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THEOBALD'S FARMHOUSE GARDEN Enfield EN2 9DY
Tuesday 16 July
This afternoon visit is to a two-acre garden planted in 2000 adjoining a 1650s farmhouse. The garden owner, Alison Green, has designed a number of garden rooms with a variety planting styles. We are going to visit nearby Woldens garden centre afterwards and be shown round by the owners finishing around 5 pm. The visit will commence at 1 pm priced at £13 pp, afternoon tea included. Booking form online here.
This afternoon visit is to a two-acre garden planted in 2000 adjoining a 1650s farmhouse. The garden owner, Alison Green, has designed a number of garden rooms with a variety planting styles. We are going to visit nearby Woldens garden centre afterwards and be shown round by the owners finishing around 5 pm. The visit will commence at 1 pm priced at £13 pp, afternoon tea included. Booking form online here.
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE PLANTS IN NORTH LONDON, UK
Saturday 17 August
Devoted plant collector, holder of the National Collection of Corokia and MPG member Mona Abboud will welcome members to her stunning, long, narrow north London garden. Mona will share the challenges she’s had creating the garden which is accessible only through her house or through a narrow back alley. Mona has a particular interest in plants of Mediterranean-climate areas of the southern hemisphere. Members may meet before the visit for a light lunch nearby. Photo: Corokia × virgata 'Welsh Whiskey' in Mona's garden. Booking form here
Devoted plant collector, holder of the National Collection of Corokia and MPG member Mona Abboud will welcome members to her stunning, long, narrow north London garden. Mona will share the challenges she’s had creating the garden which is accessible only through her house or through a narrow back alley. Mona has a particular interest in plants of Mediterranean-climate areas of the southern hemisphere. Members may meet before the visit for a light lunch nearby. Photo: Corokia × virgata 'Welsh Whiskey' in Mona's garden. Booking form here
GARDENS OF LAZIO, Italy 2019
Monday 30 September - Monday 7 October - NOW FULLY BOOKED
Our tour of gardens near Rome starts with three nights in Viterbo seeing the university botanic garden, Palazzo Farnese, Castello Ruspoli, Villa Lante and Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo. We then go south to spend four nights in Frascati, visiting Villa d’Este and Hadrian’s Villa on the transfer day, then fabulouos Ninfa, the papal gardens of Castel Gandolfo, and Torrecchia Vecchia designed by Dan Pearson.
Our tour of gardens near Rome starts with three nights in Viterbo seeing the university botanic garden, Palazzo Farnese, Castello Ruspoli, Villa Lante and Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo. We then go south to spend four nights in Frascati, visiting Villa d’Este and Hadrian’s Villa on the transfer day, then fabulouos Ninfa, the papal gardens of Castel Gandolfo, and Torrecchia Vecchia designed by Dan Pearson.
CRETE, 2019
Thursday 17 - Thursday 24 October - NOW FULLY BOOKED
MPG's most recent visit to Crete was in spring 2016 and - in order to benefit from John Fielding's knowledge of the flora of the island throughout the year - we will return there for an autumn visit, based in simple hotels on the Omalos plateau and in the south coast town of Plakias. More information is available in the July newsletter. This photo of the Cretan endemic Crocus laevigatus was taken on 19 October 2018 by member Roger Foden on the plain above the village of Aktounta. To apply for a place please complete the form here.
MPG's most recent visit to Crete was in spring 2016 and - in order to benefit from John Fielding's knowledge of the flora of the island throughout the year - we will return there for an autumn visit, based in simple hotels on the Omalos plateau and in the south coast town of Plakias. More information is available in the July newsletter. This photo of the Cretan endemic Crocus laevigatus was taken on 19 October 2018 by member Roger Foden on the plain above the village of Aktounta. To apply for a place please complete the form here.
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS and WISLEY GARDENS - the LINDLEY LIBRARY
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Monday 25 November
The Lindley Library is the world's largest horticultural library. The main part of the library is based at 80 Vincent Square, London SW1 2PE. A short guided tour of the research collections is arranged for 2.30 – 3.30 pm on Monday 25 November. There will be a new public exhibition opening on this day in the Lending Library that focuses on the autochrome pictures of Wisley Gardens by William van Sommer and this can be viewed at the end of the tour. Cost: £9 per person. Booking form available here. If enough people are interested I can organise a pub lunch nearby at 12.30pm, contact Sue Tymon |
WILD FLOWERS AND HOLY SITES OF ISRAEL
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Tuesday 25 February to Thursday 5 March 2020. - NOW FULLY BOOKED
This nine-night tour is designed to appeal to specialist plant lovers who will see amazing wild irises, many other indigenous plants and varied landscapes. It will take in Tel Aviv, Haifa, the Lake of Galilee, the Dead Sea, Sde- Boker in the Negev Desert, and Jerusalem. The trip will be led by Oron Peri, plant hunter and the author of Bulbs of the Eastern Mediterranean. The photo shows part of the Samaria desert. Email Heather Martin to request a place by 5 July. Holders of guaranteed places please complete the form here. |
EVIA IN SPRING
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Wednesday 29 April to Wednesday 6 May 2020
We are planning a visit to Evia, the second largest island of Greece, to see the beautiful spring wild flowers and some of the sights. The tour will be led by Graham Kendall, who led our successful trip in 2017 and has specialised in the wild flora of Greece for 40 years, and will be based in Karystos (pictured left), in the south of the island, then near Rovies in the north. Members can expect to see the endemic Campanula celsii subsp. carystea and C. constantini, Paeonia mascula subsp. hellenica, Viola euboea, and many others. Excellent home-cooked food is served in some tavernas. Bookings will open in September. |
SUMMER GARDENS TOUR, 2020
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Sunday 28 June 2020 - Thursday 2 July 2020
Geoff and Maddy Hughes are organising the 2020 summer garden tour in Yorkshire, following our Annual General Meeting. There will be plenty of opportunity to visit gardens, both large and small, and to understand how local gardeners use and adapt Mediterranean plants to the dry conditions of the Vale of York. Members will stay at Hazelwood Castle, near York. Further details, will be available later in 2019. Photo: Hazelwood Castle © |
CAPE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TO HOST MGi EVENT
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Sunday 23 August 2020 - Friday 4 September 2020
Cape Horticultural Society in South Africa is hosting the 2020 Mediterranean Gardens International gathering in September 2020. They advise: We would love to welcome you to Cape Town next year and share our amazing scenery, plants and gardens. Cape Town is positioned on the south-west coast of the continent of Africa and is renowned for being situated in the Cape Floral Kingdom: Ericas, Proteaceae and Restios comprise the well-known ‘fynbos’. For more information and to register click here |