MGAP Members and Friends
Annual General Meeting – Assembleia Geral
Saturday April 2nd 2016
Annual General Meeting / Assembleia Geral
and talk by Dr Timothy Walker
FROM DIAZ TO DIAMONDS
The western Cape region of South Africa is one of the most botanically diverse areas of the World. This talk takes a route from the southernmost tip of Africa to the border with Namibia looking at the plants and the ethnobotany of one of the most fascinating countries in the World.
Timothy Walker Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1973-1983. Curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium from 1947 to 1973 and was University Lecturer in Botany. Currently a stipendiary lecturer in Plant Sciences at Somerville College Oxford. Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London.
The business meeting will be updated on the past year activities and there will be opportunities to hear about plans for the future and contribute in an informal discussion. Reports will be circulated before and only members are eligible to vote at the meeting.
ALL are welcome to attend the meeting and lunch – €5 entry fee for non members attending the talk.
Querença is a typical small village situated in the Loulé department, in the Algarve region, a place of natural and architectural beauty. The village, located on a low hillside, is characterized by its charming typical white houses with a coloured bar around windows and doors, and with the traditional Algarve chimneys, showing the influence of many years of Moorish occupanc
y of the territory.
The Tasquinho do Lagar restaurant is the venue for our AGM and provides an excellent lunch at a reasonable price with typical Algarvian dishes and sumptuous desserts. Directions and more information on http://infolugares.pt/Loule/Tasquinha-Do-Lagar GPS 37.197461,-7.98697
There will be a sales table for books on the wildflowers of the Algarve and the new Olivier Filippi book – Planting Designs for Dry Gardens
Costs: Free to members and guests – AGM meeting
€5 guests, talk entry fee – free for members
€20 per person Lunch and afternoon Guided walk with leaflet.
Please book in before March 25th
Orchis italica at Benemola
PROGRAMME
10.00 Coffee available at Tasquinha do Lagar
10.30-11.30 AGM Business Meeting in Tasquinha do Lagar Restaurant
12 noon Illustrated Talk by Timothy Walker in Fundação Manuel Viegas Guerreiro Auditorium, Querença with book sales at the talk
13.30 Lunch in Tasquinha do Lagar
14.30 Guided Walks start at Fonte de Benemola
16.30 Disperse
PARKING is on the road sides in the town and near to the square, there is no parking in the square itself.
All bookings and enquiries to Burford Hurry Tel 289 417 023 Email burfordhpt@gmail.com