FOBS Meetings 2013
All lecture meetings are held in the Demonstration Centre Classroom near the South Lodge unless otherwise statedVisitors are welcome - £3 per person, *except for 9 September £6 per person.
Enquiries - please contact Janet Grahame (0114) 236 0293 or email: FOBS Committee
| Date | Time | Title | Speaker |
| Tuesday January 29 | 10.00am | An introduction to Digital Books Short meeting - rescheduled from 22nd |
Anthony Marshall |
| Tuesday February 26 | 10.00am | Alpines | Dr Steve Furness |
| Monday March 11 | 7.15pm | Tudors gardens | Maureen Taylor |
| Tuesday April 2 | 10.00am | Scents & Desirability rescheduled from 26 March due to weather |
Andrew Ward |
| Monday April 8 | 7.15pm | Chatsworth - a Bottoms Up Approach | Lucy Wharton |
| Tuesday April 23 | 10.00am | Restoring 'The Green' - A Lutyens Garden | Alex Styan |
| Monday May 13 | 7.15pm | How can a tree live for 5,000 years? | Peter Thomas |
| Tuesday May 21 | 10.00am | Silver Bells and Cockle Shells? How your garden really grows: a view from the plant cell |
Prof. Andrew Fleming Plant Science Dept, Sheffield University |
| Monday 10 June | 7.15pm | Compost, mulching & soil improvement | Ken Thompson |
| Tuesday 25 June | 10.00am | Irish Gardens | Dr John Page |
| Monday 8 July | 7.15pm | A Curator's Tour | SBG Curator Ian Turner |
| Tuesday 23 July | 10.00am | SBG Garden Tour | Sue Kohler |
| Tuesday 27 August | 10.00am | Late herbaceous perennials | Don Witton |
| Monday 9 September | 7.15pm | My gardening experiences | David Howard former Highgrove Head Gardener* |
| Tuesday 25 September | 10.00am | Latest developments | SBG Curator Ian Turner |
| Monday 14 October | 7.15pm | Unusual perennials for Sheffield soil | Sue Kohler |
| Tuesday 22 October | 10.00am | Vegetables for all seasons | Mike Davey |
| Monday 11 November | 7.15pm | FOBS AGM and Elections | |
| Tuesday 26 November | 10.00am | Designing with plants | Chris Parsons |