Events Search and Views Navigation
May 2025
AGS Visit to Patthana Garden
Booking information will be sent out to members.
Find out more »Travels of a Scotsman – Connor Smith
Connor Smith is Head of the Rock Garden at Utrecht Botanic Garden. His talk will be 'Travels of a Scotsman – a summary of my travels to look at plants in different areas of the world, both in the wild and in cultivation, in countries such as Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Chile'. Connor has worked in gardens and nurseries in Scotland, Oregon, Italy and Germany, including the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, and the Schachen Alpine Garden near Munich. Utrecht Botanic…
Find out more »June 2025
September 2025
AGS Plant Sale and Seed Exchange
The 2025 AGS Plant Sale & Seed Exchange will take place in the Teak House at the National Botanic Gardens. There will be a workshop given by Clare Beumer of Coldblow Nursery on ‘Collection, Germination, Propagation’. Clare Beumer was a botanical illustrator for 20 years before establishing a specialist nursery in 1998. Her work illustrated many publications including 'Oak & Company', 'The Natural History of Churchyards', 'The Journals of Gilbert White', The Times Saturday Gardening Column & 'Beth Chatto's Garden…
Find out more »Plants For Shade & Woodland – Timothy Walker
The lecture will be held via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out ahead of time. From 1988 to 2014 Timothy Walker was director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Since then he has been a Senior College Lecturer in Plant Biology at Somerville College, Oxford.
Find out more »October 2025
Plants Above Treeline – Geir Mohen
Geir lives in the countryside northeast of Oslo, Norway. His passion for plants began in childhood, guided by his grandmother’s early lessons in gardening. Over the past 30 years, he’s cultivated a wide range of plants, with a primary focus on alpine species. Although he initially wanted to grow every plant he encountered, he now finds great enjoyment in studying plants in their natural habitats. He founded Plants Above Treeline (https://www.alpine-plants.com/), an initiative dedicated to the conservation and propagation of…
Find out more »November 2025
40th Alpine Weekend
The speakers at this year’s event will be: John Mitchell Seamus O’Brien Kevin Begley Lecture Programme Saturday 15th November 11.00 14.00 16.00 Sunday 16th November 09.30 11.00 Speakers: John Mitchell After obtaining his Horticultural qualification John worked initially at St Andrews Botanic Garden, Inverewe. For the last 40 years John has worked at Edinburgh Botanic Garden, the last 19 as Supervisor. His main duties are managing the Alpine Department which includes the Rock Garden, the Woodland Garden, the Alpine Area…
Find out more »