Saturday 19th January 2.30 pm.

Stowupland Village Hall - Talk on Sweet Peas by Mr Mark Williams.  

Saturday 9th February 2.30 pm.

Stowupland Village Hall - Talk on ‘The Rose’ by Mr Peter Beales, Managing Director of Peter Beales Roses Limited.

Saturday 15th March  2 pm – 5 pm.

Propagation, Division and Repotting. Robert Shepperson’s allotment, Worlingworth.
Please ring Robert if you intend to go 01728 628415.

Saturday 22nd March 2.30 pm.

Stowupland Village Hall. Talk – Introduction to Wildlife Gardening by Mr Robert Good

2.30pm Saturday 19th April

Visit to David Barker’s Epimedium Collection, 2.30pm Danbury, Chelmsford. Teas £1 per head. Please ring Pat Pemberton,01284 850453 by 12 April if visiting.

2.30pm Saturday 3rd May

Visit to Todd’s Botanics, Hardy Exotics, Mark & Emma McDonald, Coggleshall, Colchester.
Teas are available at the Garden Centre across the road.
Directions: From Colchester head for Braintree on the A120 and take the 3rd exit for Coggeshall on your left hand side. Todds Botanics are situated 250 yards on left opposite football pitch.

Sunday 25 May 2008.

Spring Plant Sale at Helmingham Hall
10.30 am – 4. pm Entrance fee £4.50
Free entrance to members who volunteer to help – tel: 01787 211346

Sunday 8th June

  PLANT HERITAGE DAY  to be held at The Cambridge Botanic Garden. Entry is by the Bateman Street Gate

2.30pm Saturday 14th June

Visit to Sue Wooster’s Campanula - Alpines Collection, Langham Hall Walled Garden, Langham.
Please ring Pat Pemberton, 01284 850453 by 31 May if visiting.

2.30pm 28th June

Visit to Jim Marshall’s Malmaison (Dianthus) Collection, Hullwood Barn, Shelly, Ipswich.

Saturday 19th July

2 pm. Propagation – cuttings and repotting. Robert Shepperson’s allotment, Worlingworth. Please ring Robert if you intend to go 01728 628415.  

Saturday 26th July 3 pm

Talk by Martin Rickard on ‘Ferns’
Anthony Piggot has invited members along with the Fern Society to gather at 2.30pm at his place, Kersey’s Farm, Mendlesham, Stowmarket IP14 5RG to view his collection of Equisetum, followed by  the Talk by Martin Rickard (in Anthony’s barn) at 3.00 pm, followed by tea.
Tea and Talk £4.  

Sunday 7th September 2.30 pm

. Visit to Andrian Bloom’s Miscanthus Collection at Bressingham Gardens, Bressingham, Diss IP22 2AB. (2 ½ miles west of Diss, 14 miles east of Thetford on A 1066).
We have been offered a guided tour with Jaime Blake for £6 per head, free to RHS members, but we must have at least 20 visitors (maximum 35). If you wish to visit, please apply to Maggie Thorpe for an application form.
It will be possible to purchase teas at Gallopers, adjacent to the Steam Museum or at the café at the Garden Centre.

Sunday 21st September

Autumn Plant Sale – Helmingham Hall
10.30 am – 4 pm. £4.50 per person.
Free entrance to members who volunteer to help: tel. 01787 211346  

Saturday 25th October

2.30 pm. Talk by Raymond Evison on ‘The Clematis’ at Stowupland Village Hall. Cost: £10 members, £12 non-members.  
Raymond J Evison OBE VMH  

Monday 24th November

AGM – details and venue to be arranged