, ‘Flora of Turkey’

10 January 2024 – Oxford & District Members evening

10 January 2024 – Norfolk Jim Almond, ‘Sowing Growing & Showing’ (Zoom meeting)

11 January 2024 – South Devon Micky Little, ‘Snowdrops – fair maids of February’

12 January 2024 – Chiltern Razvan Chisu (via Zoom), ‘Wild daffodils and other Spanish gems’

12 January 2024 – Wirral & West Cheshire Adrian Cooper (Zoom), ‘Climate change and alpines’

13 January 2024 – Lancashire South Bob Worsley, ‘What’s in a name?’

13 January 2024 – West Yorkshire Paul Cumbleton, ‘Potting composts and other conundrums’ (Zoom in hall)

14 January 2024 – South Wales Julia Corden, ‘Following in the footsteps of George Sherriff’

15 January 2024 – Warwickshire Zoom lecture TBA

16 January 2024 – AGS Zoom lecture, Jiří Papousek, ‘Tufa walls’

18 January 2024 – North Lancashire Tom Attwood, ‘Alpines in the garden’

22 January 2024 – East Lancashire Cliff Booker ‘Probably the finest rock gardeners in the world  – The Prague International Conference and Garden Tour May 2023’ FREE ENTRY TO ALL

23 January 2024 – Bedfordshire & Mid Anglia Ian Young (Zoom Lecture), ‘The Bulb Log’

25 January 2024 – Hampshire Michael Myers (Zoom), ‘Dwarf bulbs throughout the year’

27 January 2024 – Plant Exploration Zoom Conference 3.00 – 6.00 pm GMT

3 February 2024 – AGS Snowdrop Day

3 February 2024 – Dorset Christine Skelmersdale, ‘Winter is not just Snowdrops’

6 February 2024 – Shropshire AGM & Iain Wright, ‘A trip to the Western Cape of South Africa’

7 February 2024 – Cotswold & Malvern Duncan Coombs ‘The Flowering of the desert” Attacama – Part 1’

7 February 2024 – Derby James Miller ‘Creating a new National Collection – Astilbes and Bog Plants’

8 February 2024 – North Wales David Charlton, ‘Flowers of the Pyrenees’

9 February 2024 – Chiltern Connor Smith (via Zoom), ‘Utrecht Botanic Garden’

9 February 2024 – Wirral & West Cheshire David Charlton, ‘Flowers of the Dolomites’

10 February 2024 – Lancashire South David Rankin, ‘Kevock Garden Nursery’

10 February 2024 – West Yorkshire Tony Goode, ‘Bulbs for all seasons’ (Zoom in hall)

13 February 2024 – Cleveland Dianne Nicol-Brown, ‘Plant hunting in Colorado’

13 February 2024 – AGS Zoom lecture Laura Caddy, ‘Rock gardening in Vancouver’

14 February 2024 – Oxford & District Christopher Snelson, ‘Western Crete in spring: alpines, orchids, parasites and annual ferns’

14 February 2024 – Norfolk Richard Horswood, ‘Alpines in troughs’ (Zoom meeting)

15 February 2024 – North Lancashire Rosie Turner, ‘Orchids and other plants in the Vercors Massif, France’

19 February 2024 – Warwickshire Diane Clement, ‘The dark months’

20 February 2024 – South Wales Bob & Rannveig Wallis, ‘Fifty shades of gray’

22 February 2024 – Hampshire Ian Young (Zoom lecture), ‘Nature Gardeners Tutor’

22 February 2024 – Bedfordshire & Mid Anglia Chris Gardner (Zoom lecture), ‘Flora of South Africa’

26 February 2024 – East Lancashire Diane Clement ‘The narrow road to the deep north – travels in Japan’

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

6 March 2024 – Cotswold & Malvern TBA

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

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

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

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

9 March 2024 – Dorset AGM

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

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

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

13 March 2024 – East Kent Edward Flint, ‘Meadows’

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

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

15 March 2024 – Bristol Peter Hilton, ‘The Engadine’

17 March 2024 – AGS Hepatica Day at Silverdale, North Lancashire

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

18 March 2024 – Warwickshire Vic Aspland TBA

19 March 2024 – AGS 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 2024 – Bedfordshire Alpine Show and Plant Sale

23 March 2024 – Cleveland Show

25 March 2024 – East Lancashire Razvan Chisu, TBA

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

2 April 2024 – Shropshire Nigel Hopes, ‘Ashwood specialities’

3 April 2024 – Cotswold & 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 2024 – Dorset John Mitchell, ‘New Zealand’s South Island’

4 April 2024 – South Devon Members show and plant display

6 April 2024 – Dorset AGS SHOW St. Nicholas Church , Corfe Mullen BH21 3LE

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

9 April 2024 – Cleveland AGM

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

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

12 April 2024 – Wirral & West Cheshire AGM & garden visit

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

15 April 2024 – Warwickshire Mini Show and AGM

16 April 2024 – AGS ZOOM lecture Ger van den Beuken, ‘Propagation and cultivation techniques of tricky alpines‘

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

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

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

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

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

27 April 2024 – Bedfordshire Julia Corden, ‘Wengen’

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

1 May 2024 – Derby Annual Show and Plant Sale.

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

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

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

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

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

12 May 2024 – Wirral & West Cheshire Local Show

17 May 2024 – Bristol TBA

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

5 June 2024 – Cotswold & Malvern Members mini show

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

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

7 July 2024 – Wirral & West Cheshire Plant Fair

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

31 August 2024 – Bedfordshire David Charlton, ‘African Extremities’

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

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

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

6 November 2024 – Derby Short talks by members and auction.

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