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- Friends of the Oxford Botanic Garden Plant Sale - ...
- RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year
- Snaps from Chelsea 2012
- The Old Rectory, Farnborough
- Déjà vu
- Things I didn't buy at the Malvern Show
- How pleasant to know Mr Lear!
- A damp day in Oxford
- Highnam Court
- World Naked Gardening Day
- Pastures new
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- Violets are blue - or are they?
- Matthew Ridley, 1925-2012
- Miscellaneous nice plants
- A rare treat
- Spring in the Valley Gardens
- A threat to Hadrian's Villa
- Monday morning
- A long-awaited flowering
- Hellebores - which do you like?
- Not a snowdrop weekend - a few flowers from the co...
- Developments and challenges at Myddelton House
- Grafting 'Rose of Ciren'
- A perfect day for crocuses
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February
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- A day in London
- Not just a snowdrop garden
- Another article in the Daily Telegraph
- A delicious present from Japan
- Bright sunshine at Colesbourne
- An unexpected buyer revealed
- An incredible new record
- Good plants at the RHS Show
- Snow, not snowdrops
- Sixty years ago
- Not very open days
- More media coverage of snowdrops
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- Alpine Garden Society
- Botanical Society of South Africa
- Botanical Society of the British Isles
- British Pteridological Society
- Crocus Group
- Cyclamen Society
- Hardy Orchid Society
- Hardy Plant Society
- International Bulb Society
- International Dendrology Society
- Nerine and Amaryllid Society
- North American Rock Garden Society
- Orchid Society of Great Britain
- Plant Heritage (NCCPG)
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Scottish Rock Garden Club
- Tree Register of the British Isles
Oxford & District AGS Group Programme
- All meetings are at 7.30 pm, Exeter Hall, Kidlington, OX5 1AB
- 14th September: Paul Cumbleton: Alpines at Wisley
- 12th October: Andrew Turvey: Discovering the Hidden Treasures of Myddelton House Gardens
- 9th November: Prof. David Rankin: The plant discoveries of George Forrest
- 14th December: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: John Grimshaw: A Gardener’s Year
- 11th January: MEMBERS’ EVENING
- 8th February: Peter Sheasby: Flowers of Iran
- 14th March: Christopher Bailes: Hardy Orchids
- 11th April: Mat Reese: Japan, A Gardener’s Journey
- Please contact me for further details. Visitors are always welcome.
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That looks inviting! Is this from your place John? I’d love that kind of variety.
ReplyDeleteWe grow only a few plums: these wee the trophies of my shopping expedition yesterday morning, and I thought what a lovely assemblage they made.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and mouth-watering.
ReplyDeleteLene