Alpine Garden Society
WIRRAL AND WEST CHESHIRE GROUP
Programme 2005-6
2005
September 9th
The 2005 Murray Bartlett Memorial Lecture
The Alpine Riches of the Eastern
Mediterranean
Paul Matthews
October 14th
Plant Hunting in the High Sierras of
Andalucia
Dr Brian Barnes
November 11th
Growing Hardy Orchids- Are
Terrestrials Tameable?
Tony Rymer
December 10th
Leaning
Towards Lewisias
Matthew
Ruane
2006
January 13th
Putting
Alpines in the Shade
Peter
Cunnington
February 10th AGS
Lecture-Open to all(including non AGS members) free of charge
Impressions
of the Levant – Some Turkish Alpines
Matthew
Reese
March 10th
The Challenge of Growing Himalayan
Alpines
Jim Jermyn
April 7th
High Alpines? Let Them Grow! & Local show
David Mowle
Note
that this is the 1st Friday, the 2nd is Good Friday
May 12th
It's a favourite of Mine - Group Members
AGM and tour of Ness B.G. Rock Garden
September 8th
The 2006 Murray Bartlett Memorial Lecture
Sikkim Adventure
Chris Sanders
Meetings are held in the Visitor Centre at Ness
Gardens, Ness, South
Wirral, (usually) on the second Friday of each month
and open at 7.30 p.m., with plant sales.
Lectures will be enjoyed by both the general gardener and specialist
alike and start at about 7.45 p.m.
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS
WELCOME
to the Group.
An additional charge is payable at each meeting. There is a Visitors
Charge for non-members (refunded if the Visitor joins our local group on the
night).
Free tea, biscuits and a draw prize take place after
the lecture.
There is a stall of members' surplus plants at
every meeting, sold on
a basis of 75% to the grower and 25% to the
Group.
Other
events (coach trip, garden visits, etc) take place over the summer months.