SRGC autumn show and plant fair
on Saturday, September 27th 2025, 10:00 for 10:30
Howden Park Centre, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6BW
After last year’s hugely successful inaugural event the Scottish Rock
Garden Club will be returning to Livingston this autumn.
There will be a lot on:
* an alpine plant flower show
* six nurseries selling plants plus the SRGC members' plant sale
* five talks or practical demonstrations
* ten information stands provided by specialist plant societies and gardening clubs
including one about The Meconopsis Group.
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Programme
The meeting will end at 15:30
Group Meeting
on Saturday, October 18th 2025, 10:00 for 10:30
Lecture theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LP
The autumn meeting of The Meconopsis Group will have talks about expeditions to two areas of the Sino-Himalayan mountains, where lots of Meconopsis and other plants grow.
There is a lot more packed into the programme. It is best if you can come and enjoy meeting other enthusiasts, but if you can't manage that, you can join the meeting with Zoom.
Programme
10:00 Coffee and reception
10:30 Arunachal Pradesh three times - bad, good and brilliant - David Rankin
11:25 Persistence, paintbrushes and patience: growing Meconopsis in Alaska - Alaska Botanic Garden staff
12:10 Growing Meconopsis peat-free: update - Helen Knowles
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 census / conservation - Margaret Thorne
14:00 Sikkim expedition - Helen Knowles
15:00 The Meconopsis Group at Chelsea - Sharon Bradley
The meeting will end at 15:30
AGM and Group Meeting
on Saturday, March 7th 2026, 10:00 for 10:30
Lecture theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LP
Further details will be posted nearer the time
Group Meeting
on Saturday, October 24th 2026, 10:00 for 10:30
Lecture theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LP
Further details will be posted nearer the time