Date |
Event |
| January 15th (Talk) |
Peter Thomson (Garden Manager) – “Garden Highlights in 2024” |
| February 19th (Talk) |
Ian Armstrong (University Bio Diversity
Manager) – “A Land of Wooded Vales and Limestone
Hills” |
| March 5th |
Marie Curie Bulb Planting Event |
| March 19th (Talk) |
Charlotte Roberts – “Can the dead tell us anything:
some stories from our ancestors' bones“ |
| April 9th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden
(All Pullers are welcome) |
| April 16th (Talk) |
Emily Routledge (Durham Wildlife Trust) –
“Wildlife in County Durham” |
| April 20th-21st |
Easter Chick Hunt (NB – Helpers will be much
appreciated) |
| May 7th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden
(All Pullers are welcome) |
| May 14th |
Bluebell Walk with Ian Armstrong |
| May 21st (Talk) |
Prof. Mike Church - "Experimental archeology in the Botanic Garden" |
| May 26th |
Botanic Garden Fun Day incorporating Friends’
Plant Sale (NB Helpers will be much appreciated) |
| June 11th |
Himalayan Balsam Pulling in the Garden
(All Pullers are welcome) |
| June 18th |
Day Trip to the Floors Castle and Heighley Gate
Garden Centre |
| August 10th |
Day Trip – Wentworth Woodhouse House and
Gardens |
| August 31st |
Orchid Show at Josephine Butler College |
| September 17th (Talk) |
Lisa Kaimenas (Beamish Museum) - “The Making
and remaking of Beamish Museum” |
|
October 15th (Talk) |
Lydia Cave – History of the creation of RSPB
Saltholme, and challenges facing Saltholme, and
birds in the natural world” |
| October 29th |
Friends Annual Tulip Planting Event (Friends can come along on other dates - contact Peter
Thomson) |
| November 26th |
Review of the Year (“AGM”) |
| December
(Date to be arranged) |
Christmas Lunch |
The “Friends of the Garden” was established in 1982 to support the work and
encourage a wider appreciation of Durham University Botanic Garden. The
membership subscription covers entry to the Garden, Guided Tours of the Garden,
Talks and Demonstrations.
Funds are raised for the Garden as a result of various efforts and activities including
an Annual Plant and Produce Sale and our highly successful seed sales. Projects
planned for 2025 include new attractive entrance gates to the Alpine Garden.
