The Friends’ AGM will commence at 10.00am in the Dorothy Fox Centre in the Botanical Gardens and is open to all members. Following the formal part of the meeting, we will be joined by Dave Cooke, of nature-based Sheffield youth development charity Grow.
Sheffield Organic Growers tenant Nick Johnson will share the story of 10 years growing organically in Sheffield
Enter the Gardens through the Clarkehouse Road gatehouse and immediately on your left nestled next to the Curator’s House, now Joni’s café, you will see a magnificent specimen of Arbutus unedo, the ‘Strawberry Tree.’ An evergreen, it is unusual in having flower and fruit at the same time, especially notable in the late autumn and early winter. An attractive and distinctive plant it was awarded the RHS AGM in 2002 and this particular example is the Yorkshire species champion.
Join us as we walk around the Gardens and learn about some of our magnificent, rare and unusual trees.