| Date | Group | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 7th June 2009 | Grampian & Tayside | 1 to 5 pm Garden Open Day in aid of the NCCPG. 3 Balfour Cottages, Menmuir, DD9 7RN. Adults £3.00 Children Free. Homemade Produce/Plant Stall & Teas. |
| Sunday, 5 July 2009 | Devon | Plant Sale 10am - 3pm, Market Hall, South Molton, free entry. |
| Saturday, 25 July 2009 | London | VISIT: THE BETH CHATTO GARDENS Does this garden need any explanantion? Only if you are a hermit and have been out of circulation for thirty years! Six acres of world famous landscaped gardens showing a wide range of conditions from hot and dry to a water garden. We shall see the renowned gravel garden and explore the woodland garden. There a wonderful plant nursery where you will find most of the plants growing in the garden for sale. A cafe is available for a meal or snacks or you can take a picnic. COST: £23 per person Visit starts at Wilton Road beside Victoria railway station at 9.00 a.m. prompt and we will be try to be back between 5.30 6.30 p.m. COST £27 per person TICKETS please contact Janet Wright on 020 8402 8995 |
| Friday, 7 August 2009 - Sunday, 9 August 2009 | Ayr & Arran | Ayr Flower Show |
| Sunday, 23 August 2009 | Wales (North) | North Wales NCCPG Plant Hunters' Fair at Bodnant Gardens, Tal-y-Cafn, not far from Colwyn Bay, (signposted from A55) from 10am-4pm. The Fair is not in the gardens, so there is no admission charge. Although you can always go into the gardens as well, at the usual entrance fee. For further informaion please contact Programme Secretary, Judy Jesse on 01978 761083. |
| Saturday, 5 September 2009 | London | The London Group is holding its late summer Plant Fair on Saturday 5th September The venue is the same as previous years: ST MICHAEL’S C. OF E. PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORTH ROAD, HIGHGATE, LONDON N6 4BG Opening times: 10am-5pm Entrance £2.50 for adults, children and Nccpg members free. |
| Sunday, 6 September 2009 | Devon | Plant Sale 10am -3pm, at RHS Rosemoor Gardens, usual RHS entrance charges. |
| Sunday, 6 September 2009 | Kent | Plant Fair Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford DA4 0JA Specialist nurseries etc Admission Charge in line with normal charges (not yet Known in detail) |
| Sunday 6 September | Hampshire | Garden Visit & Plant Sale: 2.00-6.00pm. Meon Orchard, Kingmead, Nr Wickham. Take A32 north of Wickham for 1 1/2 miles; turn left at Roebuck Inn. Garden after 1/2 mile. Follow NGS Yellow signs. Visit Linda and Doug's garden in conjunction with their NGS open day. A huge array of rare and exotic plants, three National Collections - Eucalyptus, Araliaceae and Podocarpaceae. Three top quality specialist nursery stalls, members plants and propagation table. Members and children free, general public £3. |
| Saturday, 12 September 2009 | Somerset | 10 am. to 3.30 pm. - Autumn Plant Hunters Fair Venue: Nynehaed Court, Wellington NOW CONFIRMED |
| Sunday, 13 September 2009 | Surrey | Plant Fair at Denbies Vineyard, Dorking, Surrey. 11.00am - 4.00 pm. Small, specialist nurseries, Surrey NCCPG plant stand and information on Surrey's National Plant Collections. |
| Sunday, 13 September 2009 | North East | Blagdon Hall Plant Sale--- in the Courtyard Blagdon Hall Northumberland. 10am--- 3pm |
| Saturday, 19 September 2009 | Essex | Autumn plant fair,RHS Hyde Hall Buckhatch lane,Rettendon,Chelmsford,CM3 8ET 10am-4pm, 20+ nurseries, free to RHS Members,nonmembers Normal RHS Garden entry Fee's Apply contact jeff & linda crowther for more details |
| Sunday, 20 September 2009 | Suffolk | Autumn Plant sale at HELMINGHAM HALL 10.30 – 4.00pm Please register your willingness to help – email: smece@aol.com or tel: 01787 211346 |
| Saturday, 26 September 2009 - Sunday, 27 September 2009 | Worcestershire | Malvern Autumn Show |
| Sunday, 27 September 2009 | Cambridgeshire | Sunday 27th September - Plant Heritage (NCCPG) Specialist Plant Sale and Open Garden at Madingley College, Madingley, 8miles SW of Cambridge. 2.30 - 5.30 pm. Admission £3. Children Free. Teas. Contact: Richard Gant Tel: 01223 264407. |
| Saturday, 3 October 2009 | Dorset | 2.30 Puddletown Village Hall (5 mls E of Dorchester) CELEBRITY LECTURE. TOM HART-DYKE of Lullingstone Castle, Kent, author, plantsman, hostage and creator of the World Garden at Lullingstone (as featured on BBC TV) -'Kidnapped in Paradise'. Tickets £6.50 contact Enid Cogswell 01305 833538 |
| Sunday, 4 October 2009 | Notts & Derbys | Plant Fair, noon to 4pm, at Felley Priory, Underwood, Notts., NG16 5FJ , half mile west of J27 of M1. |
| Thursday, 8 October 2009 | Warwickshire | Special Spa Lecture 8:00pm Keith Wiley 'On the Wild Side' Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa. (Admission by Ticket only, details to be announced) |
| Tuesday, 13 October 2009 | Worcestershire | The Ron Sidwell Lecture: Rosemoor Gardens and National Collections: Chris Bailes, Curator. Entry by Ticket |
| Saturday 17 October | Hampshire | Exbury Gardens. 11.00am. Conducted tour of the gardens with Head gardener, John Anderson. Lunch at cafe or own sandwiches. 2pm Viewing of Exbury's spectacular collection of Nerines with Theo Herselman. |
| Saturday, 24 October 2009 | Suffolk | Special Lecture - Timothy Walker Horti Praefectus (Director), University of Oxford Botanic Garden ‘What Have Plants Ever Done for Us’ Talk & tea £10 members, £12 non-members. Stowupland Village Hall at 2.30pm Tickets from Maggie Thorpe, 37 Swan St., Boxford CO10 5NZ.enc. SAE please |
| Saturday, 7 November 2009 | Essex | Helen Robinson Memorial lecture by Mathew wilson past Curator of RHS gardens at Hyde Hall & Harlow Carr to be held at Writtle College,Northumberland Theatres.2pm for 2.30pm start members free contact sue lander for details |
| Saturday, 21 November 2009 | Somerset | 1.30 pm. Plant sale 2.30 pm. CELEBRITY LECTURE by PIPPA GREENWOOD - 'Plants, Pests, and Deseases now and in the future as the climate changes' Venue: King Alfred's School, Burnham - on - Sea |
| Monday, 8 March 2010 | Staffordshire | 7.30 pm venue to be arranged 'Succession Planting' by Fergus Garret |
| Sunday, 2 May 2010 | Staffordshire | Group Plant Fair To be arranged |