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AGS News, December 2014 Issue 48 December 2014 AGS news Newsletter of the Alpine Garden Society Conference is a big success he two-day AGS conference run Talongside the annual general meeting in November was another great success, building on the foundation laid by last year’s event. Around 90 members enjoyed a varied programme of lectures, with topics including the cultivation of hardy orchids, creating a woodland garden, the AGS tour in Peru and plant breeding. Harry Jans receives the Lyttel Trophy from The Society plans to stage another AGS President David Haselgrove conference next year. At the AGM, conference speaker the announcement was made by AGS Harry Jans was presented with the President David Haselgrove. Harry, an AGS’s highest honour, the Lyttel accomplished alpine plantsman from Trophy. The trophy is awarded by its the Netherlands, has travelled the previous winners (see list on page 5) world researching alpine habitats and and Harry was unaware he had been has led many tours. chosen as the 2014 recipient until More AGM pictures on pages 2 and 3 SAVE 25% ON KEITH WILEY’S NEW BOOK: PAGE 12 AGS Travel Awards 4 Treasurer’s Report 5 Trustee Board News 10 Book List 13 List of Local Groups 20 Tours 25 www.alpinegardensociety.net NOTICEBOARD PICTURES FROM THE AGM AGS Centre, Avon Bank, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 3JP, UK Phone: +44(0)1386 554790 Fax: +44(0)1386 554801 Email: [email protected] Registered charity No. 207478 Annual subscriptions: Single (UK and Ireland) £32* Family (two at same address) £36* Junior (under 18/student) £14 Overseas single US$56 £34 Jon Evans and Robert Rolfe receive the Clarence Elliott Memorial Award for their Overseas family US$62 £37 AGS slide librarian and author Peter Sonia and Neville Morris (Birmingham) series of articles about Blackthorn, Robin and Sheasby receives the Award of Honour receive a Local Group Award * £2 deduction for direct debit Sue White’s garden, in The Alpine Gardener subscribers The 2015 AGS CALENDAR 2015 AGS CENTRE CHRISTMAS desk calendar HOLIDAY HOURS Our handy desk calendar features 12 superb images of plants and gardens taken by AGS The AGS Centre will close on members. The calendar costs just £4.50, or Friday, December 19, and buy two for £8. Postage is free AGS Centre, Avon Bank, Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 3JP will not reopen until Monday, Tel: 01386 554790 Website: www.alpinegardensociety.net in the UK, £2.50 Registered charity No: 207478 January 5. The AGS garden is for the rest of open every day. Europe and Joan Vincent (South Lancashire) receives a £3.50 for the Local Group Award rest of the world. Meconopsis ‘P.C. Abildgaard’ Order on the JULY © Alpine Garden Society 2014 Sun Mon 2015 APRIL 2015 Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue AGS website in 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 AGS Snowdrop Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 Send items for the March 2015 the Book Shop 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Saturday, February 7, 2015 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 issue of AGS News to Jackie Cooper or call the AGS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 at the address above or email Centre on 01386 26 27 28 29 30 www.alpinegardensociety.net [email protected]. Fully booked 554790. www.alpinegardensociety.net The deadline is January 31, 2015. 2 3 NOTICEBOARD List of Officers, Treasurer’s Report and Accounts AGS TRAVEL AWARDS AND GRANTS Applications for 2015 Vice-Presidents Officers 2014-2015 Other Trustees C D Brickell CBE VMH Director of the Society To retire in 2015 The Alpine Garden Society considers applications for AGS Travel Awards annually. Mrs M F Randall Mrs C J McGregor Miss E Barber Applications for these awards must be received by January 31, 2015, at the latest. Capt P J Erskine CBE RN VMH President D Mountfort TRAVEL AWARDS C C Norton D K Haselgrove To retire in 2016 Ms H Picton Each year the Society gives a limited number of Travel Awards to enthusiasts Dr C B C Boyce Treasurer C Lilley wishing to gain field experience in the serious study of alpine plants in native Mrs V Lee Prof J Galloway habitats. Applications should be for clearly defined projects, though Awards have To retire in 2017 H McBride Director of Seed Exchange D Charlton been made to those wishing to participate in an AGS tour if it complements a B E Wardley Mrs D Clement particular area of interest. J Dower R J A Leeds Acting Director of Shows To retire in 2018 HENDRY FUND GRANTS D K Haselgrove Mrs M F Randall Dr C Grey-Wilson VMH In addition, grants for specific alpine-related projects are available, financed by the E M Upward Director of Tours P Sheasby E. F. Hendry Fund. B Russ Vacant Managers Dr C Grey-Wilson VMH Webmaster Application forms and further details for Travel Awards and Hendry Fund grants are Office Manager available from: Jackie Cooper, c/o AGS Centre, or email: J J McGregor J J McGregor Mrs J Cooper [email protected] Prof J E Good OBE Custodian Holding Trustees Editor Prof A J Richards Prof J E Good OBE J Fitzpatrick MERLIN TRUST & ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY Associate Editor R J A Leeds Travel scholarships for 2015 R Rolfe Dr L Joyce Image Library Managers In 1990 the Merlin Trust was founded J Evans/P Sheasby by the late Valerie Finnis VMH to LYTTEL TROPHY HOLDERS provide travel grants for young E M Upward, B N Starling, D K Haselgrove, B Mathew, Mrs M F Randall, K A Beckett, horticulturists. In 2015 the Merlin R J D McBeath, Capt P J Erskine CBE RN VMH, Dr C Grey-Wilson VMH, C D Brickell CBE VMH, T Hall, Trust is offering jointly with the Alpine R G Rolfe, J M Watson, H & M Taylor, R J A Leeds, Dr K Lever, Dr & Mrs R B Wallis, H Zetterlund, Garden Society up to six fully paid Prof A J Richards, Dr V Holubec, Prof J E Good OBE, R & S White, Mrs C Coller, H Jans travel scholarships on AGS-organised plant tours. TREASURER’S REPORT ON THE SOCIETY’S Applicants should be enthusiastic about plants and have a particular CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS FOR 2013-2014 interest in alpines. They must be 18 The Consolidated Accounts include the combined Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), only a to 35 years of age or in their first five years of a career in horticulture and have income and expenditure accounts of both the summarised version comprising the Statement of British or Irish citizenship. Students of other nationalities are eligible only if they parent Society (the Alpine Garden Society) and Financial Activities and the Consolidated Balance its two subsidiary companies (AGS Publications Sheet is presented to the AGM. It will, however, are currently studying at a UK horticultural training establishment. Ltd and AGS Expeditions Ltd). The full version also be made more widely available both in the If you would like to receive information about the tours and an application form, of the Consolidated Accounts was approved by Society’s Newsletter and on its website. Any please send your contact details to: Joanne Everson, Rock Garden Team Leader, the Trustee Board at its meeting on 25 October member wishing to see a full set of the accounts Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond TW9 3AB. 2014. It will be sent to the Charity Commission in may obtain one by making a written application to fulfilment of the Society’s statutory obligations. the Society’s Director. Email: [email protected] Phone: 0208 332 5585 In line with an earlier decision made by the The comments that follow relate to items in the 4 5 full accounts and their accompanying notes only AGS Expeditions Ltd and AGS Publications the Society’s headquarters building, the fixtures those investments are continuing to increase in where significant variations occur compared with Ltd, was £392,399, very substantially up on and fittings therein, and its trophies, medals value. Nevertheless, it remains that members’ the previous year or where attention is otherwise last year’s £75,215. A total of £62,521 was and library. Investments stand at £2,225,676 subscriptions represent only a relatively small drawn to particular noteworthy features. If small contributed to the Society under deeds of (see 1.9). The net current assets amounting to part of the Society’s income and expenditure, differences occur between the comparative covenant by the subsidiary companies. The £148,937, compared with £123, 621 last year, only around 20% during the last year. figures for 2013-2014 in these accounts and outstanding loan of £55,578 made by the Society include: stocks (mostly books) of £61,544; debts The existence of the investments cushions those published last year, these probably arise to AGS Publications Ltd, was reduced during the outstanding in the Society’s favour (£62,024); the year-on-year losses but, in doing so, it also from the late submission of some information or year from £57,375. and cash, either in hand or banked (£94,158). camouflages the fact that the AGS cannot run on in changes in the way sums of money have been 1.6 Activities for generating funds These total £217,726 from which sum must be its current level of membership subscriptions. attributed to particular purposes. The Society At £93,618, this was substantially greater subtracted the Society’s debts, currently standing The persistent gap between regular income and is grateful to its independent auditors, Messrs than last year (£68,289).
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