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Devon – Exeter

A lively group meeting frequently for talks, plant sales and socials. Meetings are now back in Longdown Village Hall until further notice.
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The Exeter Group invites inspiring speakers to share their expertise at meetings, which also feature raffles and plant sales. Some meetings take place on zoom into the hall or to members at home. The group organises a seed exchange, garden visits, summer garden party and Christmas social.

It also organises the South West Alpine Flower Show and Plant Sale in association with RHS Rosemoor.

Subscriptions: AGS members – £7 single, £10 joint. Non-members £10 single, visitors £2.

  • Contact

    Mr. David Carver

    07498031150

  • Programme for 2025

    JAN 16th     Zoom meeting      Panamanian Orchids in the wild and in cultivation       James Miller

    JAN 22nd    Zoom meeting with Somerset Group   Through the year in a North Wales garden     John Good

    FEB 20th     Bulb hunting in the Peloponnese                                                               Richard Lambert           

    MAR 20th    Woodland Ranunculaceae                                                                         Michael Myers

    MAR 22nd    AGS National Southwest Show at Rosemoor

    APR 17th       AGM and GROUP SPRING SHOW

    May ?           Garden Visit  tba

    May 15th      Flowers of Southwest Australia                                                                 Hilary Little

    June 19th       Tamar Valley Crocosmia and other South African Beauties                     Mark Walsh

    July 17th         Garden Party

    SEP 19th        A Gardner’s view of Chile                                                                          Richard Horswood

    Oct 18th        Cyclamen and Snowdrops in the wild and in cultivation                            Jo Hynes

    Nov 20th       The Definitive Dolomites Part 1                                                                 Cliff Booker (by zoom to hall)

    DEC 11th        Seed Exchange, Grand Raffle &  CHRISTMAS PARTY

    (Please bring plate of food &/or drinks)

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  • Next Meeting

    January zoom meetings. John Mitchell and Cliff Booker

  • News of members

    During the Covid19 closure the group has started to exchange pictures as a way of keeping in touch. Some of these are shown in the Gallery below. The first were received at the beginning of May.

Plants featured above are as follows.

Cyclamen pseudibericum from Dick and Lorna Fulcher (1). A selection of Rhodohypoxis from David Oakey (2).

Adiantum aleuticum from David Cann (3).

Daphne gemmata (4), Eriogonum douglasii douglasii (5) and Scutellaria supina (11) from Richard and Sue.

Saxifraga Southside Seedling (6) and Penstemon hirsuta pygmaea (7) from Julie Hatchett.

Daphne collection (8) and a Cypripedium hybrid (9) from David Carver.

A candelabra primula (10) from Nicki Bitschi and Podophyllum “Spotty Dotty” (12) from Annette Chapman.