Talk

Colourful Chrysanthemum

04 November 2020 6.30pm - 8.30pm

, Virtual

Featuring the dispersed National Plant Collection of Chrysanthemum (hardy).

Talk

Colourful Chrysanthemum

04 November 2020 6.30pm - 8.30pm

, Virtual

Featuring the dispersed National Plant Collection of Chrysanthemum (hardy).

Talk

Max Walters Memorial Lecture: 'Looking to the future: the development of RHS Garden Bridgewater' by Tim Upson

07 November 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Sorry, this event has been cancelled 

Talk

'Paradise Lost And Restored: 400 Years Of Garden Design In Oxfordshire' by Timothy Walker

12 November 2020 7.00pm - 9.45pm

, Surrey

Online via Zoom Talk by Timothy Walker

Talk

Camassia

14 November 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Talk by the holder of one of the National Plant Collections.

Postponed - new date to be confirmed.

Talk

'Snowdrops and other winter joys' by Jim Almond

14 November 2020 2.00pm - 3.30pm

, Gloucestershire

Sorry, our usual talk at Shurdington has been cancelled but will take place via Zoom.

Event

Devon Group AGM and talks

21 November 2020 10.30am - 4.00pm

Exeter, Devon

The Devon Groups AGM and talks.

Save the date, more details to follow! 

Our main speaker will be David Jewell, Curator of Hillier Gardens his talk is entitled ‘The Hillier Gardens through the Year’ talking about the gardens collection of trees , shrubs and climbers. Included are the gardens Champion trees and there 14 National Heritage Plant Collections.

Talk

Heuchera and Heucherella, by Vicki Fox

25 November 2020 7.30pm - 9.30pm

, Virtual

Vicky Fox holds three National Plant Collections - Heuchera, Heucherella and Tiarella, and has Jubilee cottage Nursery.

Please contact Sonia for joining details.

7.30pm for 8pm start.

Talk

Elizabeth Ashbrook Memorial Lecture by Anthony Tavernor

29 November 2020 2.00pm - 4.00pm

, Virtual

Elizabeth Ashbrook Memorial Lecture: 

'The Discovery and Development of the Garden at Plas Cadnant', by Anthony Tavernor of Plas Cadnant, Anglesey

2pm

Talk

AGM and Christmas Meeting

05 December 2020 11.00am - 5.30pm

Edington, Bridgwater, Somerset

Sorry this event has been cancelled.

Talk, AGM, tea/coffee, members' plant stall and bring and share Christmas lunch.

Talk

'The Secret Garden at Birkheads' by Christine Liddle

12 December 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

A talk by Christine Liddle.

Postponed - new date to be confirmed.

Talk

'Heritage Vegetables' by Chris Smith

12 December 2020 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Sorry this event has been cancelled.  

Talk

'A Night Scented Garden' by Rosemary Buisseret

12 December 2020 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Sorry, this event has been cancelled

Open Day

Hamamelis cvs.

24 January 2021 10.00am - 4.00pm

Colchester, Essex

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Event

Surrey Group AGM February 2021

11 February 2021 7.00pm - 10.00pm

Cobham, Surrey

Our AGM, presentation of Flower of the Meeting Prize, Raffle, Photographic Competition judging and prize giving

Open Day

Helleborus spp. & hybrids

07 March 2021 10.00am - 3.30pm

Kingsley, Staffordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Talk

'The Remarkable Miss. Jekyll' by Cherrill Sands

11 March 2021 7.00pm - 9.45pm

Cobham, Surrey

A talk about the work of Gertrude Jekyll (1843 -1932)

Open Day

Chaenomeles cvs.

21 March 2021 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Old Coulsdon, Surrey

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Talk

'Shrubs of Distinction' by John Negus

08 April 2021 7.00pm - 9.45pm

Cobham, Surrey

A talk by Horticulturalist, Broadcaster, Journalist, Author and Nature Lover John Negus, Dip. Hort. Wis.

Open Day

Corokia

18 April 2021 1.30pm - 5.30pm

, London

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Juglans, Pterocarya

25 April 2021 11.00am - 5.00pm

Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Open day to see the National Plant Collections.

Open Day

Epimedium

01 May 2021 10.00am - 02 May 2021 4.00pm

Brentwood, Essex

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Event

Plant Fair: Denbies Wine Estate Sunday 2nd May 2021

02 May 2021 10.00am - 2.00pm

Dorking, Surrey

Specialist Nurseries and our own Plant Stand

Open Day

Carpinus betulus cvs., Taxodium spp. & cvs.

09 May 2021 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Barnet, Hertfordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collections.

Open Day

Hosta (British introductions)

15 May 2021 10.00am - 5.00pm

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Geranium sanguineum, macrorrhizum & × cantabrigiense

06 June 2021 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Callow End, Worcestershire

Open day to see National Plant Collection.

Open Day

11 June 2021 5.00pm - 14 June 2021 7.00pm

Chichester, West Sussex

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Lathyrus

11 June 2021 5.00pm - 14 June 2021 7.00pm

Chichester, West Sussex

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Rosa (Alba roses)

15 June 2021 2.00pm - 7.00pm

Ashford, Kent

Alba rose open day.

Workshop

Philadelphus Photography Workshop

19 June 2021 9.30am - 4.00pm

Pershore College, Avonbank, Worcestershire

Members and visitors are invited to join us for this workshop led by a local professional plant photographer

Open Day

Hosta (British introductions)

19 June 2021 10.00am - 5.00pm

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Cornus

19 June 2021 10.00am - 6.00pm

Romsey, Hampshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Monarda, Nepeta

27 June 2021 11.00am - 5.00pm

Okehampton, Devon

Open day at Hole’s Meadow, South Zeal to view the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Rosa (Hybrid Musk intro by Pemberton & Bentall 1912-1939)

27 June 2021 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Ribchester, Lancashire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Dierama spp.

01 July 2021 11.00am - 4.00pm

Stafford, Staffordshire

Open day to see National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Hemerocallis (post 2004 hybrid registrations, suited to the UK climate)

02 July 2021 9.00am - 04 July 2021 4.00pm

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Dierama spp.

08 July 2021 11.00am - 4.00pm

Stafford, Staffordshire

Open day to see National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Hemerocallis (post 2004 hybrid registrations, suited to the UK climate)

09 July 2021 9.00am - 11 July 2021 4.00pm

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Dierama spp.

15 July 2021 11.00am - 4.00pm

Stafford, Staffordshire

Open day to see National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Hemerocallis (post 2004 hybrid registrations, suited to the UK climate)

16 July 2021 9.00am - 18 July 2021 4.00pm

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Agapanthus (Fairweather Nursery trials collection)

17 July 2021 10.00am - 18 July 2021 4.00pm

Beaulieu, Hampshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Hosta (British introductions)

25 July 2021 10.00am - 5.00pm

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Monarda, Nepeta

25 July 2021 11.00am - 5.00pm

Okehampton, Devon

Open day at Hole's Meadow to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Roscoea

07 August 2021 10.00am - 08 August 2021 4.00pm

Houghton, Hampshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Aspidistra elatior & sichuanensis cvs., Hakonechloa macra & cvs., Ophiopogon japonicus cvs.

07 August 2021 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Ash, Kent

Open day to see the National Plant Collections.

Event

Plant Fair: Denbies Wine Estate Sunday 22nd August 2021

22 August 2021 10.00am - 2.00pm

Dorking, Surrey

Specialist Nurseries and our own Plant Stand

Talk

Neil G Miller 'The Secrets of Hever Castle' (Postponed from 2020)

09 September 2021 7.00pm - 9.45pm

Cobham, Surrey

Neil G Miller, Hever Castle Head Gardener

Open Day

Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae

19 September 2021 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Callow End, Worcestershire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Malus domestica (cvs. bred & grown in Hampshire & Isle of Wight pre-1960)

06 October 2021 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Winchester, Hampshire