Specialist Interest Groups
The RHS Fruit Group
Members of the Royal Horticultural Society who enjoy top fruit like apples, pears, plums and cherries, and soft fruit like strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and other berries, have formed this Group to:
- Meet with others interested in fruit for lectures, workshops and discussions.
- Visit research stations, fruit farms, private gardens etc, both in the UK and Europe, to see the growing, harvesting and storage of fruit.
Events
View the events programme 2007 and booking form
The Group provides excellent opportunities for fruit tasting, both on these outings and at the Society's garden at Wisley. Programmes of talks, lectures and visits are circulated to all members early each year, and a Newsletter is published three times a year.
The Group is centered in the South East and based at Wisley, but has Branches in the West Country (based at Rosemoor) and the West Midlands (based at Pershore) to provide local interest for members living further away from the London. These Branches have their own programmes of events.
Membership
An annual subscription of £7 is payable to cover administrative costs, and no further subscription is levied at Branch level.
Any member of the RHS with an interest in fruit growing
is cordially invited to join the Fruit Group.
For an application
form (101KB) click here
A renewal
form (107KB) is also available for current members
To take part in the members' feedback questionnaire (21KB) click here
Newsletters
The Group regularly publishes a Newsletter. To view an Adobe Acrobat pdf of the latest issue (744KB) click here
Newsletter archive
To view past Newsletters click on the links below.
February 2007 (433KB)
September 2006 (645KB)
June 2006 (443KB)
February 2006 (388KB)
May 2005 (260KB)
February 2005 (410KB)
September 2004 (210KB)
June 2004 (262KB)
February 2004 (1.3MB)
October 2003 (1MB)
Contact information
Contact address:
Fruit Group
C/- Curator's Office
RHS Garden Wisley
Woking
Surrey
GU23 6QB
For more information, contact the Secretary, Alessandra Valsecchi, RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB, telephone Stephen Colfer on 01483 212342 or send an e-mail.
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