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June 2019
Carl Dacus – Propagation Workshop on Cuttings
Carl says 'I will endeavor to cover a wide range of propagation techniques that I've used over many years of propagating plants. All of the techniques that I will demonstrate are possible for the home gardener. I'll have some examples on slides/prints showing results. I would be delighted if you could bring in plant material that you would like me to prepare or demonstrate on from your gardens. I will have materials for rooting different types of cuttings: tools, rooting…
Find out more »September 2019
Cork Group: Wollerton Old Hall – The Garden
Cork Alpine and Hardy Garden Plant Societies' new season kicks off on the 26th September 20.00 with a talk by Phil Smith, Head Gardener of Wollerton Old Hall Garden. Market Drayton, UK. The title of the talk is "Wollerton Old Hall - The Garden". For further information about Wollerton Old Hall garden check out their website - www.wollertonoldhallgarden.com. Wollerton's Facebook page, with further insights and beautiful photographs, includes details of Carol Klein's visit for "Gardener's World" in July: https://www.facebook.com/Wollerton-Old-Hall-Garden-2075007969437920/
Find out more »October 2019
Joanne Ryan (Everson), ‘Fifteen years hard labour on Kew’s Rock Garden’.
Joint with IGPS.
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 »December 2019
January 2020
Carmel Duignan, ‘The Making of a Plant Anorak’
Carmel's lecture will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting of the Dublin Group, Alpine Garden Society.
Find out more »Cork Group: Bob & Rannveig Wallis – ‘The Garden at Llwyn Ifan’
Our first meeting of the New Year will take plant on Thursday 23rd January at the usual 20.00 in Northridge House. Our speakers for the night are Bob and Rannveig Wallis of Buried Treasure, Camarthen, Wales. The title of the talk is "The Garden at Llwyn Ifan" their own garden. Bob and Rannveig run a nursery specializing in bulbs called "Buried Treasure" and will be bringing bulbs for sale on the night. For those of you who are members of…
Find out more »February 2020
Visit to Angela Jupe’s Snowdrop Garden
The visit to Angela Jupe's snowdrop garden will cost €55 per person; this includes the coach trip, entrance to the garden, tea/coffee, and a two-course lunch. The coach will leave Mount Merrion Community Centre at 9am sharp on Saturday 08 February, returning no later than 6pm.
Find out more »2020 Annual Lunch
The event begins at 12 noon with a lecture from Paddy Tobin, ‘Thirty Years as the Undergardener’, and is followed by a three-course lunch. The Royal Irish Yacht Club is about 200m West of the Dun Laoghaire train station. The dress code is smart casual.
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