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Spring 2024 meeting

Our next meeting will be on Sunday 24th March 2024.

The speaker for this meeting is Timothy Walker. He is a very well known speaker, his lectures renowned for being both informative but also highly entertaining. He was formerly the Director of Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum, which under his leadership won four gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show. Currently he is a lecturer in Plant Sciences at Oxford University. His website gives a lot more details, including some video if you want to see examples of him speaking. He will give a talk called “From Diaz to Diamonds - Plant Hunting in South Africa”. “The western Cape region of South Africa is one of the most botanically diverse areas of the World.

This takes a route from the southernmost tip of Africa to the border with Namibia looking at the plants and the ethnobotany of one of the most fascinating countries in the World.” While not specifically about bulbs, it would I’m sure be very interesting as it could help us see the broader ecological context in which our bulbs grow in the wild.

Directions to the meeting hall. The doors will open at 10.00, and the meeting will close at about 14.30. SABG members, their guests and visitors are welcome. Admission is £3.00 and parking is free.

As in previous meetings, there will be a display table for any plants that you bring along for others to see. We will have time for some informal discussion during the afternoon, so that members can point out their plants and answer any questions. If you have any slides or computer images that you would like to show, please bring them along.

All who are interested in growing these plants will be welcome. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and the meeting will finish at approximately 2:30 p.m. There is an entry fee of £3.00, but parking is free. There will as usual be a plant display table, plant sales (a good reason to arrive soon after 10:00!), and tea and coffee with biscuits. There will also be some books for sale. You are encouraged to bring along any plants you wish to display or sell, or digital photos to share with the audience. Bring your own lunch, or pop into Sainsbury’s next door for a sandwich.

The timetable we plan is as follows:

10am Doors open for Plant Sales. Tea/coffee available
11am – 12.00 Main talk
12.00 - 1 pm Lunch
1pm - 2pm Short talks by members
2pm – 2.30pm Winding up

More details of our meetings are given on the meetings page.

Directions to the meeting hall

Our next meeting is at our usual place, Badger Farm, Winchester.

Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester

Directions for meetings at Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4QB (U.K.)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available. Bring your own lunch, or buy something at Sainsbury’s next door.

Future meetings

In addition to the next SABG meeting described above, the following events are planned:

(to be updated)

  • Sunday 20th October 2024: The Autumn 2024 SABG meeting, details to follow.

Past meetings

See Past, present and future meetings for brief details of all past meetings.

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