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November 2018
35th Alpine Weekend
The 35th Alpine Weekend will take place in An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, on the weekend of the 16th - 18th November, 2018. For directions on how to get there, look further down this page, here. The speakers will be as follows: Brian Burrow Robert & Rannveig Wallis Mike Keep What To Expect Since its outset, the Alpine Weekend has always been held in the headquarters of the Irish Contrywomen's Association, An Grianán, a location which is really handy for alpinists both…
Find out more »November 2019
36th Alpine Weekend
Lecture Programme Saturday 16th November 10.30 Julian Sutton - Beneath the Trees 14.30 Hester Forde - Enchanting Plants 16.00 Johan Nilson - Bulbs and Alpines at Gothenburg Botanic Gardens Sunday 17th November 9.30 Julian Sutton - A Plantsman’s Guide to the American West 2.00 Johan Nilson - My Favourite Plants and Plantings at Gothenburg Botanic Gardens Speakers: Hester Forde Hester Forde is a renowned plantsperson, lecturer and garden writer. Anyone who has visited her garden ‘Coosheen’ in East Cork will…
Find out more »November 2020
CANCELLED: 37th Alpine Weekend
Sadly, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 37th Alpine Weekend will not take place this year. The speakers at this year's event were to have been: Vojtech Holubec Jim Jermyn Brendan Sayers We're hoping that it will be possible to hold the Weekend in 2021.
Find out more »November 2022
37th Alpine Weekend
The 37th Alpine Weekend is going ahead this year! The speakers at this year's event will be: Vojtěch Holubec Jim Jermyn Brendan Sayers Lecture Programme Saturday 26th November 10.30 Jim Jermyn - 'The Dolomites' 14.30 Brendan Sayers - 'Native Irish Orchids' 16.00 Vojtěch Holubec - 'The Cream of Czech Gardens' Sunday 27th November 9.30 Vojtěch Holubec - 'Tien Shan - The Book Promotion' 2.00 Jim Jermyn - 'Branklyn Garden - A Legacy to the Rentons' Speakers: Vojtěch Holubec Vojtěch is…
Find out more »November 2024
39th Alpine Weekend
The speakers at this year's event will be: Ian Christie Martin Hajman Maurice Parkinson Lecture Programme Saturday 15th November 11.00 Martin Hajman 'Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden – Rock Landscape and Plant Collections above the polar circle' 14.00 Maurice Parkinson 'Ballyrobert Gardens - The Story Behind the Garden' 16.00 Ian Christie 'Ian Christie's Garden - New Directions' (via Zoom) Sunday 17th November 09.30 Martin Hajman 'Spring in Turkey - Travelling for early flowers' 11.00 Ian Christie 'Meconopsis and other woodland plants'…
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