AGM and Group Meeting on Saturday, March 8th 2025, 10:00 for 10:30
Lecture theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LP
Our spring meeting focuses on growing Meconopsis, mainly the big blue poppies, in places from Scotland to Alaska.

Programme

10:00  Coffee and reception

10:30  AGM - Helen Knowles

11:00  Assessment group update - Pat Murphy

11:15  The George Sherriff Group plant study at Tinnisburn - Helen Knowles

12:00  Restoring Pitlochry Garden - Caroline Foster

13:00  Lunch break

14:00  Meconopsis and more at Carig Dhubh - Niall Graham-Campbell

14:30  Persistence, paintbrushes and patience: growing Meconopsis in Alaska - Alaska Botanic Garden staff

The meeting will end at 15:30

Scone Palace Garden Fair on Friday, May 30th 2025
and Saturday May 31st, 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

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 three areas of the Sino-Himalayan mountains, where lots of Meconopsis and other plants grow.

Further details will be posted nearer the time

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