Full details of the forthcoming talks and visits organised by the Gloucestershire Group of the NCCPG are listed for 2007. Visitors are welcome to each lecture meeting (Entry £1.00 except where indicated) Members of other NCCPG Groups free.

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All meetings will start at 2pm and are held at the Shurdington Social Centre in the Century Hall, unless otherwise stated—see map below. Each meeting will start with a plant discussion followed by a talk beginning at about 2.20pm. Plants will be available for sale before and after the meeting. Coffee or tea with cake will be served after the talk.
If for any reason you find it difficult to attend any of our events and would like a lift, please telephone Toby Jarvis on 01235 851896.

2006

December 9: John Grimshaw on Colesbourne and its snowdrops. John is well known in the snowdrop world and at the moment is helping to restore Colesbourne, the estate of the Elwes family.

2007

January 13: Jo Sharman on hellebores. Joe is the co-owner of Monksilver Nursery nr. Cambridge. Plants will be brought for sale.

February 10: Carrie Thomas on aquilegias. Carrie holds the National Plant Collection of aquilegias. She will bring seeds and possibly plants for sale.

March 10: Glyn Jones on Recent Developments at Hidcote. Glyn is the new head gardener at Hidcote.

April 14: Tony Titchen on the world of magnolias. Tony will bring magnolia seedlings for sale.

Sunday. 29th April: Visit to RBG Kew.

Saturday June 2nd: 10am – 4pm Plant Fair at Hartpury College.

Tuesday June 5th: 11.00 – 12-00 National Cistus Collection. 13.45/14.00 Hunts Court.

Thursday June 21st: 11.00 Woodpeckers Lallie Cox.
2pm Elm Close Glynis Dyer.

Aug 11th: Keith Turner on Natural landscapes of Chile. Keith is one of our members who often visits Chile.

Sept.8th: John Sutton on New Hardy Perennials for the 21st. Century. A return visit. John is a professional horticultural journalist, photographer and author.

October 13: Don Witton on euphorbias and Other Spring Flowers. Don holds the National Collection of euphorbias. He will bring unusual euphorbias for sale.

November 10: Wol Staines on Glen Chantry, Then and Now. Wol is the co owner of Glen Chantry, a garden and nursery in Essex. He will bring plants for sale.

December 8: Dr Michael Keith-Lucas, on Global Warming and Gardening. Michael is a lecturer in the Dept. of Plant Sciences at the University of Reading.