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 Sale 2022 - 2023
GIANT USED BOOK SALE
VALUABLE, IN-DEMAND TITLES
FAR BELOW DEALER PRICES
FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED
This sale is for members only. It includes a broad range of books from our own library and donations from Merle Burston, Harry Lumsden, Donna McMaster, Barrie Porteous and Kirk Zufelt.
While there is still a good selection of books available after our last two meetings, it is no longer feasible to compile an up-to-date book list and reserve books either for pick-up or shipping. Thank you, everyone, for your support in this project.
Watch for news of another book sale in September.
IN-PERSON SHOPPING
In addition to the used books, 1 new copy of The Crevice Garden by Kenton Seth & Paul Spriggs will be available for $32. (Amazon price is $45)
Each month we will be setting out books from specific categories for the in-person shoppers.
- Flora of other countries
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Western United States
- There will also be a clearance sale of all the books which remain unsold.
Once you have paid, you must pick up your order by April 16. Any books not picked up by that date will be returned to our sale and NO REFUND will be given to you.
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
Seedex 2022: Donating Seed –closed for 2022
Fall is soon going to be here and that means time for Seedex donations.
Your seedex committee has been busy revamping the Seedex donation sheet.
