£2 per annum.
Hon. Secretary: Mrs Jenny Clarke, Pentlow Mill, Cavendish,
Suffolk CO10 7SP Tel: 01787 281072 jenny.clarke@alpinegardensociety.org
Programme Secretary: Dr. Lynne Joyce
Hon.Chairman: Ruth Jones
Hon.Treasurer: Margaret Rufus
The following Zoom meetings are arranged for the winter months 2021/2022
Wednesday December 8th at 7pm
The Four Seasons By Tony Goode
Visits to Wisley, RBGE, Kew and Gothenburg at different times of the year and how the inspiration gained was translated into a small suburban garden
Tuesday January 11th at 7pm
Cream of Alpines By Cliff Booker
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Tuesday February 15th at 7pm
Spring in Kygyzstan By Arthur Nicholls
Indoor and outdoor meetings for 2022
Saturday 12th March 2:00pm
Long Melford Memorial Village hall,
Long Melford, nr Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JQ
Richard Hobbs will give a talk called “ Little Blue Bulbs”
Richard is one of our regular speakers and he has also led walks for us around some of East Anglia’s nature reserves. In this talk he will share with us his knowledge and expertise in growing the genus Muscari. Richard holds the National collection of Muscari and specialises in growing the hardy varieties with flower colours ranging from the palest baby blue to the deepest indigo, shades of pink, white and yellow also exist.
Saturday 2nd April at 2:15pm
Visit to the garden of Catherine and John Harrison at Garlands Farm, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill CB9 7BL
We are delighted to be returning to Catherine and John’s fascinating garden which we visited last summer.This time we will see their beautiful plantings of spring bulbs
Saturday 21st May 2:30pm
Visit to the garden of Ruth and Colin Lorking at
Rosedale,40 Colchester Road, Bures Suffolk CO8 5AE
We look forward to seeing Ruth and Colin’s garden which always has so many interesting and unusual plants to admire.
Saturday, June 18th at 2.30pm
‘Strawberries and Cream’ summer meeting to the garden of Catherine and John Harrison at Garlands Farm, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill CB9 7BL
Those of us who visited this spring will already know that Garlands Farm is a special place with so much to see, mature trees, meadows and streams,ornamental ponds and wildflower meadows. To this, Catherine and John have added gardens around the historic farmhouse, filled with flowering shrubs, clematis,climbing roses,wisteria, alliums, peonies and much more.
Thursday August 18th 2:00pm
A visit to see Denny Swete’s garden at Tinkers Green Farm, Sampford Road, Cornish Hall End, CM7 4HP
This interesting and densely-planted garden is featured in Barbara Segall’s book ‘Secret Gardens of East Anglia’ and is not open to the public very often. The five acre garden is in a beautiful setting with lots to see, unusual plants, meadow, borders and pots. There is a vegetable garden, a wildlife pond, a display of old tools and much more besides.
We are asking members to pay £5 towards the cost of this visit which includes tea and cake as well as a contribution to Denny’s choice of charity
Saturday, September 3rd from 2:00pm until 4:00pm.
This year, our Plant and Bulb Sale will be held at Fullers Mill,West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HD
We will be joined by Hartside nursery, a family run nursery that sells a wide range of Alpines, Primulas, Spring and Autumn flowering Gentians, Rock garden plants, Dwarf conifers, Dwarf rhododendrons and Hardy ferns.
We will also have one of our most popular East Anglian nurseries, The Plantsman’s Preference.They sell an wide range of hardy geraniums and ornamental grasses as well as many new, rare and unusual perennials.
We will also have our usual stalls from Witton Lane Seeds, Riverside Bulbs, Veronica and Alan Munson’s card stall and the Members Plant and Bulb stall. If you can help provide items for this stall please bring your contributions along on the day. If you wish to sell on a 50/50 basis, please give the people who are running the stall a list of your plants/bulbs for sale. Also, make sure that you double-label each item.These labels must have the plant name, price and your initials.
There will be a raffle, auction and free refreshments.
Friends and family are welcome.
Saturday October 15th at 2:30pm
Long Melford Memorial Village hall,
Long Melford, nr Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JQ
Derry Watkins will give a talk called “Summer flowers from seed, wonderful annuals and biennials.”
Derry will also bring plants for sale.
Here are some of the photographs taken by Jon Evans of our Mid-Anglia AGS Group Bulb/Plant Sale.
The pictures show the members Bulb and Plant stall, Guest nurseries Molksilver and Aberconwy. Witton Lane seeds, Riverside Bulbs, Kit Strange giving a practical demonstration on growing bulbs and the Auction.
These photographs were taken by Doug Joyce of our visit to Fullers Mill on 23rd September. The Colchicums were at their best in the beautiful autumn sunshine.