LOCAL GROUPS PROGRAMME: JANUARY 2018 ONWARDS
January 2018
2nd - East Surrey Group - Members' Talks - Bob Charman, Philip Duplock, Robert
Skipper
3rd - Cotswold & Malvern - Out and About two more adventures of an Alpine
Enthusiast - Jim Almond
4th - Dorset - A lpines of Slovenia - Graham and Jackie Poynter
8th - Sussex West - Patagonia Coast to Coast: from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Martin
Sheader
8th - East Lancashire - Members Lecture Extravaganza Photo spectaculars by our members
9th - Cleveland - M ore Plants from the Shows - Don Peace
9th - Kent West - Looking for Narcissus triandrus in North-West Spain - Kit Strange
10th - O xford - Members Evening
10th - N ottingham - Chairman's Evening - A talk from our Chairman
12th - B irmingham - Camping in the Himalayas - Iain Wright
12th - C hiltern - TBA - Chris Gardner
13th - Yorkshire West - It's not all sand: the Mountain Flora of Yemen - Frazer
Henderson
13th - L ancashire South - P ole to Pole - Various
15th - W arwickshire - A Brighter shade of Winter - Vic Aspland
15th - E ast Cheshire - Alpines of the Kazakh Tien Shan - David Morris
18th - Wirral & West Cheshire - A .E. Pratt - Plant Collector Extraordinary - Kevin Pratt
18th - North Lancs - Alan Furness - Celmisia and other bedfellows in a
Northumberland garden
20th - N orth Wales - AGM at 2pm
25th - Hampshire - In the Footsteps of Blanchard: Narcissus in south-eastern Spain -
Matthew Topsfield
25th - Essex - AGM & Mike Sullivan - Ashwoods
February 2018
1st -D orset - T he history of Rock Gardening - Janice Bennetts
5th - Bedfordshire - Wimpole through the Seasons - Philip Whaites
6th - East Surrey - Woodland Plants in a garden - John Humphries
7th - Cotswold & Malvern - T he Cream of Alpines - Cliff Booker
9th - Birmingham - Springtime in New England - Jim Almond
9th - Wirral & West Cheshire - A n Alpine Triathlon - Jim Almond
9th - Chiltern - TBA - Harry Jans
9th - East Kent - The Kent Gardens Trust - Elizabeth Cairns and Tom La Dell
10th - Y orkshire West - T romso Botanic Garden & The Lofoten Islands - Cliff Booker
10th - Lancashire South - Within Sight of Snowdonia - At Home with Alpines - Tim
Lever (with plant sales table)
12th - S ussex West - I mages of Newfoundland - Ron Payne
12th - E ast Lancashire - D igital Photography Competition Schedule available at AGM
13th - C leveland - A rmenia - Pat Craven
13th - K ent West - Secret Gardens of London - Colin Jones
14th - N orth Wales - T ales from a South Lakeland Garden - Dave Riley
14th - O xford - Spring treasures at Kew - Jim Almond
14th - N ottingham - Bob Taylor - Singapore Botanical Gardens
15th - N orth Lancs - Drs Ian and Carol Bainbridge - The Bainbridges' World of bulbs
19th - W arwickshire - Camping in the Himalayas - Iain Wright
22nd - H ampshire - Alpines in the Wild and Cultivation - D iane Clement
22nd - E ssex - Alex Summers - Vietnam
26th - East Cheshire - M ore special snowdrops - Jim Almond
March 2018
1st - D orset - A GM and short talks by members
3rd - L ancashire South - TBC
5th - Bedfordshire - The Spring Flowers of Crete - Richard Horswood
6th - East Surrey - Winter and Early Spring Flora of Andalucia - Kevin Hughes
7th - Cotswold & Malvern - TBA - Ian Christie
9th - Birmingham - Hardy Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation - Colin Clay
9th - Wirral & West Cheshire - A lluring Alpines - Paul Cumbleton
9th - East Kent - Bulb evening and practical demonstrations and bulb exchange
9th - Chiltern - The Chelsea Physic Gardens - Chris Bailes
10th - Yorkshire West - The Waterlily Tulip & its cousins: Growing species Tulips at
Cambridge Botanic Garden - Simon Wallis
10th - D orset - Dorset Group flower show and Plant Sale
held at Allendale Centre Wimborne BH21 1AS 11.30am to 3pm
12th - S ussex West - Behind the Scenes at Chelsea Flower Show - Steve Bradley
12th - E ast Lancashire - D igital Tips & Tricks - Diane Clement
13th - C leveland - M embers' Evening
13th - K ent West - Auriculas - Rachael Castle
14th - O xford - C hina expedition with Kevock - Chris Parsons
14th - N ottingham - Rick Lambert - Dianthus
15th - N orth Lancs - Jon Evans - Blackthorn Nursery Part 1
16th - B ristol - W ildlife of the Avon Gorge & Downs - Many Levers
17th - Sussex West - Local show and Display - Manor Nursery, Runcton
19th - Warwickshire - S witzerland and the Upper Engadine - Jo and Brian Walker
19th - E ast Cheshire - A seedy business - Diane Clement
22nd - H ampshire - Plant photography in the Garden - Jon Evans
29th - Essex - Simon Tarantino - Hardy Orchids of Crete
April 2018
3rd - E ast Surrey Flying High, Papua New Guinea - Anthony Hoare
4th - Cotswold & Malvern - Crevice Gardens - Paul Cumbleton
5th - Dorset - H epaticas and Cyclamen. Jewels of the garden - Diane Clement
9th - Sussex West - A GM & Alpine Plants around Mt Blanc - Ian Baines
9th - Bedfordshire - I believe in the Western Cape - Julian Sutton
9th - East Lancashire - A Taste of Colorado - Frank Hoyle
10th - C leveland - M inishow and AGM
10th - K ent West - Group Annual Show
11th - O xford - Crevice gardening - Paul Cumbleton
11th - Nottingham - " Show and Tell "- Members plants followed by a buffet
13th - W irral & West Cheshire - F lowers of the Colorado Rockies - Frank Hoyle
13th - C hiltern - AGM and Group mini Show
13th - E ast Kent - Plant Auction and Plant Sale
13th - B irmingham & District Group - Social Evening & Local Group Show 7.30pm
14th - Yorkshire West - Spanish high points from the Sierra Nevada to the Picos de
Europa - Richard Horswood
14th - L ancashire South - H oliday Slides - Local Members
16th - W arwickshire - Mini Show and AGM
19th - N orth Lancs - Alan Oatway - Western China: A Plant Paradise
20th - B ristol - TBC
21st - Birmingham & District Group - AGS Midland Show - Arden School, Station Rd,
Knowle, Solihull,West Midlands, B93 0PT
23rd - E ast Cheshire - Member's talk, group AGM and alpines show
26th - Hampshire - F ive Fritillaria - Ron Mudd
26th - Essex - Jon Eyans - Keith Wiley's Garden
28th - Essex - Annual Group Show
May 2018
1st - East Surrey - Flowers from the land of the Monkey Puzzle Tree - Caroline
Seymour
2nd - Cotswold & Malvern - Exploring the High Mountains of Peru - Martin & Anna
Sheader
4th - Dorset - A lpines for the open garden - Vic Aspland
8th - K ent West - AGM and Auction
9th - Nottingham - Samantha Hopes - Hepaticas
11th - W irral & West Cheshire - L ocal Group Show & AGM
11th - C hiltern - A year in Turn End - Jacqui Hunt
11th - E ast Kent - Members meeting. Talks by Olivia Hall and Peter Jacob
12th - Y orkshire West - A GM, Group Show & talk
12th - B edfordshire - Group Conference - Modern Day Plant Hunters
12th - L ancashire South - M ini Show and AGM
14th - E ast Lancashire - G roup mini show and Society evening.
18th - Bristol - P lants of the season - what is looking good - Paul Green
21st - East Cheshire - All a gardener needs to know about bees - Alan Hulme
24th - Hampshire - AGM - Tulips and Kazakhstan - David Hughes
31st - Essex - TBA
June 2018
5th - East Surrey -B lackthorn Nursery - July to October Jon Evans
6th - Cotswold & Malvern - M embers Mini Show & Social
9th - Sussex West - G arden Visit - Chandlers Ford, Hampshire
25th - Birmingham & District Group - Garden Open - Afternoon visit with Tea & Cake at Rob & Diane Cole's garden
28th - Essex - Simon Wallis - Species Tulips
July 2018
2nd - Bedfordshire - A -V Listing of Favourite Alpines - Robert Rolfe
3rd - E ast Surrey - A Seedy Business - Diane Clement
26th - Essex - Arthur Nichols - Flowers of Kyrgyzstan
August 2018
6th - Bedfordshire - L ewisia - Martin Rogerson
7th - East Surrey - P lants and Animals of the Western Cape - Part 2 - Hazel Taylor
16th to 19th - Southport - Annual Southport Flower Show 2018, Victoria Park,
Southport. Group manned A.G.S Publicity Stand
30th - E ssex - Paul Cumbleton - A miscellany of tips, tricks and technology
September 2018
3rd - B edfordshire - Alpines in the Wild and Cultivation - Diane Clement
4th - East Surrey - Le Jardin d'Altitude and gardens in the Alsace - Tim Ingram
4th - Shropshire - A Plantaholic - Home and Away - Rannveig Wallis
5th - Cotswold & Malvern - Dave Mountfort talking about ' Plants of the Bernese
Oberland '
6th - Birmingham ( Birmingham Botanical Gardens) - Lewisias - Martin Rogerson
6th - Dorset - Adventures of an Alpine Enthusiast - Jim Almond
6th - West Surrey - Chinese Lanterns and Tibetan Prayer Flags - Diane Clement
8th - Y orkshire West - A year in a woodland garden - Peter Williams
8th - S outhport - Plants of the Mountains of Northern Spain - Gerry Stephen
10th - E ast Lancashire - C onfessions of a Plantaholic - Razvan Chisu
11th - C leveland - Japan (Hokkaido)- Robert Unwin
12th - N ottingham - Dr. Trish Kohn and Dr. Peter Kohn - " Kerrachar " :
12th - Oxford - Autumn Bulbs in The Peloponnese - Razvan Chisu
14th - W irral & West Cheshire - The Italian Dolomites - Cliff Booker
14th - C hiltern - C ambridge Botanical Gardens - Stephen Wallis
17th - East Cheshire - Walking on Flowers - Razvan Chisu
17th - Warwickshire - Colin Clay - Hardy Orchids in the Wild and in Cultivation
27th - E ssex - Kit Grey Wilson - Poppies
27th - Hampshire - John Massey (Ashwood Nursery) - Hepaticas at Ashwood. Annual bulb & seed sale.
October 2018
1st - B edforshire - A GM
2nd - Shropshire - Bulb Hunting in the Western Cape - Chris Birchall
2nd - East Surrey - Benificial insects in the Garden - Andrew Halstead
3rd - Cotswold & Malvern - Kit Strange talking about ' Growing Falkland Islands
Plants at Kew '
4th - Dorset - A dventures in Orchid Propagation - Simon Pugh Jones
8th - East Lancashire - Rock Gardens - Currant Bun or Naturalistic Sculpture -
Michael Myers
9th - Cleveland - Roscoeas and Other Woodland Plants - Neil Huntley
10th - Nottingham - Raz Chisu - Transylvanian Plants and Castles
10th - O xford - Cyclamen and Hepatica, Jewels of the garden - Diane Clement
12th - B irmingham - Alluring Alpines - Paul Cumbleton
12th - Wirral & West Cheshire - Rock Gardens: Currant Bun or Naturalistic
Sculptures? - Michael Myers
13th - S outhport - Practically Alpines Harlow Carr Show - Local Group Members
15th - E ast Cheshire - Rob Potterton - Alpines & Bulbs, from mountains to market
15th - W arwickshire - Eric Jarrett - Silvers and Greys
25th - Essex - Mountain Plants of the Rockies and Denver Botanic Garden
25th - Hampshire - Jim Jermyn (Branklyn Garden) - Branklyn Gardens
November 2018
1st - D orset - C zech Crevice Gardens - Celia Wright
5th - Bedfordshire - Jon Evans - Blackthorn NurseryPart 1 (January - May)
6th - East Surrey -AGM + Members Talks
6th - Shropshire - Growing Alpines below sea level - Harry Jans
9th - Birmingham - Romanian Alpine Plants - Razvan Chisu
9th - Wirral & West Cheshire - A n Alpine Triathlon - Jim Almond
10th - S outhport - Irises - Jim Almond
12th - E ast Lancashire - G ardening in South Lakeland - Alan Oatway
13th - C leveland - The Mountains of Yemen- Frazer Henderson
14th - N ottingham - Michael Myers - Snowdrops from October to April
14th - O xford - Crete in bloom - Clive Daws and Stephen Waters
19th - East Cheshire - Christopher Parsons - A trip to Yunnan and Sichuan, China with
Kevock Nursery
19th - W arwickshire - David Charlton - Pyrenees
22nd - H ampshire - Vic Aspland - Cyclamen in the Wild and in Cultivation
29th - Essex - David Charlton - TBA
December 2018
3rd - Bedfordshire - R azvan Chisu - R omanian Alpine Plants
4th - East Surrey - The Zagros - Bob & Rannveig Wallis
4th - Shropshire - From late winter to early summer - a floral progression in British gardens from north to south - Robert Rolfe
5th - Cotswold & Malvern - Chris Lilley - ' Central Spanish Pyrenees '
6th - Dorset - Rocky Mountain Alpines - David Hughes
8th - S outhport - Christmas Lecture- Plants Above Lake Garda - John Richards
10th - E ast Cheshire - Paul Cumbleton - Composts and other conundrums
10th - E ast Lancashire - A GM - Jewels of Patagonia - Cliff Booker
11th - C leveland - Botany and Rewilding in the Southern Uplands - David Long
12th - N ottingham - AGM followed by members' pictures
12th - Oxford - AGM followed by Tasmanian Alpines - Maura Allen
13th - H ampshire - Christmas gathering (Ben & Paddy Parmee's home)
14th - B irmingham - AGM, Member's Lecture and Xmas Party
14th - W irral & West Cheshire - Christmas Social
17th - Warwickshire - Peter Sheasby - Oncocyclus Iris in the Wild. Punch and Mince
Pies
January 2019
2nd - Cotswold & Malvern - Don Peace - ' In a Cleveland Alpine House '
3rd - D orset - A berglasney Gardens - Joseph Atkin
8th - C leveland - Bulbous Habitats - Bob & Rannveig Wallis
9th - Nottingham - Chairman's Evening - A talk from our Chairman
9th - Oxford - Members Evening - Members' short talks
11th - W irral & West Cheshire - 1 5 Years on the Kew Rock Garden - Joanne Everson
12th - S outhport - Life on Antarctica - Peter Cordall
14th - E ast Lancashire - M embers Lectures Evening
21st - East Cheshire - Joanne Everson - 15 years hard work on Kew's rock garden
21st - Warwickshire - Ian and Roma Smith - Scandinavian Gardens
24th - Hampshire - Bob Gibbons - A lifetime of flowers
February 2019
4th - Bedfordshire - Simon Wallis- Growimg Alpines at Cambridge University Botanic
Garden
5th - Shropshire - A lpine flowers in the Clouds of Sikkim - Celia Wright
6th - Cotswold & Malvern - Diane Clement - A Seedy Business
7th - Dorset - A Tulip Hunter's Favourite Weeds - Kurt Vickery
8th - W irral & West Cheshire - Alpha and Omega Alpines - Peter Cunnington
9th - Southport - Corsica - Carole & Ian Bainbridge
11th - E ast Lancashire - W ildflowers of the Pyrenees - David Charlton
12th - Cleveland - Members Night
13th - Oxford - Northwest Spain, looking for Narcissus triandrus and other alpine plant treasures -
Kit Strange
18th - Warwickshire - Diane Clement - Along the Silk Road in Kyrgyzstan
25th - East Cheshire - Rogier van Vugt - Orchids on the fringe of Europe
28th - Hampshire - Martin Sheader - With the AGS in the mountains of Central Chile
March 2019
4th - Bedfordshire - David Haselgrove -Western Australia
5th - Shropshire - A lpines through the Post - Jim Almond
6th - Cotswold & Malvern - Frank Hoyle - Colorado
7th - Dorset - AGM - A Medley of Alpine Plants - Tim Hooker
8th - Wirral & West Cheshire - Mats and Cushions of Svalbad & New Zealand - David
Charlton
9th - Southport - Alpines through the Year in a North Wales Garden - John Good
11th - E ast Lancashire - P lants of the Austrian Tyrol - Dave Mountfort
12th - C leveland - Sichuan - Barrie Roberts
13th - O xford - Bulb Hunting in the Western Cape - Chris Birchall
18th - East Cheshire - Samantha Hopes - Roscoea, unusual members of the ginger family
18th - Warwickshire - Jo and Brian Walker - Northern Greece the Pindhos Mountains
23rd - B edfordshire - Group Annual Show
28th - Hampshire - Jane Kilpatrick & Jennifer Harmer - Galanthophiles - Snowdrop
Devotees 1854-2014. Competitive plant show and photographic competition.
April 2019
1st - B edfordshire - Maren Talbot - Native Orchids of The British Isles
2nd - Shropshire - Blackthorn Nursery (Part 2) Glorious June - Jon Evans
3rd - C otswold & Malvern - The Genus Lewisia - Martin Rogerson
4th - Dorset - S uccesses and Failures with Alpine Plants - Richard Horswood
8th - E ast Lancashire - Blackthorn Nursery - January to May - Jon Evans
9th - Cleveland - AGM and Minishow
10th - Oxford - A Labour of Love - 40 years at Pottertons Nursery - Rob Potterton
13th - S outhport - Home and Away - Holiday Slides - Local Group Members
13th - W irral & West Cheshire - L ocal Group Show
15th - Warwickshire - Mini Show and AGM
20th - C leveland - Cleveland Show
25th - Hampshire - Paddy Parmee - A photographic experience of Alpine plants at home and in the Wild. Annual plant sale (no raffle).
29th - East Cheshire - AGM and Group Show
May 2019
1st - C otswold & Malvern - Growing Alpines in the "Hills" of Holland- Harry Jans
3rd - D orset - F lowers from the Avenue of Volcanoes - Caroline Seymour
7th - Shropshire - Growing and Propagating Alpines in the North West of England -
Brian Burrow
10th - W irral & West Cheshire - G arden Visit & AGM
11th - S outhport - Mini Show - Social event and Annual General Meeting
13th - B edfordshire - Jim Almond - Fritillarias and Other Choice bulbs
13th - E ast Lancashire - M ini Show, Members Evening, Quiz
20th - E ast Cheshire - Jane Allison - Making the most of your garden space
23rd - Hampshire - Graham Poynter - Alpine flowers of Slovenia. Annual General
Meeting.
TBA - Warwickshire - Garden Visit
June 2019
3rd - B edfordshire - Vic Aspland - Evia, Greece's Forgotten Island
5th - Cotswold & Malvern - Members Mini Show & Social
July 2019
1st - B edfordshire - Liz Livermore - Carl Linnaeus and Uppsala Botanical Gardens
August 2019
5th - Bedfordshire - Members' Evening
September 2019
2nd - Bedfordshire - Paul Cumbleton - Alpines of the Wasatch & Ruby Mountains,
USA
5th - Dorset - C astles and Flowers of Transylvania - Razvan Chisu
13th - W irral & West Cheshire - T ransylvanium Plants & Castles - Razvan Chisu
October 2019
7th - Bedfordshire - AGM