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| We are a friendly group interested in a wide range of plants, seeing
them in their habitat and growing them under cover and in the open
garden. We have members growing plants in alpine
houses, in frames, in raised beds and in troughs. Most of us
grow non alpines too. You do not need any expertise to
become a member, you just need a love of plants. From time
to time we organize informal visits to members gardens through the
group, but most people are only too pleased to show you their prize
plants if you ask to see them. More information about the
group e-mail the Secretary Bernard Gane
secretary@hertsags.co.uk
or phone01582 761416. We have a series of monthly lectures from the end of September until June. Lecturers are specialist nurserymen, plant hunters and travellers with a camera from the AGS's list of experts. Meetings are held on the 4th Saturday of the month at the Homewood Road United Reformed Church Hall, Homewood Road, St. Albans AL1 4BH. http://www.homewoodurc.org/Homewood_Road_URC_v2/Home.html Meetings start at 3.00 p.m. There is a charge of £4.00 per meeting for visitors, but this entitles you to free refreshments. We raffle plants brought in by the membership at every meeting. At each meeting a nurseryman sells plants & in addition members plants are sold at the AGM in September & at the Show in March. Members grow plants from seed from distributions by the Alpine Garden Society and propagate their best plants to sell at our plant sales. We have an Annual Competition and grand plant sale in March, see the schedule under Competition Rules. Membership is open to all and you do not need to belong to the Alpine Garden Society itself to join our group. (However if you are a paid up member of the Alpine Garden Society you will enjoy a quarterly magazine, 'The Alpine Gardener', and free entry to the regional and national shows.) Visitors may come to our meetings on payment of a visitors fee, which is currently £3 Subscription is £5.50 and due in September. |
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Ophrys ciliata syn. ophrys speculum, the looking
glass orchid.
The Early Spring Show of the AGS at the beginning of March in Harlow, Essex has a wonderful display of alpine flowers and plants for sale. The AGS website has lists of all the year's shows and competitions. Click on the picture to get a larger version, then on 'Back' on the top left of your screen to return to this page. |
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If you would like to contribute images to the website, please send digital files to the webmaster by e-mail or on CD or stick. webmaster@hertsags.co.uk The files should be good quality jpegs with the longest side reduced to 500 pixels. It adds greatly to the interest if you can supply a suitable narrative. |
Click on the button for a Poster showing the Group's programme. It will print on A4.
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