Friends Meetings Programme: lectures & visits

All lectures start at 7.30pm in Ken Edwards lecture theatre 3, University Campus, University Road, Leicester (unless otherwise announced). Parking is now available in the new University Sports Centre car park on the right at entrance 1, off University Road. For access/parking, see map

Visits depart from Glebe Road. Times and costs vary. Please check the individual booking forms, which can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate venue in the table below.

     
 2013  
Wednesday, 16th January 2013  lecture  Rodney Weston: "Composting"
Thursday, 14th February 2013  lecture  Ann Bird: "Roses Old & New"

Thursday 7th March 2013

lecture & AGM

Annual General Meeting followed by talk by Eric Webster, topic to be confirmed

Wednesday, 22nd May 2013 Visit Winterbourne House & Garden, Birmingham.
Wednesday, 12th June 2013 Visit Gardeners' World Live Show, Birmingham.
Saturday, 13th July 2013 Visit Greys Court and Scotlands Lodge Garden, Henley.
Saturday, 17th August 2013 Visit Hampton Court Palace & Gardens.
Tuesday 17th September 2013 Visit Upton House & Garden, and Pettifers.
Wednesday, 9th October 2013 Lecture Timothy Walker "Oxford Botanic Garden".
Thursday 14th November 2013 Lecture Doug Stuart "The way we gardened then".
Thursday, 5th December 2013 Lecture Stuart Phillips "Garden folklore".
2014
Thursday, 23rd January 2014 Lecture Jeff Bates "The Royal Gardens, Windsor".
Tuesday, 18th February 2014 Lecture Samantha Ford "Unusual vegetables from seed".
Thursday, 20th March 2014 AGM and lecture Brian Ellis "Texture and foliage".

 

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Friends of the Garden

The new programme of Friends of the Garden visits and lectures for 2013-14 is now available. See the Friends pages or click here

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University of Leicester Botanic Garden,
Stoughton Drive South,
Oadby, Leics.
LE2 2NE

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Awards

Our popular Education Programme has received two national awards: Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge and the RHS Growing Schools Award in recognition of our outstanding work for learners of all ages.

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