Who‌ ‌are‌ ‌we?‌
As a local group of the Alpine Garden Society we are an active and welcoming group, of about 50 people, with a focus on alpines and rock gardening. We are based in the Chilterns, with members coming from across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Berkshire. Our members have a passion for plants and range from experienced alpine growers and exhibitors, through to keen amateurs and beginners with little alpine and rock gardening knowledge, but also include people who just have a love of plants and gardens in general.
We have monthly meetings with expert guest speakers, where we explore alpine flora in the wild as well as in rock gardens and general cultivation, but also plants and gardening more widely to enhance your botanical and environmental knowledge and to aid conservation. Members are encouraged to bring along plants to all the meetings for display and once a year we seek to have our own show of members’ plants.
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CONTACT: chiltern@alpinegardensociety.org
When and where do we meet?
We meet on the second Friday of the month September -May, talks start at 7.30pm.
 Visitors are very welcome. January and February talks are online, via Zoom.
Location:
Great Kingshill Village Hall, Missenden Road, Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, HP15 6DW.
The car park at the hall is small. There is additional parking beyond the playing fields, on Common Road, Great Kingshill, HP15 6EN
Next meeting Friday 11 October 2024
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Friday 11 October 2024 7.30pm Great Kingshill Village Hall
John Anderson: Windsor Great Park and Savill GardensÂ
We look forward to seeing members and visitors for our next meeting of the season.
The talk will be given by John Anderson who is Keeper of the Gardens of the Windsor Estate.
 John studied at Kew and was previously Head Gardener at Mount Usher Gardens (Ireland), Inverewe Gardens (Scotland) and Exbury Gardens (Hampshire) before taking up his role at the Savill Gardens. John has travelled widely looking at plants in their natural habitats and now curates the extensive collection of trees, shrubs and flowers from all over the world.Â
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