East Lancashire

• We begin our quartet of zoom meetings on Monday 13th September at 7.30pm with a beautifully illustrated talk on ‘Crevice Gardening’ by Paul Cumbleton from Somerset starting at 7.30pm (zoom doors open at 7pm for general chat).

• Monday October 4th (Please note: This is the first Monday of the month and not our normal second Monday) sees a fascinating look at ‘China –  Beyond the Crowds’ with Scotland’s Richard Green … a visual delight that must not be missed.

• On Monday 8th November we will be thoroughly entertained by renowned international speaker, Anne Spiegel from New York State, USA with her very personal look at rock gardening on an epic scale entitled ‘Gardening on Rock – A Tale of Two Gardens’.

• Then, on Monday 13th December, we celebrate 35 years of the East Lancashire Group of the Alpine Garden Society with a brand new celebrity lecture by the wonderful Jim Jermyn from Branklyn Garden in Perth, entitled ‘European Alpines in Nature – A New Look’.

As you will no doubt remember, during the season just gone we reacted to the financial pressures of the epidemic by permitting access to our zoom series for a donation to the substantial accumulative costs of lecturer’s fees and zoom charges and this worked exceptionally well (thank you all), but it was felt that the few who made very generous donations carried those who gifted nothing, so for the sake of fairness and equal opportunity we have decided to offer you all four of these stunning zoom presentations for the single fee of £8 per participating household (that works out that a couple watching at home will only have to pay £1 per person for each talk … that is wonderful value in any language).  Should you feel able to support us further and help us to offer more zoom presentations in the months (and hopefully years) to come then we would welcome and greatly appreciate whatever extra you can afford.

• Preferred payment method: if you have ‘online banking’, please pay to East Lancashire Group of the Alpine Garden Society, Sort Code 05-02-77,  Account Number 20699578  – with the reference being your name and then most importantly, you must please e-mail The Treasurer, Sue Booker  sue.booker@hotmail.com with your name, location and e-mail address to show that you are eligible for the receipt of the appropriate zoom links. These individual zoom links will be e-mailed to you a few days prior to each meeting.  For international subscribers you may need the following:- IBAN GB59YORK05027720699578.  BIC YORKGB21277.

• Send a cheque payable to East Lancashire Group of the Alpine Garden Society to the Treasurer (Sue Booker) at 5, Harwin Close, Shawclough, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 7UY with a note containing your name, your location and, most importantly, your e-mail address for the receipt of the appropriate zoom links each month.

Please note: Any error in the details requested above may make it impossible for us to contact you with appropriate zoom links.