The Group meets at: Gordon Memorial Hall, 68 St Andrew's Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1EN - usually the third Thursday in the month from September through to end of April. Doors open at 7pm, and meeting starts at 7.30pm unless stated otherwise.
Visitors and non-members are always welcome at our meetings.
Details of the current meetings programme are here:
Date
Time
Type
Organiser
Details
Notes
January
Thu 16-Jan-25
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
AGM and Social – Gordon Memorial Hall
February
Thu 20-Feb-25
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
Botanising the North Coast 500 - AGM and Social, Gordon Memorial Hall
March
Thu 20-Mar-25
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
A Botanical Tour of Armenia - Marloes Adamse, Utrecht
April
Thu 17-Apr-25
7.30pm
BST
Meet
South West Scotland
The Plants of Kanchenjunga - Helen Knowles, Tinnisburn Plants
Future 2025 Events
Thu 18-Sep-25
7.30pm
BST
Meet
South West Scotland
1,000 Miles from Lijiang to Lhasa - Richard Green, Glasgow
Thu 16-Oct-25
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
The Making of Barholm Castle Garden - Janet Brennan-Inglis, Gatehouse of Fleet
Thu 20-Nov-25
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
Flowers of the Western Cape - Liam & Joan McCaughey, Belfast
Thu 11-Dec-25
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
From Flower to Seed to Garden - C & I Bainbridge, Gatehouse of Fleet
Future 2026 Events
Thu 15-Jan-26
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
AGM
Thu 19-Feb-26
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
Bhutan, My Favourite Place in the World - Jeannie Jones, Lockerbie
Thu 19-Mar-26
7.30pm
GMT
Meet
South West Scotland
The Endemic Plants of Chile - Martin Gardner, Haugh of Urr
Thu 16-Apr-26
7.30pm
BST
Meet
South West Scotland
Roscoeas and Other Wodland Plants - Neil Huntley, Hartside Nursery
Autumn & winter 2025-6: Celebrating Scotland's rock gardeners and gardens
Everyone is invited to enjoy a series of talks on Zoom to brighten the dark days.
Date
Time
Type
Organiser
Details
Notes
Future 2025 Events
Thu 6-Nov-25
7.30pm
GMT
Talk(O)
SRGC
Branklyn Garden, past, present and future - Jim Jermyn
ZOOM
Thu 4-Dec-25
7.30pm
GMT
Talk(O)
SRGC
Scotland's showiest alpines - looking at plants at our shows - Stan da Prato
ZOOM
Future 2026 Events
Thu 8-Jan-26
7.30pm
GMT
Talk(O)
SRGC
A life of plants, people and gardens (including Roscoeas!) - Colin Crosbie
ZOOM
Thu 5-Feb-26
7.30pm
GMT
Talk(O)
SRGC
Nature - Gardener's tutor II - how observing plants in the wild can guide growing them at home - Ian Young
