Programme for 2011-12 season

Our meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday in the month from September to May (except for December, when we meet on the 3rd Tuesday) .  We meet at the Chilworth Hall (behind The Chilworth Arms) and doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. 

Tea, coffee and biscuits are served at each meeting (except December when wine and soft drinks are available).  At most meetings there is a raffle, plant sales, and display table.

Visitors are welcome - entrance is £2.50.

2011

27th September                              Turkish Delights                                  Jim Love

Jim is a well-known member of our group. He and his wife Eileen are much travelled, and Jim is a keen photographer.

25th October                    Austrian mountains and their flowers              Richard Horswood

                                                        AGS Open Lecture.   

       

Richard is a keen botanist, and is Chairman of the Somerset Group of the AGS.

 

22nd November                             Rockery in the Garden                          Timothy Walker

Timothy is Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden, and trained at Askham Bryan, Windsor, and Kew. Some of you may have seen his excellent 3-part series on Botany on BBC3 earlier this year. He is always an entertaining and informative speaker.

20th December (3rd Tuesday!)      In-house entertainment

Food- to be contributed by members.  No raffle or plant sales.

2012     

 27th January                                Propagation - Hands on!                        John McCarthy

John is our Vice-Chairman, and a lifetime member of Northampton AGS. He is a keen propagator, and will pass on some of his experience to us!

28th February                                  Flowers of Morocco                             Peter Sheasby

Peter has long been a member of the AGS, and is the AGS Librarian. He has travelled to many areas to photograph plants in the wild.

27th March                                   Spring in the Tien Shan                        John Page

          The 14th Lionel Bacon Memorial Lecture

                    Other AGS groups are invited.

John is the Society's overseas correspondent for Germany.  He has travelled widely in the mountains of Europe.

There will also be a Competitive Show for the David Benton Rose Bowl (voted by members). 

There will be Plant Sales, Raffle, and food contributed by members.

24th April                      Flowers of the Drakensberg Mountains            Peter Moore

         Annual General Meeting

Peter is an independent Plant Breeder, developing new plants for the temperate regions of the world.

The AGM will be brief!

22nd May                                         Spring in Crete                                  Gerald Nicholls

                                            

                                                       Annual Plant Sale

 Gerald is a committee member for the Hampshire Group, and also a member of the Wiltshire Group.

There will be no raffle at this meeting.