Spring Meeting (with AGM) on Saturday, March 7th 2026, 10:00 for 10:30
Lecture theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LP

Programme

10:00  Coffee and reception

10:30  AGM - Helen Knowles

11:00  How we identify plants seen in the wild - Ed Shaw and others

12:05  Seeing wild Meconopsis; how to arrange it - David Rankin and David Thorne

12:25  Lunch break

13:25  Branklyn garden: a Perthshire gem - Kate White

14:15  Propagating uncommon Meconopsis - Matt Heasman and others

14:55  Golden root mealybug - Robyn Macdonald and Scott Cook

The meeting will end at 15:30

Caley Meconopsis workshop on Saturday, May 16th 2026
Saughton Garden, Edinburgh EH11 3HP
Cultivation workshop and presentations.

Further details will be posted nearer the time

Scone Palace Garden Fair on Friday, May 29th 2026
Saturday May 30th, 10 to 5, Scone Palace, Perth PH2 6BD
A joint display with the Perth group of the Scottish Rock Garden Club.

Programme

  Joint display with Perth SRGC group

Garden visits on Saturday, June 6th 2026
Perth area 
Two visits to gardens in and close to Perth. There should be plenty of Meconopsis in flower, as well as masses of other plants, in wonderful garden settings.

Programme

  Branklyn Garden

  Parkhead Gardens, Perth

One garden will be visited in the morning, the other in the afternoon.

More information will be provided later.
SRGC Autumn Show on Saturday, September 26th 2026

Further details will be posted nearer the time

Autumn Meeting on Saturday, October 17th 2026, 10:00 for 10:30
Lecture theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LP

Programme

10:00  Coffee and reception

10:30  A gardener's impression of Meconopsis - from species to cultivars - Jim Jermyn

11:30  News about Meconopsis cultivars - Pat Murphy

12:00  Growing Meconopsis peat-free:: update - Helen Knowles

12:30  Lunch break

13:30  A garden on the south side of Loch Tummel - Robert Holmes

14:00  Nepal - Gori Chen trek + - Margaret Thorne

The meeting will end at 15:30