Alpine Garden Society - Dublin Group
Alpine Garden Society - Dublin GroupWe are interested in the growing, propagation and conservation of alpine, rock garden and woodland plants, small hardy herbaceous plants, hardy and half-hardy bulbs, hardy ferns and small shrubs. Anyone can grow these diminutive beauties and with the trend towards smaller plots they are ideal for the modern garden - they can even be grown in a window box.
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Upcoming eventsWe are on summer recess for the next few weeks, but do bear in mind that our programme gets underway again on Thursday, 16 September at 8 pm in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin with a talk from Philip Cribb, ‘Shangri-la, a Botanist in the Tibetan Marches’. Two more talks follow - John Good on 'Climate Change and Alpines' in October, Billy Moore on 'Alpines at Home and Away' in November - before our annual trip to Termonfeckin for the Alpine Weekend, 19th - 21st November. We finish the year with the usual Christmas Miscellany in early December. Members are urged to prepare for these last two events in a variety of ways. First, please give thought to the Plant Sales at Termonfeckin and our Shows in the New Year. How about taking cuttings of plants others might desire (when the time is right of course)? Second, if visiting any places of interest to other gardeners, alpine or otherwise, why not take a few photos and bring them along to the Miscellany? I have mine ready: a trip to the Utrecht Botanic Gardens provided just the right envy-inducing opportunity. Lastly, keep an eye out for plant-related trivia that might appeal to me when I'm setting questions in the Table Quiz at Termonfeckin. Full details of all events in the 2010 Programme are available here. NewsWe've received a couple of new books: Christopher Grey-Wilson's 'Rock Garden Plant Primer' and Robert Rolfe's 'Portraits of Alpine Plants'. The library has also been enriched by a gift of books from the late Joan Carvill's library. The details are all on the Library page. Here's a report by Billy Moore on the Ulster Group's Show 2010 held on the 10th April. And here's a report by Joan McCaughey on our own Show this year, held on the 24th April. You can download our forms, show schedules, and newsletters from the Downloads page (also to be found in the menu to the left). |
Billy Moore's Farrer Medal-winning Primula bracteata at our Show on April 24th 2010. Photo: Jamie Chambers |