Other events in 2012

Please note that all of the events described below are continuing in the current weather conditions (8 February 2012)

Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery, Dickleburgh, Diss, IP21 4QA are holding their snowdrop day on Saturday 28th February. Lecture (by Joe Sharman), food, and plants for sale. Contact Ben Potterton on 01379 741136. www.blackcottnursery.co.uk
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There will be a plant sale at Myddelton House Gardens on Saturday 4th February 10.30am to 1pm. Garden entry free. Entry to plant sale area £3.50. Proceeds to Myddelton House. This has been organized for those nurseries and visitors who cannot make it to Plymouth on the 11th. Sellers: Glen Chantry (the only sale they may be doing this year), Monksilver, Rainbow Farm, Mrs A Borrill and Richard Bashford and Valerie Bexley of Woodchippings.
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Chelsea Physic Garden are open from the 4th to the 12th of February and Joe Sharman will be lecturing and leading a tour of the garden on Sunday 5th. Contact: 0207 352 5646
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Ashwood Nurseries snowdrop event is on Sunday 5th February. Melvyn Jope on G. reginae-olgae. Contact 01384 401996
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Chippenham Park, Ely, Cambs CB7 5PT are open for snowdrops Sats and Suns in February. Contact 01638 720221
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Matt Bishop is organizing a snowdrop event in Yelverton, Devon on Thursday the 9th of February. Plants for sale, lectures and a visit to The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, PL20 7LQ. Contact: 01822 854769
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Evenley Wood Gardens, Brackley, Northants, NN13 5SH are open 11/12 and 18/19 February 2012. 11am to 5pm. Ample parking, hot food and plants for sale. Contact www.evenleywoodgarden.co.uk
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RHS Show in London Tues/Weds 14/15 February
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The Cottage Garden Society’s Snowdrop Group Member’s Day will be held on Saturday 18th February 2012 in Kent. 9am. The venue is Northiam village hall, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH and there will be a visit to Great Dixter. Speakers: Richard Hobbs; Tales of Snowdrops. Fergus Garrett; Snowdrops at Great Dixter. Plant sales and Monksilver Nursery order collection.
NB. Members will have received more details in the CGS Snowdrop Group newsletter.
Enquiries to: Marion Swaffield, 46, Willesley Gardens, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 2QF
Email: marion.swaffield@sky.com
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The annual snowdrop event in the Netherlands is taking place on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February at De Boschoeve, Boschhoeve 3, 6874 NB Wolfheze. The Netherlands. (near Arnhem) Contact Dinneke Logtenberg on 0031 26 48 21 231. Nurseries, stalls and garden.
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NCCPG Devon Group are holding an early plant sale on Sunday 19th February at Totnes Civic Hall. Yes, we are there.
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Colesbourne are doing events on Thurs 16th: lectures; Mark Brown, French Snowdrops and John Grimshaw on Naming Snowdrops. Thurs 23rd: Lectures; Joe Sharman on Galanthus Memorabilia and John Grimshaw on Primrose Warburg. Open every weekend and first weekend of March. Food and plants for sale. Order collection by arrangement.
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Hanneke van Dijk in association with Travel Britain is doing a coach tour to England on the 8th to the 15th of February . The tour will be attending the Galanthus Gala on the 11th and will also visit several other snowdrop gardens. If you would like to go on the tour, please contact Travel Britain on (0031) 102 281 100.
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The biggest German snowdrop event takes place on Saturday the 25th of February and Sunday the 26th of February at the Oirlicher Blumengarten, Oirlich 9, 41334 Nettetal – Hinsbeck, Germany. Lots of nurseries, other stalls and garden. Contact Guenther Waldorf if you can speak German on (0049) 2153 5967 or just turn up. Email: waldorf@oirlicher-blumengarten.de. From 10am. Monksilver Nursery will be selling at this event and will also bring orders placed by Dutch, German and Belgian customers.
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Iris Ney is organizing a coach trip to the English Galanthus Gala and many other English snowdrop gardens from the 8th to 15th of February. Es wird eine Busreise zur Galanthus Gala organisiert. Fuer weitere Informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte Frau Iris Ney. Tel (0049) 176 966 09769. Email: gartengestaltung@iris-ney.de
Address: Am Heidegarten 28, 53773, Hennef, Germany .
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The second German event takes place at Garten von Ehren, Maldfeldstrasse 2, 21077 Hamburg. On Sat 3rd and Sun 4th of March. www.garten-von-ehren.de Monksilver Nursery will be selling at this event but cannot bring orders. …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Monksilver Nursery will be doing a small event at the nursery on Saturday 10th March but only if I can stay awake. Mostly snowdrops.