Program of events for  2008

Saturday, 17 May 2008 Lilac Day - approx 10.00am
at Norman’s Farm, Wyverstone, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4SF
Mr and Mrs Colin Chapman National Plant Collection® of Syringa
400 plant types, 7acre wildlife garden with centenarian trees and forgotten fruit.
Specialists in Russian and North American lilacs
Take a picnic lunch or there is a local pub.

Sat 21st June - visit to P. Beales Roses to see National Collection of Species Roses. Times to be advised.
Sat 6th Sept - visit to Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery, Norfolk. Details to be advised.

July  19th & 20th  open weekend  chance to view Mark Haslett's
National Collection's  of Dionaea & Sarracenia  ( spp & hybrids)
and a range of other Carnivorous plants
11-5pm  Saturday and Sunday
contact Mark for more details

Saturday, 13 September 2008 Autumn Plant Fair RHS Garden Hyde Hall,
Buckhatch lane, Rettendon,Chelmsford CM3 8ET
10am to 4pm 20+ nurseries, visitor centre, restaurant
RHS member free entry non members £5.50 per person
contact Jeff & Linda Crowther for more details

Sat 27th Sept - Lecture by Graham Rice to be held at Writtle College 2 for 2.30 start' Hidden Treasures - New and undiscovered perennials from across the Atlantic'


Saturday, 8 November 2008  Helen Robinson memorial lecture Autumn Lecture
  'The English Garden' by Ursula Buchan
Writtle college   2 for 2:30 Start