Patron HRH The Princess Royal
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society
Meetings are held at 7.30pm
in the Lecture Theatre
at the Royal Botanic Garden Inverleith Row Edinburgh EH3 5LR
Winter Lecture Series 2011-12
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04 October 2011                             Robert Grant

           Head of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, NTS

                                                           ‘Gardens of the National Trust for Scotland’


18 October 2011                             Derek Parsons.

                                                           It’s Showtime!’ (Primulas and  Auriculas).


01 November 2011                        Syd House, Forestry Commission.

            ‘A Nation of Planters – celebrating forests & forestry in Scotland in 2011, the                      International Year of Forests’.                                       

                                                             

15 November 2011                         Magnus Peterson.

                                                           ‘Bees and Bee-keeping in Scotland today’.


06 December 2011                         John Mitchell, RBGE

                                                           ‘Two Seasons in Tibet’


20 December 2011                         Garden Quiz Night.


03 January 2012                            No meeting.


17 January 2012                            There is a change in the programme.

Bill Tait, RCHS will speak on:-

‘Going Dutch’ - a tour of gardens and

Nurseries in the Netherlands.


07 February 2012                         Joe Mcindoe, Mill Garden Centre, Armdale.

                                                     "Gardening in a Hostile Environment"


21 February 2012                           John Marshall

                                                     “Potatoes:Food for Thought”



06 March 2012                                 AGM and Awards.



20 March 2012                                 Jim Arbury, RHS Wisley.

                                                           “Fruit- growing in Scotland”