What's New
Alpine Garden Society Zoom Lectures Open to Non-members
The Alpine Garden Society has opened their Zoom lectures up to non-members for a cost of £9 each. The details of next four meetings, which are listed below, can be viewed and booked here.
Time of the meetings 7.30pm GMT = 2.30pm EST
Early Summer in the Western Alps, Razvan Chisu – Tuesday, January 17th 2023, 7.30pm GM
Alpine Flora of Australia, Alan Ayton – Wednesday, February 22nd 2023, 7.30pm GMT
Dionysias in Iran – travelling with the CIA, Jiří Papoušek – Tuesday, March 21st 2023, 7.30pm GMT
Botanical tour through the South Island of New Zealand, Harry Jans – Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 7.30pm BST
There is also a link there to view some previous lectures on their YouTube channel.
Book Sales
BOOK SALES
If you are clearing your shelves, we will be happy to include your books at a sale, but we do not have space to store books between meetings. Contact
4th Czech International Rock Garden Conference
Registration is now open for the 4th Czech International Rock Garden Conference. Several of our members are intending to join this conference. Some have attended before and have only good things to say about it.
You can find out all about it at this link: https://czrgs.cz/
NARGS Geophytes Zoom conference – Video available
Geophytes, those herbaceous plants which regrow from below-ground buds, are the topic of the next NARGS virtual Zoom conference
You won't want to miss this one! Indoors and out, we all love bulbs. What do the experts grow? Find out at this virtual webinar conference:
NARGS Rocks: Geophytes!
- Tom Freeth will speak on The Bulbous Collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Wonder what he grows? Check out @teefreeth
- John Graham, our next lecturer, ran a nursery that specialized in Species Peonies, the subject of the next talk. You can find him on Facebook moderating the private Species Paeonia Group.
- Our last speaker, and co-host, will be Peter Zale, speaking on Geophytes from a Plant Collectors Garden. Check out @peter_zale
