Calendar of Events

For more information on any event, please contact info@beatrixpottersociety.org.uk

THE BEATRIX POTTER™ ROSE !  The Beatrix Potter™ rose, sponsored by The Beatrix Potter Society and grown by Peter Beales Roses, Norfolk, was launched at the RHS Chelsea flower Show on 24 May 2010 to celebrate the Society’s 30th Birthday. The rose is a delicate creamy pink coloured shrub rose with a subtle fragrance, reflecting a rose which Beatrix Potter herself painted.

Helen Bertram, Chairman of the Society, and Patricia Routledge, CBE, Patron, at the launch of the Beatrix Potter ™ rose.

Saturday and Sunday 10 and 11 April 2010                   Pasadena, California
30th birthday celebration
Pasadena Public Library, Rose Tree Cottage and Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
A weekend of events including talks, Beatrix Potter Bring and Buy table, tea at Rose Tree cottage, publications sales
and much more.

Saturday 8 May, 2010                                                 London
Annual Linder Lecture
Historian Peter Liddle will talk about Beatrix Potter’s wartime experiences in the First and Second World Wars.
Refreshments, publications sales and Beatrix Potter Bring and Buy table.

29 June – 5 July, 2010
Holiday Tour in Scotland

Rupert Potter’s photo of Blair Castle

Rupert Potter outside Glamis Castle, 1893

6 – 10 July, 2010                                                       Ambleside, Cumbria
14th International Study Conference “Beatrix Potter and the Natural World”
Speakers from the UK and USA will talk on squirrels, nature study, fungi and Charlie McIntosh, the wild flowers and plants of Beatrix Potter’s farmland and gardening in the Lake District. There will be visits to many places connected with Beatrix Potter including Hill Top and Hawkshead and the opportunity to join guided walks.

	Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Cumbria.
	From The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin © Frederick Warne & Co., 2009

Saturday 25 September, 2010                                     London
Autumn Meeting

Saturday 4 December, 2010                                        London
Christmas Gathering

Recent Meetings

Saturday 27 February, 2010                                        London
Spring Meeting with AGM
Following the short business AGM, Amanda Beales of Peter Beales Roses, talked about the development of a new rose, with particular reference to the Beatrix Potter™ rose which is to be launched in May.