Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group: Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 2pm at Bowden

[Margaret Thorne]

Please join us for the first Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group meeting of our 2025/26 programme. Our speaker will be Dave Millward, SRGC stalwart, who will present "Fire and ice: springtime in southern Chile" - some of the exciting alpines of the Andean volcanoes south of Santiago, including rosulate violas, oxalis and calceolarias and an incredible array of orchids. There are also insights into the 'primaeval' monkey puzzle forests and the rare Valdivian (temperate) rainforest. Lots of lovely alpines, but also much that we grow in our gardens, including Crinodendron, Embothrium, Tropaeolum, Gaultheria, Escallonia and Fuchsia.
The meeting will take place at 2pm at Bowden Village Hall, Bowden, Scottish Borders (3 miles south of Melrose, 2 miles west of Newtown St Boswells).
Admission is still only £2 which includes tea or coffee and home baking at the end of the meeting as well as a ticket for the raffle. There will also be plants for sale.
Everyone welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

[Maggi Young]

Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group 
affiliated to the Scottish Rock Garden Club


Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group - Bowden Village Hall, Bowden, Melrose, TD6 0SN.
Meetings are on the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm.

Admission only £2 which includes a ticket for our raffle as well as tea or coffee and home baking, courtesy of members’ donations and dispensed by Alice’s team from Gattonside. Group plant sales at every meeting, thanks to Jim and Margaret, and show plants on view too. Everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.
David & Margaret Thorne, Joint Conveners

Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Fire & Ice: springtime in Southern Chile
David Millward

Wednesday 1st October 2025
Garden Tales from Bradley Brook Farm
Mike Dale

Wednesday 5th November 2025
A tour of the Borders with a focus on NTG gardens and wild flowers in the region.
Colin Wren, NTS 

Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Buried Treasures - Bulbs at RBGE
Scott Cook

Wednesday 7th January 2026
Speaker to be confirmed

Wednesday 4th February 2026
Addressing climate resilience through redesign.
Harry Watkins, St Andrews Botanic Garden 

Wednesday 4th March 2026
Sardinia
Michael Almond 

Wednesday 1st April 2026
European Alpines in Nature -A new Look
Jim Jermyn