! ! ! Japanese garden society National Meeting to be held on Saturday, September 6th 2014 at the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh ! An Open invitation to members of Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society members. ! ! Theme of the day – The cultural, garden and botanical links between Scotland and Japan There will be four speakers on the day. Firstly Lord Charles Bruce, Honorary Patron of the Japan Society Scotland will outline The development of cultural links between Scotland and Japan. This will be followed by a short talk on The Japanese style gardens in Scotland by Julia Rayer Rolfe of the Scottish branch of JGS. After lunch, Anthony Austin, chairman of JGS will deliver a short talk on The relationship between the Japanese people and nature, which will be followed by the keynote talk on The development of botanical gardens in Japan and their relationship with the UK botanical garden movement by Gregory Kenicer Head of Education RBGE . There will be a short open panel discussion at the end followed by an opportunity to visit the Japanese plants in the RBGE collection. ! Programme for the day: 11:10 Guests arrival - coffee / teas 11:30 Guests join the JGS meeting in Conference room 11:35 The development of Cultural links between Scotland and Japan - Lord Charles Bruce ! 12:25 ! 13:00 ! 14:00 ! 14:30 ! 15:30 ! 16:00 ! The Japanese style gardens of Scotland - Julia Rayer Rolfe Buffet lunch The relationship between the Japanese people and nature - Anthony Austin The development of the botanic garden movement in Japan and its relationship to the UK botanic gardens - Greg Kenicer Panel discussion based on questions from the audience with all speakers. Optional opportunity to view key Japanese RBGE plant collection. For further details on the talks and booking forms please contact Ann Dobson, Japanese Garden Society Secretary at: [email protected] ! Or write to Ann Dobson at; Ann Dobson, JGS Secretary, Longdene Road, Haslemere,Surrey, GU27 2PQ ! NB: Please put, JGS 2014 Annual meeting booking request, in the subject line of your email. ! The cost for the day which includes teas/coffee on arrival, the four talks and a buffet lunch will be £25 per person. ! Please note that all bookings should be received by the 22nd August at the very latest ! Anthony Austin Chairman Japanese Garden Society Charity Registration number: 1141251 www.jgs.org.uk