Bonsai Weekend - North Devon Bonsai Society
Saturday 6 June - Sunday 7 June, 10am - 5pm
In RHS Garden Rosemoor Lecture Hall
Tickets: Normal Garden Entry

The Japanese art of bonsai is meant to evoke the essential spirit of the plant being used: in all cases, they must look natural and never show the intervention of human hands. The North Devon Bonsai Society are a friendly group of enthusiasts who welcome all from the absolute novice to the highly skilled. It is simply the love of bonsai that brings us together to learn and have fun.

Dry gardening with Mediterranean plants: Walk with Jonathan Hutchinson

Tuesday 9 June, 11am - 1pm
Tickets: £14, RHS member: £8
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR

Living in North Devon, you are unlikely to have to learn how to garden in a dry hot climate - we certainly aren't short of rainwater here! However, using selected plants and plantings you can recreate the Mediterranean in your own garden, and today is the perfect opportunity to learn how to do so!

Elkie Brooks - in concert:
A Plough Arts Centre event)

Friday 12 June & Saturday 13 June, 8pm
Cost: £28, RHS members: £26 (All tickets from The Plough Box Office - Tel: 01805 624624 or www.plough-arts.org)
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Terrace Marquee

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to see one of the most successful and respected singing talents in the UK live in concert. Elkie Brooks has had a career spanning nearly five decades, during which time she has produced 19 studio albums and earned numerous awards and accolades.
Restaurant open.
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Bring low seating /blankets. BBQ food and bar available from 6pm

Scents of Summer Weekend (featuring Rose Sunday)
Saturday 20 June & Sunday 21 June, 10am - 5pm
Normal Garden Entry
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Lecture Hall

June is a great time of year for stirring your senses at Rosemoor - with all sorts of beautiful scents filling the air. This weekend celebrates the heavenly scent of the garden in June, and includes our Rose Weekend, which features illustrated talks by Anne Bird, President of the Royal National Rose Society, specialist advice, rose garden walks and children's trails.

An Introduction to Herbal Medicine: Workshop with Herbalist Linda Moran
Tuesday 23 June, 10.30am - 5.00pm
Cost: £30, RHS members: £25
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Lecture Hall

A day workshop exploring the wonderful world of plant remedies! We will look at the tradition and history of herbal medicines, identifying some of their healing properties and therapeutic uses. Throughout the day we will be preparing several herbal remedies and tasting many herbal teas and tinctures. No equipment is required to join in this workshop, although a pen and paper may be useful.

Behind the scenes at Rosemoor Nursery techniques demonstration with Helen Round and Catherine Norman
Thursday 2 July, 11am (allow 2 hours)
Cost: £14, RHS member: £8
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR

Take home some insider information from Rosemoor's nursery, where we produce and maintain a wide range of plants for use within the garden. This demonstration will introduce you to the range of tasks and techniques we use, including seed sowing, pricking out, potting on, taking cuttings and pest and disease control.

Open Air Theatre:
Tess of The D'Urbervilles, by Theatreworks
Fri. 17 July 7.30. Garden remains open from 6pm
All tickets: £12
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR

Interwoven with pastoral comedy, dance, music, and paying fine attention to period detail the drama is rooted in Thomas Hardy's atmospheric 'Wessex' and skilfully recreates the story of Tess - an inexperienced and unworldly maiden who falls victim to male lust and social hypocrisy. Theatreworks specialise in period adaptations of classic literary works. (event will take place in the Terrace Marquee if wet)
Restaurant open.

A History of the Veitch Family and their famous plants: Talk by Caradoc Doy
Friday 24 July, 11am (allow 2 hours) Cost: £14, RHS member: £8
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Lecture Hall

Preview the Global Gardeners Exhibition before it opens to the public. Join horticulturist and Veitch expert, Caradoc Doy whose illustrated talk will give a fascinating insight into the story of the Veitch family and the plants they introduced into this country. Many of these introductions are now familiar to us as prized specimens in our own gardens.

Veitch plants at Rosemoor: Walk with Caradoc Doy
Friday 24 July, 2.30pm (allow 2 hours) Cost: £14, RHS member: £8
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR

Join Horticulturist and Veitch expert, Caradoc Doy on an afternoon tour of the Garden here at Rosemoor identifying and discussing some of the most popular and attractive plant varieties introduced into this country by the Veitch family.
Book both Talk and Walk together at a reduced price of £22 - RHS member: £14
Book both together and pay the following discounted price: Cost: £22, RHS Member £14

Fannying Around' present
One Night Stand
Friday 24 July 8.00pm
At The Plough Arts Centre
Full £6.00 Concession £5.50 Plough Supporter £5.00
(All tickets from The Plough Box Office - Tel: 01805 624624 or www.plough-arts.org)

Have a Fun Raising One Night Stand in aid of The Plough and North Devon Women's Aid, taking a wry look at The Seven Ages of Women. 'Fannying Around' is a cornucopia of local female talent and the odd man! Formed from Torrington Players and The Plough Community Theatre, these mature, yet mysteriously interesting and supple woman, will bring you a show of song, sketches and fashion tips for the mature woman. So brush off your cardigans, get out and support two local charities, and the aging cast who, to be honest, don't get out a lot these days. Prepare yourself for a never to be repeated (if you're lucky!) show

"It will be a triumph" ARTHUR SMITH
"What those ladies can't do with a rubber band and a sprig of Gypsophelia isn't worth doing" THE FLORIST AT WORK' MONTHLY

Open Air Theatre at Torrington 1646
Illyria present
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 29 July 7.30pm
Full £10.00 Concession £8.00 Plough Supporter £7.00
£30 Family (2 adults + 3 children)
(All tickets from The Plough Box Office - Tel: 01805 624624 or www.plough-arts.org)

One young couple are hopelessly in love, another are in denial, the Duke can't wait to get his hands on his bride-to-be - and the fairy King and Queen hate each other's guts. Deep in the forest Puck makes a careless mistake, and the consequences escalate into absolute uproar. Performed with a magical twist, international award-winning Illyria's production of this perennial Shakespeare favourite is passionate, poetic and very very funny. Illyria are the only UK open-air touring company to have won no less than 4 international awards, and have performed on virtually every patch of grass from Land's End to John O-Groats including Torrington- and also in Ireland, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, USA and Canada. Suitable for all ages 8+.

Bring blankets and low seating. BBQ Available from 6pm

Clematis Exhibition
Saturday 1 August & Sunday 2 August, 10am - 4pm
Normal Garden Entry, British Clematis Society Members Free
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Terrace Marquee & Lecture Hall

Clematis are glorious garden plants and earn a place in any planting scheme. These sociable climbers give much needed height in the garden and make choice plant associations. A range of clematis flowers and plants will be on show and experts available to answer your clematis questions and endeavour to provide identifications.

There will also be a range of free clematis related talks in our Lecture Hall throughout the weekend.

Potager gardening:
Walk with Peter Earl
Thursday 6 August, 11am (allow 2 hours)
Cost: £14, RHS member: £8
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR

Combine the edible with the beautiful in a potager! Similar to the traditional English cottage garden but mainly based on vegetables, the potager is inspired by the decorative and intensive vegetable gardens found in France. Come and discover the secrets of our potager garden and learn how to create your own masterpiece at home.

Paul Jones & The Blues Band In Concert

Friday 7 August, 8pm
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Terrace Marquee
Cost: £24, RHS members: £20
(All tickets from The Plough Box Office - Tel: 01805 624624. www.plough-arts.org.)

PAUL JONES, DAVE KELLY, ROB TOWNSEND, GARY FLETCHER and TOM McGUINNESS
Arguably the most successful Blues Band in Britain today, these blues lovers and great showmen continue to delight audiences with their extensive mix of Rhythm & Blues and Roots music. Powerful and emotional lead vocals from Paul Jones and Dave Kelly are the 'icing' on an evening of authentic blues music. Their extensive canon of recorded material includes a large catalogue of original songs as well as their own interpretations of songs from the genre's finest writers like Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sleepy John Estes etc.
Acknowledged throughout Europe and beyond as being amongst the very finest purveyors of R&B, they have inspired numerous other blues bands - many of which have come and gone - but The Blues Band have remained a constant, increasingly popular fixture.

Restaurant open.

Victorian Souvenir Collecting and the Plant Hunters: Talk by Tony Eccles of Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)
Friday 14 August, 11am (allow 2 hours)
Cost: £14, RHS member: £8
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR Lecture Hall

Tony Eccles, RAMM's Curator of Ethnography will talk about Victorian souvenir collecting, highlighting the souvenirs that the Veitch plant hunters collected on their travels to the unexplored and far flung parts of the world. Many of these objects now form part of the Museum's World Cultures Collection. www.exeter.gov.uk/RAMM

RHS Local Produce Show
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR
Saturday 22 August & Sunday 23 August,
10am - 4pm Normal Garden Entry

The RHS is well known for its fruit and flower shows and at Rosemoor we are proud to uphold this fine tradition, although our show has its emphasis on fun rather than fierce competition. There will be classes for all manner of home grown produce, both fruit and vegetable as well as home made wine, jams and pickles, etc. Classes aplenty for children too! For a schedule please call Rosemoor Events on 01805 626800, get growing and join in the fun!

The Atlantics – The Big Beat Boogie Party
Saturday 22 August, 8pm
At The Plough Arts Centre
Cost: Full £7.50 Concession £7.00 Plough Supporter £6.50
(All tickets from The Plough Box Office - Tel: 01805 624624. www.plough-arts.org.)

The Big Beat Boogie is here so get your dancing shoes on people its time to party! North Devon-based rock n roll band The Atlantics are taking a break from national touring to play a local gig at The Plough. With the real rock n roll line up of vocals, guitar, double bass, honkin sax, piano and drums, they create a big authentic 1950s sound. They play classic covers including Bill Haley and Little Richard plus rockin original tracks written by the band and all in the vein of the music they love (1950s style rock n roll). Expect to see the follow up to the band’s debut CD ‘Big Beat Boogie’ later this year.

Standing gig with lots of space to dance. Some seats available in the balcony.

Opera Gala by Duchy Opera Soloists
Monday 31 August, 7.30pm
All tickets: £12
at RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR, Terrace Marquee

A summer evening's Opera Gala at Rosemoor - what better way to end a Bank Holiday weekend. Soloists from Cornwall's Duchy Opera will fill the valley with a fine selection of much loved operatic favourites.
Restaurant open.