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Discussion Weekend
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 October 2023
Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey

This very popular weekend event is back, including a weekend of informative talks, a Plant Show and Plant Nurseries selling a variety of plants in the stunning setting of the Scottish Highlands.  

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER
14.00 Arrival, and Show open for exhibitors' staging of plants.
         Dinner
20.00 Scott Cook: "Bulbs at RBGE"  

SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER
Morning Guided walks in the morning as usual. 
    Lunch
13.45 Adrian Cooper The Harold Esslemont Lecture: "Subject TBA" 
14.45 Ian Christie "Scottish Native Plants"  
16.15 Geir Moen "Propagation and Cultivation of Alpines"  
     Grand Dinner with Raffle and Auction

SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 
09.30 Geir Moen The William Buchanan Lecture: "European Treasures" 
11.00 Ian Christie "Growing Alpines" 
     Lunch
13.30 Scott Cook "Alpines Plants at RBGE and Other Gardens" 
14.30 Mike Dale "A North of Scotland Plant Trail" 
16.00 Closing words followed by Tea and buscuits

Booking: 
Please give details of your dates and room type in the booking form. If you need extra nights, we will book these for you. Extra nights are to be settled by you with the hotel on checking out. 

Please send the booking form together with the appropriate remittance, made payable to "Perthshire RGC Discussion Weekend", to the Registration Secretary. If you want to pay by bank transfer, ask and she will send you the details. 

The booking form was printed as the last page of the January 2023 Dryas newsletter, but a pdf of the booking form can also be downloaded here

Registration Secretary: 
Julia CORDEN, 13 Butchers Lane, East Dean, West Sussex, PO18 0JF  

Terms and conditions: 
Closing date: Your booking form and remittance must be received no later than 31st August 2023.
Cancellations: No refunds will be given for cancellations made after 31st August 2023.
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