Annual General Meeting and Zoom lecture

Saturday 4 July 2026 9.30am for 10am

The unique flora of the Western and Northern Cape: MPG tour to South Africa, August 2025

Following the Annual General Meeting business, members Jackie Hunt and Andrew Mayo will talk about last year’s botanical tour to discover the region’s exceptionally rich and unique spring flora. They will introduce the geographical and climatic influences on this Mediterranean climate vegetation and share photos of some of the hundreds of plant species recorded during the tour.

France – Water-wise planting

Monday 5 October – Tuesday 13 October 2026

This informative tour of contemporary water-wise planting in designed private and public gardens will demonstrate the way gardens and gardeners – some famous – have extended the seasons of interest in various ways.