Meetings of the fritillaria group
Our next meeting will be:
A Joint RHS Lily Group and Fritillaria Group meeting on 15th and 16th March 2025
A Joint RHS Lily Group and Fritillaria Group meeting on 15th and 16th March 2025
Details:
Day1. Saturday 15th March 2025, from 2.00pm.
Bob and Rannveig Wallis have very kindly agreed to open their garden and glasshouses. They have a beautiful garden overlooking the Welsh hills and a superb collection of bulbs, especially Fritillaria. There will be a lot to see including many rare bulbs in flower.
Their address is ‘Llwyn Ifan’ Porthyrhyd, Carmarthen, SA32 8BP and is situated on the B4310 between Porthyrhyd and Drefach on the east side of the road. The gateway is freshly painted cream! Please come up the drive to park at the house where there is parking for about 12 cars. Alternatively, there is also a layby about 100yds north on the opposite side of the road.
Tea & Cakes will be available on site. It would be helpful to know numbers so an email would be much appreciated ([email protected]).
For those wishing to make a weekend of this event, there is plenty of accommodation available. In Crosslands (a Travelodge 4 miles), Carmarthen (8miles), Llanelli or Llandeilo (both 12miles) and lots of B and B.
Their address is ‘Llwyn Ifan’ Porthyrhyd, Carmarthen, SA32 8BP and is situated on the B4310 between Porthyrhyd and Drefach on the east side of the road. The gateway is freshly painted cream! Please come up the drive to park at the house where there is parking for about 12 cars. Alternatively, there is also a layby about 100yds north on the opposite side of the road.
Tea & Cakes will be available on site. It would be helpful to know numbers so an email would be much appreciated ([email protected]).
For those wishing to make a weekend of this event, there is plenty of accommodation available. In Crosslands (a Travelodge 4 miles), Carmarthen (8miles), Llanelli or Llandeilo (both 12miles) and lots of B and B.
Day 2. Sunday 16th March 2025.
At the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire SA32 8HN (just off the main M4/A48 carriageway). Discounted entry of £12 has been arranged.
Set within 568 acres of countryside, the recently restored regency parkland contains lakes, waterfalls, a range of themed gardens, over 8000 different plants and the world’s largest single span glasshouse.
11.00am In the Theatre Botanica a lecture by Laurence Hill of the Fritillaria Group on “The Enigmatic Snake’s-head Fritillary”. A wide-ranging look at Fritillaria meleagris in the wild, in cultivation, its ecology, and cultural history.
Set within 568 acres of countryside, the recently restored regency parkland contains lakes, waterfalls, a range of themed gardens, over 8000 different plants and the world’s largest single span glasshouse.
11.00am In the Theatre Botanica a lecture by Laurence Hill of the Fritillaria Group on “The Enigmatic Snake’s-head Fritillary”. A wide-ranging look at Fritillaria meleagris in the wild, in cultivation, its ecology, and cultural history.
Lunch. There is an excellent restaurant in the botanic garden.
2.00 pm In the Theatre Botanica a lecture by Duncan Coombs of the RHS Lily Group on “Across the Shans”. A recent botanising tour to Yunnan and Sichuan, during which an enormous range of plants, including many alpines and several Lilium species were found.
Both groups hope you will come to this event and please do bring your friends!
Both groups hope you will come to this event and please do bring your friends!
What is it like to go to a meeting of The Fritillaria Group? Read this description of one of our meetings by Tim Ingram