33-423: The Alpine Garden Society headquarters are at Pershore , Worcestershire . It is an "International Society for the cultivation, conservation and exploration of alpine and rock garden plants , small hardy herbaceous plants, hardy and half-hardy bulbs, hardy ferns and small shrubs". It publishes a quarterly journal, now titled The Alpine Gardener for those with less experience or time and enthusiasts. An Alpine
66-618: A campus for Warwickshire College (now WCG) following a merger in 2007. The Pershore Plum Festival is held in August to celebrate the local tradition of growing plums including the local varieties Pershore Purple, Pershore Yellow Egg Plum and Pershore Emblem. Activities include crowning the plum princess, a family fun run, plum themed art exhibition and the Plum Fayre. There is also a classic car rally and nearby Worcester Racecourse revived The Land O'Plums Chase from 72 years ago. The festival won
99-523: A more time-consuming activity than growing plants in the open garden. The AGS has been running an online plant show Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine since 2006. This enables those with less time to display images of their plants and receive feedback from expert judges and from the community of members. Images of plants growing in the open garden, and of gardens themselves, may be submitted. The AGS itself also regularly acts as an exhibitor at
132-465: A society with very catholic interests. Nevertheless, alpine plants sensu stricto remain a core and common interest to the members of the society, and so are central to its identity. The AGS first published its Encyclopaedia of Alpines in 1993. This two-volume work became a standard reference, defining the domain of interest for AGS members. This work was later available online as The AGS Encyclopaedia of Alpines and Other Hardy Plants . This online work
165-469: Is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, which is a relictual endemite of shady, rocky places in the Pyrenees and north eastern Spain. It is a rosette-forming evergreen perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in) high by 20 cm (8 in) broad, with oval, crinkled leaves. Five-petalled purple flowers with prominent yellow anthers appear on leafless stems in spring. The plant
198-520: Is a plant that occurs in the region above the tree line and below permanent snow in mountainous regions. Within temperate and boreal regions, the alpine zone can be subdivided into three zones, each with characteristic vegetation types: Lower alpine, with bush and tall herb communities; Middle alpine, in which sedges, grasses and heath species dominate; and, Upper alpine, with dwarf herbaceous, prostrate woody plants, lichens and mosses. The zonation in tropical and sub-tropical mountains differs significantly and
231-493: Is cultivated, for instance in vertical crevices where its roots are not subject to winter wetness. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit . The Ramonda myconi are a Mediterranean endemic species, meaning that the species is native to that geographic region. This species of flowering plant is isolated to the rocky terrains that border France and Spain. This species also belongs to
264-565: Is freely available. The Society maintains editorial control of the Encyclopaedia. The AGS organises shows for Alpine and Rock Garden plants at a range of venues in England, Wales and Ireland. These take place throughout the year, particularly during February to May. The shows include plant fairs where plants are for sale. Exhibiting at these shows is a specialised activity because the plants need to be grown in pots or other containers, which can be
297-494: Is on the outskirts of Pershore, bordering Pinvin , a small village. Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Primary School, situated on Priest Lane beside Holy Redeemer, Pershore's only Catholic church, stands outside the 3-tier model. It is a primary school (ages 5–11) which acts as a feeder school to Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College in Worcester . Pershore College, a school of horticulture and other land-based activities, became
330-448: Is situated on the river at Pershore Riverside Centre. Pershore Plum Plodders is an England Athletics affiliated running club serving Pershore and the surrounding villages. The Abbey Park includes a bowls club, children's play area and skateboard park (2006), consisting of a mini ramp and a street section. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals can be received from either
363-601: The A44 , approximately midway between Worcester and Evesham. The nearest motorways are the M5 and M50 . Pershore railway station is located in the village of Pinvin . It lies on the Cotswold Line which enables travel to London Paddington , Oxford and Reading . About 0.5 miles (0.8 km) outside the town is Pershore Old Bridge over the River Avon. A bridge was originally built on
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#1732859443430396-514: The Bulletin as a separate work. The first was The Scree Garden in 1933. In later years, the Society supported the publication of more overtly scientific works, such as the monograph on the genus Daphne by Christopher Brickell and Brian Mathew . A subsidiary of the society, AGS Publications, was set up and had a turnover of more than £70,000 by 1989. One of the society's early scientific activities
429-687: The Royal Horticultural Society 's Veitch Memorial Medal for her work in developing a garden in Scotland. Pershore Pershore is a market town and civil parish in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire , England, on the banks of the River Avon . At the 2011 census , the population was 7,125. The town is best known for Pershore Abbey . Pershore is situated 6 miles (10 km) west of Evesham and 6 miles (10 km) east of Upton-upon-Severn in
462-514: The Sutton Coldfield or Lark Stoke TV transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Hereford and Worcester , Heart West Midlands , Radio Wyvern , Capital Mid-Counties , Greatest Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire , Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire , and Smooth West Midlands . The town is served by the local newspaper, Evesham Journal and its own community based newspaper, The Pershore Times. The town lies near
495-509: The Vale of Evesham . The town contains examples of Georgian architecture . In 1964 the Council for British Archaeology included Pershore in its list of 51 British "Gem Towns" worthy of special consideration for historic preservation, and it has been listed as an outstanding conservation area . Parts of the abbey , which stand in an expanse of public grassland close to the centre of the town, date from
528-415: The three-tier first school (ages 5–9), middle school (ages 9–12), high school (ages 11–18) system practised by parts of Worcestershire County Council. Pershore High School has a sixth form with all-weather sports pitches and sports hall. Abbey Park First School and Abbey Park Middle School are on Abbey Road, they are both situated down the same drive. Pershore High School is on Station Road, which
561-551: The 11th century. The current structure is far smaller than the original building, which was plundered during the reign of Henry VIII at the Dissolution . The original nave was destroyed. The north transept collapsed later. The present nave occupies the western part of what would originally have been the choir. Pershore Town Hall , which was originally built as the local post office, was completed in 1932. Schools in Pershore follow
594-649: The Best Tourism Event and Festival in the Worcestershire Welcome Awards 2011. Every year on Spring bank holiday there is a carnival in pershore with Floats and Stalls and a duck race Pershore Bowling Club is situated within Abbey Park; formed in 1928 following an invitation by the then Lord Abbott of Pershore to the tradesmen of the town to play bowls on the lawn at the monastery, long since demolished. The Lord Abbott accepted an invitation to be
627-534: The Birmingham and District League, is situated at The Bottoms on Defford Road. Pershore Rugby Club has a clubhouse and pitches by the river in nearby Wyre Piddle . Pershore Tennis Club, based at the Horticultural College, has three indoor and five outdoor courts, with junior, social and adult sections. Multiple BTCC title winning team, Team Dynamics , is also based there. Wychavon Kayak & Canoe Club
660-640: The Club’s first President and continued to hold this office until 1936 when the monastery was closed and the monks moved to Nashdom Abbey in Buckinghamshire. Pershore's football club, Pershore Town F.C. , play in the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division. It also has a women's team, Pershore Town Ladies, who play in the new Herefordshire and Worcestershire Women's County Football League. Pershore Sports club, which houses Pershore Cricket Club who play in
693-629: The Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee), which makes awards such as the Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Another activity with a scientific flavour introduced in 1936 was the three-day international conference. Local secretaries were first introduced in 1936, which later resulted in local groups, affiliated to the main AGS, but allowing a limited number of people to join the local group but not the main AGS. In 1954, founder member, Dorothy Renton , took
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#1732859443430726-526: The Sewell Medal and the Farrer Memorial Medal, introduced in 1931. Non-competitive displays have been included from 1931 onwards. From the beginning the society supported expeditions which involved collecting plants from the wild for introduction into cultivation. The support sometimes took the form of individual members taking shares in an expedition by providing finance in return for a proportion of
759-644: The UK's Chelsea Flower Show . The combination of talented designers and the expert growing skills of the members always results in an award-winning stand, including the President's Award for best display in the Marquee in 2008. The society was founded in 1929. Sir William Lawrence , who was at the time the treasurer of the Royal Horticultural Society , first suggested creating a "rock garden society" in June 1929. The first general meeting
792-399: The material which was collected. The society also organized its own tours, beginning in 1933 with a tour to Snowdonia. Tours continue today, although with changed attitudes to conservation, the society does not allow collecting on its tours. The first "bulletin" was produced in 1930, containing only 13 pages. The size rapidly increased. From 1930 to 1944 (Volumes 1 to 12 – not one per year) it
825-452: The plants of these zones tend to fall without the domain of interest of AGS members. As a result of this quite natural expansion of enthusiasm, the AGS has steadily expanded its domain of interest to include "small hardy herbaceous plants, hardy and half-hardy bulbs (more strictly geophytes), hardy ferns and small shrubs". This in turn has led to a long-term debate about whether or not the AGS should change its name to reflect its evolution into
858-409: The previous record set in 2005 The lowest maximum temperature ever recorded was −8.2 °C (17.2 °F) on 19 December 2010. This is also the lowest maximum temperature on record for December in England. On the same day Pershore recorded a minimum temperature of −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F) (one of the lowest December temperatures ever recorded here) and at the same time exactly 5 years later it
891-835: The site in the 15th century. It was remodelled in the 17th century, after damage in the English Civil War , and again in the 18th century. It is a Grade II* listed structure . See also Category:People from Pershore Natives Residents Like much of the British Isles , Pershore has a temperate maritime climate. Maximums range from 7.7 °C (45.9 °F) in January to 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) in July and minimums from 1.5 °C (34.7 °F) in February to 12.2 °C (54.0 °F) in July. The January record high strangely occurred when it
924-429: The wild. Photography was an important aspect of the Bulletin , initially confined to black-and-white, such as the picture of Ramonda myconi (then called R. pyrenaica ) in the second Bulletin . Although there were earlier experiments with colour printing, colour was not used in earnest until 1984. The society produced other publications from the earliest days. Initially these were obtained by reprinting material from
957-487: Was 15.9 °C (60.6 °F) (one of the highest December temperatures ever recorded here). The maximum amount of precipitation in one day was 120.8 millimetres (4.76 in) on 20 July 2007 and exactly 9 years later the highest minimum temperature of 21.4 °C (70.5 °F) was recorded on 20 July 2016. Ramonda myconi Ramonda myconi , the Pyrenean-violet or rosette mullein , syn. R. pyrenaica ,
990-531: Was called the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society ; from 1945 (Volume 13), "Quarterly" was added to the title and it became the Quarterly Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society . The Bulletin contained (and continues to contain) articles of various kinds, including reports of the Society's shows, information on cultivating plants which fall within the society's remit, and accounts of such plants in
1023-454: Was dark; On 9 January 2015, temperatures rose to 16.1 °C (61.0 °F). On 12 December 1981 the lowest reading of −22.0 °C (−7.6 °F) was recorded. The warmest temperature ever recorded was 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) on 19 July 2022. On 31 March 2021 Pershore recorded its warmest March day on record, beating the previous record set the day before. On 7 September 2021, Pershore recorded its hottest September day on record, beating
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1056-414: Was evaluating plants which fell within its scope for their suitability for cultivation and their merits when cultivated. The society alone first issued the award of Certificate of Merit and Botanical Certificate in 1933. The Royal Horticultural Society regarded itself as the legitimate UK body to make such awards, and in 1936, a joint committee was set up, affectionately known as the "Joint Rock" (officially
1089-414: Was held on 10 December 1929, when the name was changed to its present one, as its principal purpose was to encourage the cultivation of alpine plants. Its founding members included Dorothy Renton and her husband. Lawrence became the society's first president. Within five months, on 5 April 1930, the society held its first show, a tradition which has continued since. Exhibitors compete for awards, including
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