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2010 Program...

Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held in the Exhibit Hall at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge , MA (click for directions & map) starting at 10:30 am. This is still under development.

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March 6

am  Peter Joppe, from Hillside Nursery where he propagates cypripediums and other woodlanders from seed.
Woodland plants for New England Gardens
pm Robin Magowan and Juilet Yli-Mattila:
Nordic Plants- Copenhagen, Tromsų, and Svalbard

April 3

am

John Lonsdale Edgewood Gardens
Cyclamen
Cultivation & Propagation
John will have hardy and non-hardy cyclamen for sale

pm Androsace, Dionysia and Primula: cultivation and propagation

May 1

am & pm Cliff Booker, (NARGS Tour Speaker from the UK) Founder & Chair of the East Lancashire group of the Alpine Garden Society Profile Cream of Alpines

Alpine Fever
A whimsical look at growing alpines on the other side of the pond.

June 5

am & pm Off-site meeting. Visit to gardens of Robin Magowan & Yli-Juliet Mattila in Salisbury Connecticut, with a talk on the new construction aided by Josef Halda and Zdenek Zvolanek

July 3

am & pm Off-site meeting in the garden of  Elisabeth & Rod Zander in Connecticut to see a variety of rock gardening styles.

Trough making - John Spain - pre-register with Elisabeth if you wish to make a trough.
 

 

August 14

am Bill Brown, Spring bulbs of Turkey
pm Peter George, former Chair and current newsletter editor Evolution of my Garden

September 4

am

Barrie Porteous, Unusual and Underused Perennials
pm The BIG plant sale

October 9

am Andy Brand, Broken Arrow Nursery,
New Dwarf Conifers & Japanese Maples
pm Eric Breed (from Dutch Rock Garden Society)
Going Wild for Bulbs

November 6

  Annual lunch
Sydney Eddison, author of Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser As You Grow Older due April details

Web Design J&J Consulting

  Picture: Stonecrop alpine house in early February

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