Date |
Event |
| January 21st |
Talk by Peter Thomson (Garden Manager) – “Garden Highlights in 2025” |
| February 18th |
Talk by Mike Deadman – “Pesticides – Why is our Spring still silent” |
| March 11th |
Marie Curie Bulb Planting Event |
| March 11th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden (All pullers welcome) |
| March 18th |
Talk by Claire Dodds (Wear Rivers Trust) – "Improving Blue spaces of Wear Catchment" |
| April 5th & 6th |
Easter Chick Hunt (NB – Helpers will be much appreciated) |
| April 8th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden (All pullers welcome) |
| April 15th |
Talk by Deborah Crombie (Head Gardener Belsay Hall) |
| May 6th (10am-11am) |
Bluebell Walk with Ian Armstrong |
| May 13th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden (All pullers welcome) |
| May 20th |
Talk by Gareth Welsh - "Butterfly World" |
| May 25th |
Botanic Garden Fun Day incorporating Friends' Plant Sale (NB Helpers will be very much appreciated) |
| June 3rd |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden (All pullers welcome) |
| June 17th |
Day Trip to Chillingham Castle/Gardens and Alnwick |
| July 8th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden (All pullers welcome) |
| August 16th |
Day Trip to Harlow Carr and Kiplin Hall |
| Date to be arranged |
Orchid Show at Josephine Butler College |
| September 16th |
Talk by
Elizabeth Smith (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) – “Gardening the World” |
| October 21st |
Plant-based Music Quiz in the Visitors Centre |
| October 28th |
Walk and Friends Annual Tulip Planting Event |
| November 25th |
Review of the Year (“AGM”) |
| December 2nd |
Christmas Lunch |
