Events

Talk

Colourful Climbers

03 February 2022 6.30pm - 8.00pm

Virtual

Jane Lindsay of Tynings Plants will enlighten us on plants held in their National Plant Collections: Passiflora, Jasminum, Thunbergia and Mandevilla

Workshop

Plant Health and Biosecurity

07 February 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Virtual

Virtual workshop and discussion session, including maintaining a biosecure garden, pest and disease updates and legislation,

Event

Surrey Group AGM

10 February 2022 7.00pm - 9.30pm

Cobham , Surrey

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

Talk

A talk from Trevor Wiltshire on Galanthus

10 February 2022 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Dorchester , Dorset

Trevor is an expert on alpines and small bulbs, was overseer of the Alpine beds at Wisley and was part of a species Snowdrop farming scheme in Turkey. He lives at Pencarn in Cornwall, a place he built and planted from scratch over decades.

Talk

Sally Nex: Year-round vegetable gardening

12 February 2022 2.30pm - 4.30pm

Northumberland

In 2006, Sally left BBC journalism for horticulture, particularly vegetable growing. She has long been completely self-sufficient in fruit, veg and herbs, and with her gift for communication, imparts her knowledge through many horticultural magazines, talks, and in her career as a professional gardener.

Event

Arts and crafts gardens:'Gardens of a golden afternoon' by Simon Gulliver

15 February 2022 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Virtual

Workshop

Plant importing, exporting and collecting

17 February 2022 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Virtual

Virtual workshop and discussion session on collecting, importing and exporting plants, with sessions from Collection Holders, APHA and commercial nurseries.

Talk

Growing on the edge! by Richard Baines

24 February 2022 6.30pm - 8.00pm

Virtual

Richard Baines is curator at Logan Botanic Gardens, and will talk on growing exotics and other collections (including 4 National Plant Collections) - an ongoing challenge in our ever changing climate. 

Talk

A talk from Caroline Seymour on Plants of Central America

10 March 2022 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Dorchester , Dorset

Caroline is chair of Hampshire Alpine group and a keep plant finder

Open Day

Narcissus cvs. (bred & introduced by the Rev G H Engleheart)

20 March 2022 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Stowmarket , Suffolk

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Scilla (Chionodoxa)

26 March 2022 10.00am - 27 March 2022 3.00pm

Canonbie , Dumfries & Galloway

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Corydalis

27 March 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Durham , Co Durham

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Muscari

03 April 2022 11.00am - 3.00pm

Norwich , Norfolk

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Corydalis

03 April 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Durham , Co Durham

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Event

RHS Wisley Heather Collection

06 April 2022 9.45am - 3.30pm

Wisley , Surrey

Join us help Mark Tuson, RHS Wisley Team Leader and his Welcome and Riverside team, tend to one of the most important collection of heathers in the world. 

Visit

Visit to Maurice Foster's garden in Kent

08 April 2022 2.00pm - 4.00pm

High Cross Road , Kent

Rescheduled visit

Open Day

Camellia reticulata cvs. & hybrids

09 April 2022 - 10 April 2022

Truro , Cornwall

Open weekend to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Juglans, Pterocarya

10 April 2022 10.00am - 5.00pm

Moreton-in-Marsh , Gloucestershire

Open day to see the National Plant Collections.

Talk

John Hughes - Adventures in Ecuador

14 April 2022 7.00pm - 9.30pm

Cobham , Surrey

A talk by John Hughes

Talk

Sally Nex: Talk and workshop on “Growing Vegetables without Plastic”

14 April 2022 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Dorchester , Dorset

Sally writes regularly for gardening magazines, particularly on reducing plastic use in the garden.

Open Day

Corokia

17 April 2022 1.30pm - 5.30pm

London

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Tulipa (historic tulips)

22 April 2022 2.00pm - 4.30pm

Calne , Wiltshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Eucryphia

24 April 2022

Bovey Tracey , Devon

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Plants named after Sir Winston Churchill

24 April 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Cambridge , Cambridgeshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Epimedium

30 April 2022 10.00am - 01 May 2022 5.00pm

Brentwood , Essex

Open weekend to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Camassia, Sidalcea (garden cvs.), Uvularia

30 April 2022 10.00am - 01 May 2022 4.00pm

York , North Yorkshire

Open weekend to see the National Plant Collections.

Event

Plant Fair: Denbies Wine Estate Sunday 1st May 2022

01 May 2022 10.00am - 2.00pm

Dorking , Surrey

Specialist Nurseries and our own Plant Stand

Open Day

Primula auricula (Border)

01 May 2022 11.00am - 4.00pm

Halesowen , West Midlands

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Tulipa (historic tulips)

01 May 2022 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Calne , Wiltshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Event

2022 Spring Plant Fair

07 May 2022 9.30am - 1.30pm

Highgate , London

Please join the London group at the annual Spring Plant Fair. 

Open Day

Rebutia, Aylostera & Weingartia (incl. Sulcorebutia)

07 May 2022 10.00am - 5.00pm

Ellon , Aberdeenshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Hosta (British introductions)

14 May 2022 10.00am - 5.00pm

Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Event

Plant & Garden Fair: Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens (May 2022)

15 May 2022 10.00am - 3.00pm

Abbotsbury, Nr Weymouth , Dorset

Public admission to Abbotsbury Plant Fair is £7.00 and also includes free access to the Subtropical Gardens. Public admission may have to be by prior appointment (booking via the Abbotsbury website) if Covid-19 restrictions for visitor attractions are still in force.

https://abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk/gardens/visitor-information

Open Day

Carpinus betulus cvs., Catalpa, Taxodium spp. & cvs.

15 May 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Barnet , Hertfordshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collections.

Open Day

Astrantia

22 May 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Norwell , Nottinghamshire

Open Day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Euphorbia (hardy)

29 May 2022 11.00am - 3.00pm

Sheffield

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Chlorophytum comosum cvs.

29 May 2022 12.00pm - 5.00pm

Herne Bay , Kent

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Crassula spp.

29 May 2022 12.00pm - 4.00pm

Hook , Hampshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Dionaea, Sarracenia

04 June 2022 10.00am - 5.00pm

Telford , Shropshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collections.

Open Day

Hemerocallis (R H Coe, L W Brummitt & H J Randall cvs.)

05 June 2022 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Clungunford , Shropshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Rowden Nursery Collection

11 June 2022 10.00am - 4.00pm

Tavistock , Devon

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Mentha

11 June 2022 10.00am - 6.00pm

Broxton , Cheshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Verbena spp. & cvs.

11 June 2022 10.00am - 12 June 2022 4.00pm

Crewe , Cheshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Geranium phaeum cvs. & primary hybrids

11 June 2022 10.00am - 12 June 2022 4.00pm

Desford , Leicestershire

Open weekend to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Liriope, Ophiopogon

12 June 2022 10.00am - 3.00pm

Melton Mowbray , Leicestershire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Rosa (Alba roses)

16 June 2022 2.00pm - 7.00pm

Ashford , Kent

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.

Open Day

Aeonium spp. & cvs.

18 June 2022 10.00am - 4.00pm

Clun , Shropshire

Open day to see the National Plant Collection.