Newsletter

A small team of volunteers have been producing newsletters three times a year since 1997. Each newsletter includes a report from the Curator, a range of articles that have wide appeal to gardeners, horticulturalists, botanists, and those with an interest in the natural environment and local history.

A list of our newsletters, with a summary of the articles in each one, and a link to the newsletter, can be found below.

The latest issue is not listed, as it is available only to members of the Friends for the first four months after publication. Newsletters are issued at the end of the following months: January, May and September.

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Newsletter contributions

Would you like to contribute an article to our newsletter? Perhaps you have been facing a particular challenge in your own garden, or have been on one of our Friends of Treborth events, or have visited an interesting botanic garden, or have some thoughts on a current horticultural or environmental topic.

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Issue 66, September 2019
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 66, September 2019

Propagation of Cotoneaster cambricus (Rosie Kressman);
Monocarpy (Bamboo): Going Out with a bang (Adrian Bell);
Forestry; Friends of Treborth and Welsh Historic Gardens Trust visit to Gardens of South Wales;
Giant’s Tale (Echium wildpretii);
Alaska; UN Assessment Report, May 2019: Human Activity threatens Nature’s Sustainability;
The effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Bird Foraging and Vigilance;
Wild Elements;
The Rhizotron Taking Root;
Intern Paul Golding

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Issue 65, May 2019
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 65, May 2019

New Membership Database;
February Gold (fine spring weather Feb 19);
Fred Whowell;
Gardening for Health and Well-Being;
Updating the Flora of Anglesey;
University College Bangor Nepal Expedition 1971;
Roy Lancaster's Plant People: John Whitehead;
Every Plant has its Place;
Ornamental Plants: Our future invaders? (Chelsea Flower Show);
After Whom is Bangor University's "Thoday" Building named?;
Tales of Adventure from Borneo - The cave of Gomantong

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Issue 64, January 2019
Laura Haggett Laura Haggett

Issue 64, January 2019

A day in the Life of a Treborth Volunteer Gardener;
Ornamental Plants: Our Future Invaders?;
A Tour de Wales; Surviving Winter: In the Garden;
The Marine Botany of the Shoreline at Treborth Botanic Garden;
Two European Gardens: Puerto de la Cruz Botanic Gardens (Tenerife) and Vallon du Stang Alar, Brest (Brittany);
An Update on the Life and Story of Your Slug-Obsessed 2016 Intern;
Into Chile: The Tea Horse Road;
New Zealand: Bike, Boots, Beeches and Beaches.

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