2025/6 Winter Meetings

Booking is Essential for all meetings unless otherwise stated.
Please email or ring the leader before each meeting to say you are coming. This helps with
planning and can be useful if there are changes to the programme. Parking is sometimes limited
so please lift share where possible. Please bring your GPS or mobile phone to field meetings if you have one.
Meet from 10.30am for an 11am start unless stated otherwise.

We always like to see photos taken at meetings which can also be submitted to our photo competition. There is now an online storage area for SRPG photographs. Contact the Website Manager for details.

The New Year Plant Hunt is a three-hour survey, recording as many species as possible in flower. This year SRPG will hold two simultaneous meetings – you are welcome to join whichever suits you. Please come prepared with warm clothing and wet weather gear. Bring a packed lunch, drink and a hand lens. We can stop the clock for a comfort break or warming drink. We will finish by 16:00.

Minehead: meet from 10:30 for an 11:00 start at Minehead Railway Station (SS974463)

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Please book with Steve: stephenjparker1710@gmail.com (07450 691712)

Portishead: meet from 10:30 for an 11:00 start at the N end of Esplanade Road, by the Lido (ST46497747) There is free parking all along Esplanade Road

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Please book with Helena: helenacrouch@sky.com (07773 037001)

 

Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton TA2 6SF https://maps.app.goo.gl/k8FfnRrgwMjGQVLd6

A second opportunity to visit the Somerset Heritage Centre for a guided tour of the Somerset County Herbarium and some of the other natural history collections held in The Museum of Somerset's 'reserve collections'. There will be an informal introductory talk over tea/coffee, and then a chance to see a wide selection of plant specimens - old and new – from this rather wonderful collection. If there is anything you would particularly like to see, please let us know ahead of time and we can ensure that it is readily accessible on the day. We should be finished by 13:00.

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Please do NOT bring any plant material (living or dead) into the building. If you have material you'd like us to look at, we can do this in the car park or reception area at the end of the meeting.

Please arrive by 10.15. You will need to sign in at reception in the main building. Our aim is to begin promptly at 10.30 and will close by 13.00.

Booking is essential and is limited to 8 people. If you would like to attend, please contact Simon Leach Simonleach@phonecoop.coop

Shapwick Pavilion, Northbrook Road, Shapwick, TA7 9LN (ST4189 3822)

Join us for our annual social gathering (incorporating short AGM). Please bring a contribution to the shared lunch. Entries to the Photographic Competition will be on display, to be judged by the membership. There will be a return of the ever-popular quiz, short presentations highlighting exciting records made in 2025, and plenty of opportunity for conversation. We will finish around 16:00.

Meet at 10:30am for coffee, ready for an 11:00 start, finish around 16:00

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No need to book, but any enquiries, contact Helena: helenacrouch@sky.com (07773 037001)

 

Shapwick Pavilion, Northbrook Road, Shapwick, TA7 9LN (ST4189 3822)

This meeting will focus on the rare plants of Somerset, including the impact of the new GB Red List on our Rare Plant Register, a talk by Pat Vincent of Greenmantle on conservation management for rare plants, and talks focusing on particular species and specialist interests within Somerset.

Tea/coffee and cake provided on arrival and during the day; please bring a packed lunch. A small donation towards costs would be appreciated but not essential. We will finish around 16:00.

Meet at 10:30am for coffee, ready for an 11:00 start, finish around 16:00

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Please book with Helena: helenacrouch@sky.com (07773 037001)

In the morning, we will have talks and discussions on aspects of recording and projects for members, in particular launching a new SRPG Project to survey plants on walls. After lunch, weather permitting, we will go for a walk around the village of Shapwick, with a focus on developing a survey protocol for recording wall plants, returning to the Pavilion for a discussion over tea.

Tea/coffee and cake provided on arrival and during the day; please bring a packed lunch. A small donation towards costs would be appreciated but not essential. We will finish around 16:00.

Meet at 10:30am for coffee, for an 11:00 start at

Shapwick Pavilion, Northbrook Road, Shapwick, TA7 9LN (ST4189 3822)

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Please book with Helena: helenacrouch@sky.com (07773 037001)