Talk hosted by "The Caley"

[Maggi Young]

MARCH 21st  2017  - at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh BGE
A World of Gardens
 Hosted by The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society  (The Caley)

Graham Mitchell of Brightwater Holidays shares tales from his travels around 'A World of Gardens', beginning from a humble shed in Fife!

Join us in the Lecture Theatre at RBGE for 7.30pm.

Members and Students free, visitors by donation



Keep up to date with Caley events from their website  :  http://www.rchs.co.uk/

[Maggi Young]

Succession Planting in the Mixed Border with Fergus Garrett
Hosted by The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - The Caley
       
    18th April at 19:00–21:00

    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
    20A Inverleith Row, EH3 5 Edinburgh, United Kingdom



"We are excited to announce that Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener of the world-renowned Great Dixter House and Gardens will be joining us to share an evening of horticultural knowledge!

Fergus will use the magnificent Long Border of Great Dixter as an example of how to plan and put into practice a long season border using structural plants, underplanting and interplanting of bulbs, use of self-sowers, pockets of bedding, masking with climbers, and good maintenance.

This is a joint lecture organised by The Caley in partnership with the Friends of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Refreshments will be available after the lecture."

Admission £20 / £18 for members of The Caley/Friends of RBGE and Students. Tickets go on sale from 1st February. To secure your place, contact members@rbge.org.uk or telephone 0131 552 5339 from 1st February onwards.

[Maggi Young]

Caley's Plant Sale - and more -  17th June 2017

[Maggi Young]

The Caley's winter programme of talks is announced  (from  http://www.rchs.co.uk/events/    )

Winter lectures (October to March) are regularly held in the Lecture Theatre at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR

Free to Members – visitors are welcome and requested to make a small donation

Occasional lectures are also planned for other parts of Scotland. Details of events in other locations are also listed on the lectures page.


Winter Lecture Series 2017-18

4th October 2017            Dr Jim Endersby, University of Sussex Historian.

                                                “Sir Joseph Hooker; putting plants in their place”.

                                                  Please note: this lecture is on a Wednesday evening – other

                                                  lectures in the series will take place on Tuesday evenings.

17th October 2017           Ray Stephenson.

                                                 “Cacti – Myths and Facts and Succulent Families”.

7th November 2017        Robert Ross, War Graves Commission

                                                  “A Century of Horticulture and  Remembrance”.

21st November 2017       Greg Kenicer, RBGE.

                                                  “Medicine to Magic“.

5th December 2017         Prof. Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield,

                                                  Professor of Planting Design, Urban Horticulture &

                                                  Vegetation Technology. (Olympic Park Designer).

                                                  Title to be confirmed.

19th December 2017       To be arranged.

16th January 2018           George Anderson MBE, SHM, Hon. President RCHS.

                                                   “Travels to a Chocolate Heaven”.

6th February 2018          To be arranged.

20th February 2018        To be arranged.

6th March 2018                AGM & Awards Ceremony.

20th March 2018             Dr Stan da Prato.

                                                “Almost Full Circle: Stan’s erratic journey through the

                                                    world of plants”.

 
Edinburgh Lectures – Meetings start at 7.30pm at Lecture Theatre at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR

 
All special lectures and lectures outwith Edinburgh are listed separately from the Edinburgh lecture  programme.  In addition to being listed on this page all lectures are promoted via the Caley Facebook page.

[Maggi Young]

A reminder of the Caley Talks - next one tomorrow ....

Tuesday 21st November 2017.
Greg Kenicer - "Medicine to Magic"


Join us for what promises to be a very interesting talk.  Greg is a botanist and is also Head of Education at RBGE.  His particular field of research is the genus Lathyrus.  Greg has been at RBGE for more than 17 year after he joined to take part in the Flora Celtica project and he is passionate about the conservation of our native plants.

This talk tours through some of the ideas and patterns in Scottish plant use as Greg discusses the diversity of both our native flora and traditional plant use.