Society Activities
A most important function of the Society is to assist and encourage the growing of Nerine and Amaryllid species and cultivars, and to encourage members to grow new plants by the exchange of plant material.
Go to Bulb Exchange
The Society also encourages experimentation and research. It has recently collaborated with the RHS in running in running Trials of Nerine Bowdenii, following the joint Study Day held at Wisley in 2007.
Click here to view the Reports of the Study Day and the Trials.
In 2023 the Society agreed for a new award called The Tony Norris Award. This recognises significant new developments in the breeding of Nerine and related genera, including Galanthus but excluding Narcissus. Click here for more information.
The Nerine and Amaryllid Society would welcome requests for grants from individuals or groups wishing to enhance the educational, conservation, or research knowledge associated with the Amaryllidaceae family of flowering plants. Proposals for funding (upto a maximum of £500) can be considered at any time of the year.
Click here to go to downloadable Grant Application Form.
The Journal, “Amaryllids”, is published three times a year with the aim of contributing to a better knowledge of the Amaryllidaceae and to assist our members to grow better plants.
Click here to go to Journal and Archive page.
The Society also publishes a book - ‘Nerines- a brief guide to growing Nerines in the British Isles’.
Click the title for more information.
Facebook
We have a Facebook group where members of NAAS can share photos of their plants, ask questions of others, and share their experiences of growing Nerines and Amaryllids. It can also be used to notify and remind members of upcoming events, etc and as another way of communicating.
The group is called Nerine and Amaryllid Society so just search for that on Facebook. The group is private so members will have to answer a couple of questions to qualify for access.
Visits are arranged to important or interesting collections, such as Exbury and Ken Hall’s National Plant Collection on the Isle of Wight. Other visits are often arranged and these are publicised in the Journal and on the Society website.
We exhibited for a number of years at the Malvern Autumn Show and have won medals, including Gold.
The Annual General Meeting , usually held on a Saturday in early November, is an important opportunity for members to get together. As well as the formal business, there are usually illustrated lectures and talks, friendly competitions, displays, demonstrations and, of course, plant sales. Lunch provides an opportunity for informal exchange of information.
To see more, including details of next AGM, click 
here.
The Society is the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) for Nerine, an enormous task for the Registrar as some 6000 cultivars of Nerine sarniensis have been recorded historically- although most no longer exist.
Go to Nerine Registrar Introduction page.