The Great North Carnation Society

Affiliated to the BNCS

Growing Pinks, Border Carnations and Perpetual Flowering Carnations

Welcome to The North East of England's website

just for Carnation

P/F Championship Winner for 2019 is once again "Bill Seagrave".

Thinking of starting a new hobby

Then why not grow Carnations and Pinks and join the GNCS for just £4.

Benefits of being a member

Being a member of the GNCS can bring many benefits to anyone interested in Dianthus, our members are a mine of information on Carnations and Pinks. Included with your membership there is our well received yearbook, filled with information from the Carnation world, we try to include articles from renowned growers and hybridists.

We hold six meetings a year during Spring and Summer which are free of charge, members get together over a cup of tea or coffee and discuss their problems and triumphs, we also have slide shows and talks to help members improve their growing skills and knowledge.

Members are always to willing to help out new growers with plants.

We have also arranged a 10% discount from top Carnation nursery G&K Carnations. They attend some of the top Flower and vegetable shows such as Harrogate, Gardeners World, RHS Malvern to name a few.

Even though we are based in the North East of England we have members in the four British Isles and even a few across the world notably Australia and Canada.

We also hold three shows a year in association with Dobbies where members can exhibit their blooms or stems, included in all shows are Novice Classes where beginners are encouraged to show if they so wish.

We have members who will answer your questions regarding dianthus or any general gardening problem.

Photos Pinks Show 2019 Photos Perpetual Show 2019 Photos Border Show 2019 Club News 1 Members Gardens Tips for Novices Quick Links to Archived and popular pages Advantages to joining the GNCS select for details

Maintained by Dennis Price & KJ Mastaglio

To avoid clutter on the homepage news or new items will be detailed on the Club News 1 page with this link

Latest news update 18/06/2021

(Update on meetings)

We are intending to complete a range of short video clips these will eventually cover growing, propagating and showing carnations and pinks. Our first clip is on taking PF cuttings and can be located on the tips for novices page. Or use There is no sound to this clip but we intend to add sound when needed.

Your feedback is essential on these clips so we will know if they are of any use to members, please send your feedback to me [email protected] or through the contact page on this website

Subscriptions are now fees are now due, £4 single member £5 joint members they can now be paid through PayPal details are on the membership/DVD page

If you aren't sure whether your subs are due or haven't been paid please contact Audrey

Everyone should have received their yearbook by now, if you haven't it may be that your subscription has lapsed if you wish to reinstate your membership please contact Audrey at [email protected]

Hi All

Now that most restrictions have been lifted we are pleased to announce our August meeting will go ahead, it will be held in our usual venue on Wednesday the 4th of August at 7.00pm I would ask members not to arrive too early unless your transport prevents this. Your safety is still our paramount concern and we will watch government directives for further advice. Please look at this webpage regularly for updates. We hope to hold our belated AGM and afterwards a discussion on the current situation and Carnations and Pinks in general.

Dennis & Keith

Contact Dennis