2023 SYLLABUS
25 February - 2pm - Buy, Swap, Sell
A fundraising event for the AGSVG. Everyone welcome.
Stallholders will include members offering bulbs, seed and plants from their personal collections.
Surplus seed from the AGSVG Seed Exchange will be available.
Olinda Community Hall, 79-81 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda
25 March - 12 noon - Trough Workshop
MEMBERS ONLY EVENT - Combined with the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society
There will be a cost to cover materials. Contact the AGSVG to book.
29 April - 8pm - The Alpines of Tasmania
PUBLIC LECTURE
Alan Ayton will be talking about his love of Tasmanian Alpines and his travels in the alpine regions of Tasmania.
This will be on online event only.
27 May - 2pm - Chaos in the Rock Garden
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
David Sellars, from the British Columbia Rock Garden Society, will be talking about his extensive experience in growing rare and highly desirable alpine and rock garden plants.
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Hybrid Event - in person at the Olinda Community Hall and Zoom.
24 June - 2pm - Crocus Focus
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Mat Murray, AGSVG member, convenor of the Crocus subgroup, renowned collector of crocus and horticulturalist at the Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, will be talking to us about the genus of crocus.
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Hybrid Event - in person at the Olinda Community Hall and Zoom.
29 July - 10am - Garden Visits
MEMBERS ONLY EVENT
Tindale Gardens, Pirianda Gardens, and Gentiana Nursery
26 August - 2pm - Wildflowers of France
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Gilles Lardy is an AGSVG member and enthusiastic and knowledgeable gardener. In this talk he will be recounting his experiences searching for and finding wildflowers in France. Find Gilles on Instagram @elthamgardengrub
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Hybrid Event - in person at the Olinda Community Hall and Zoom.
23 September - The Collector's Garden - Conference
Refer to Events Page to book tickets and for further information
21 October 8pm - Fritillaria - A Panel Discussion
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Join the AGSVG for a discussion about growing Fritillaria. Panel members will be Jane Tonkin, from Tonkin's Bulbs @tonkinsbulbs. John Flens @johnpaph, and Ian and Maggi Young from the Scottish Rock Garden Club to discuss how to grow and keep some of the choicest bulbs in the world.
Show Bench for those who attend in person.
Hybrid Event - in person at the Olinda Community Hall and Zoom.
11 -12 November - North Eastern Victoria Road Trip
For those joining our weekend away, please meet at the Yackandandah branch of the Beechworth Bakery at 20 High St Yackandandah, at 9am on Saturday, followed by visits to::
* 10:30 Out of Town Nursery 980 Beechworth-Chiltern Rd, Beechworth.
* 1:30 lunch at Alan's Ayton's - 65 Huon-Kiewa Road, Tangambalanga. Please bring food to share. We will spend the afternoon exploring Alan's garden.
* 6pm/6:30pm Dinner at the Star Hotel High St Yackandandah.
Sunday
Options include:
Alpine Perennials Nursery, Harrietville
Walks in the Chiltern National Park, Bright and surrounds.
Please email agsvicgroup@hotmail.com if you intend to come along or if you have any queries.
9 December - Bunfight
MEMBERS ONLY EVENT
SEed Exchange
Collect and Save Your Seed For the 2024 AGSVG Seed Exchange
Further information about the 2024 will be announced later in 2023.
The seed exchange is a members only community event.
Members donate rare and precious seed to share with other members who have a demonstrable commitment to learning about and growing alpine and other diminutive woodland and saxatile plants, including bulbs.
After the allocation of seed to members, surplus seed is usually sold to raise funds for the AGSVG at events such as the AGSVG February 'Buy, Swap, Sell' Fundraiser or the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society Autumn Plant Sale, or donated to other international not-for-profit or charitable societies and clubs with similar aims and objectives to our own.
