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General Subjects => The International Rock Gardener - Feedback Forum => Topic started by: ranunculus on January 18, 2010, 09:58:35 PM
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A new online monthly Journal - just launched
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international
A magnificent innovation ... can't wait for the next issue. Heartiest congratulations to everyone involved.
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Can I cancel my subs? ;D If you are going to do this what about uploading ex mag a year late ie Jan 09 showing now
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Absolutely magnificent Maggi, what a good idea,the presentation is surperb.
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An excellent addition to the site. Great photography. Looking forward to next month's.
Paddy
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I love it. This is a brilliant idea and such a wonderful way for those of us who are not mountaineers or mountain goats, to see plants in their natural habitats. It's great that those who DO go to the mountains are willing to share their experiences and their marvellous photographs with the rest of us. I hope this goes from strength to strength. Come on, Dave T and David L. ;D
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Congratulations on a splendid First Edition!
Absolutely superb pics and information! How can you top this!
Keep up the good work.
cheers
fermi
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It is really fantastic. A good job
Alberto
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great first effort, congratulations!
i just happened to get the notice via AlpineL first, since i signed into email before here, then i came here and read more...
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A new Dimension to the Scottish Rock Garden Web site. I would like to congratulate everyone involved with this new and vibrant section that we an all read the text and admire the superb pictures. This is a million miles ahead of anything I have seen anywhere and credit is due to the authors for both text and pictures. We are very fortunate that so many people wish to contribute to this site and we do indeed have an International gathering of Rock Gardenenrs, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Super idea. Great for people who would like to write a small informative article and are a bit overwhelmed with the prospect of writing for the Journal.
Better get the indexing started ;D I can see a CD emerging eventually.
Susan
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Wonderful addition to the site, I shall look forward to this too. Thankyou from an Armchair mountaineer ;D
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Wonderful initiative !!
Gorgeous pictures and very interesting articles...
This first issue has set standards frighteningly high though !! :o :o
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Brilliant. 8)
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Really informative and interesting, in a form that one can digest and enjoy, accompanied by quite outstanding photographs of gems in the wild and cultivation. Thanks to all involved for the vision of this latest feature online and the opening journal.
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Very interesting journal well done.
It was so good that I also informed the Swedish garden society about it, so that the few there that are not regulars on SRGC as well, will be able to enjoy it.
Great job
Joakim
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Excellent photos and interesting articles! I like it ;D.
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I knew this was in the pipeline and I knew that it would be good. But I didn't expect it to be this good! I was in seventh heaven to see the cover photograph. :D :D (I hope this is meant to be the happiest face.) I'd been lucky enough to see this stunningly beautiful Delphinium at the 2009 Glasgow Show (exhibitor George Young of Stocksfield). I kept going back to have another look. And now to see it again in this superb photo of it in the wild (and again inside the magazine) - I can only say Thank You.
And the excitement continued as I scrolled through - more superb photos, interesting articles and good cultivation advice. When I've time this evening I'm going back to have another, slower read - and can't wait to see the February issue.
A thousand thanks to Maggi, Ian and Zdenek for producing such an excellent new venture.
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The presentation is professional and stunning.
Well done to Zdenek and to Maggi and Ian for the continuing massive effort they make on behalf of the SRGC.
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Fantastic new magazine, congratulations to all involved.
Wonderful photos. ;D
One question though, I am wondering why the default size in Adobe reader is set to 177%.
The photos look pixelated until I put it to 100%. Is this just my settings or does this happen to everyone?
Note from Maggi: Adobe settings are individual... ours opens at 104 % :-\
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Magnificent
You have excelled yourselves
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Such a treat here on a snowy day. Those alpines are snug as a bug under their own blankets for the most part. Wish we all could have the satisfaction of reproducing those flowers in our own gardens. Instead this new monthly magazine will give us that thrill!
Congratulations to the team. Great job!
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I couldn't get it to open, but maybe it is another one of those bandwidth things. :(
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Excellent, very good images,Well done to all,
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Maggi, thanks, I have reset my preferences. ;D
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Magnificent, I like it. Thanks
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I couldn't get it to open, but maybe it is another one of those bandwidth things. :(
That may well be the case, Simon. The magazine file this month is approx 2.25 MB.
That is a size that the Bulb Log is quite often.
It is a juggling act to compress the size to be still attractive but also make it downloadable for a large audience.
File size for a whole journal would be huge and rather impractical, Mark.
The paper Journal is deservedly immensely popular and will continue in that format.
This, the IRG, is something quite other, a complimentary feature, not a rival to the Rock Garden.
Susan, an Index is something we'll look into, of course.... but there will be no need for a CD... each issue is there for downloading to assemble, if you wish,a collection of them in your own computer, in the same way as the paper Journal can be retained for future reading.
I am sure I can speak for ZZ and Ian when I say how pleased we are that you are giving the IRG such a warm welcome. :)
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Now that I have read it all I realise it's nowt to do with the magazine. It's brilliant!
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Fantastic. Congratulations to all involved.
Susan
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Such an excellent innovation, hard to find suitable superlatives :o
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Simply great, many thanks for the splendid pictures and articles.
We must be grateful to the iniators. Please keep on the good work.
Rudi
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This is exactly why I love the SRGC and the Forum!
The people behind it could be already very satisfied with the results
till now, but they always think about innovating the website.
The new feature is simply wonderful and magnificent!
Thanks for that.
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Simon and I have upgraded to Acrobat reader 9.3 from 5.0 and can now open this new resource.
Certainly a step into the future for the SRGC.
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I couldn't get it to open, but maybe it is another one of those bandwidth things
Simon and I have upgraded to Acrobat reader 9.3 from 5.0 and can now open this new resource.
Certainly a step into the future for the SRGC.
Aha, so that was the difficulty? So glad you have found a simple solution!
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The presentation is great. Perhaps each issue could have a theme? For instance concentrate on an in-depth view of plants of a particular area, or a genus, or a type of habitat? I began to think that the theme of the first issue was blue/purple/pink flowers until I reached the yellow Draba on page 13 !
To produce it monthly, the editors must be confident of having enough material, and having seen some of ZZ's offerings on the Forum recently I am sure that is right. But I am also sure there are many of us who could contribute a bundle of pix with some commentary for our expert editors to put together.
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At the moment we are looking more for a mix of items in each issue, with short pieces of information, to better pique the interest of readers who may be coming new to these plants and places.
To go into any subject in depth would be a problem for the size restrictions of our online format. If a particular item generates great interest, of course, there is always the Forum for further discussion and sharing information. The Forum presents reeaders with a vehicle to add their piece to the mix, without the editors waiting and hoping that a number of contributors can be assembled on a certain subject at a certain time. A degree of serendipity and spontaneity is hoped for : and we are, most assuredly, as we stated from the beginning, more than keen to hear from anyone who would like to contribute. Already we have some offers on the table...... we urge more of you to join in! :)
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Like Chris and Simon have discovered you will need Acrobat reader 9 or higher to view the new online magazine.
Because we want to include as many good quality images as possible while at the same time trying to limit the file size to 3MB or less we need to compress the files.
We are using Acrobat 9 to create and compress the documents, older versions may not be able to open them properly. It only takes a short time to down load the latest version from the link and it is well worth it.
Thank you all for the encouraging reception.
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Great presentation and photos.
If you have something very interesting, that can need more than 3 Mg, why don't make a part 1. part 2, etc..for that month?
Just a suggestion :)
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The presentation is great. Perhaps each issue could have a theme? For instance concentrate on an in-depth view of plants of a particular area, or a genus, or a type of habitat? I began to think that the theme of the first issue was blue/purple/pink flowers until I reached the yellow Draba on page 13 !
To produce it monthly, the editors must be confident of having enough material, and having seen some of ZZ's offerings on the Forum recently I am sure that is right. But I am also sure there are many of us who could contribute a bundle of pix with some commentary for our expert editors to put together.
To keep high standard and the refreshing variety, only the best photographs and smart compact articles (up to 200 words)will be prefered. Please, take the party with us. Zdeněk
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Just caught up with this one, a cracking start, well done all of you.
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That now explains the approach better to me. I am happy to party ZZ! The mix of stunning photos from the wild and practical cultivation advice is a winner. I am looking forward to future issues already.
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I have just found this one. It is superb,what a great first issue.
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This is a fantastic innovation. I particularly like the focus on alpines in the mountains and open garden cultivation. I also like the notion of serendipity and spontaneity as it will make going to new issues more interesting. I have a couple of suggestions.
For the layout I suggest that International Rock Gardener be at the foot of each page. This would ensure that if a single page is reproduced, the origin will be clear.
Have you given any thought to using Google as the means to index the magazine? Google will index it anyway, of course, but there may be ways to make it more effective so that after a few years it is not necessary for the SRGC to provide an index. I am not an expert on Google (and it seems to be changing all the time!) but if you do have International Rock Gardener as a footer on each page, items in the document might be more focused in a Google search. For example if you wanted to search in the magazine for all references to Saxifraga you would use the search terms Saxifraga "International Rock Gardener".
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Great suggestions, David, which we will take on board.
It is fantastic that we have the Forum to make tapping into the multifarious talents and opinions of so many international rock gardeners so simple!
thanks!
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This is a fantastic innovation. I particularly like the focus on alpines in the mountains and open garden cultivation. I also like the notion of serendipity and spontaneity as it will make going to new issues more interesting. I have a couple of suggestions.
For the layout I suggest that International Rock Gardener be at the foot of each page. This would ensure that if a single page is reproduced, the origin will be clear.
Have you given any thought to using Google as the means to index the magazine? Google will index it anyway, of course, but there may be ways to make it more effective so that after a few years it is not necessary for the SRGC to provide an index. I am not an expert on Google (and it seems to be changing all the time!) but if you do have International Rock Gardener as a footer on each page, items in the document might be more focused in a Google search. For example if you wanted to search in the magazine for all references to Saxifraga you would use the search terms Saxifraga "International Rock Gardener".
Thanks David for your sincere interest and help. I will be back in White Rock B.C. for a few days in June so I must see you and your interesting garden too. Zdenek
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Zdenek:
We were sorry that we had so much snow a year ago that you could not see anything in our garden. We have had very little snow this winter and none at all in January. We sent it all to the UK ! ;D
June would be a much better time for you to come and we look forward to your visit. 8) If you are interested we could also make a trip to our local mountains. There is one location in the mountains in British Columbia where we can see Lewisia tweedyi and it is in flower in June.
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I had not the opportunity to look earlier but today I did.
This is super ! All the laudatory comments are rightly.
Well done and congratulations to all who was involved.The high standard of the first issue is indeed frightening.But with this winning team I think there is a lot hope for the future.
It would be an honour to participate in the future.
The international character is maybe one of the best ideas from the last decades. I feel myself like beeing on a concert at the end and want to cry out for more.
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I was completely bowled over especially by the photos of the mountains which put the beautiful flowers into a proper perspecctive.
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For the layout I suggest that International Rock Gardener be at the foot of each page. This would ensure that if a single page is reproduced, the origin will be clear.
Have you given any thought to using Google as the means to index the magazine? Google will index it anyway, of course, but there may be ways to make it more effective so that after a few years it is not necessary for the SRGC to provide an index. I am not an expert on Google (and it seems to be changing all the time!) but if you do have International Rock Gardener as a footer on each page, items in the document might be more focused in a Google search. For example if you wanted to search in the magazine for all references to Saxifraga you would use the search terms Saxifraga "International Rock Gardener".
David, we've taken your suggestion on board and I have re-posted Issue 1 of ITG remade with International Rock Gardener as a header to each page and www.srgc.org.uk as a footer. ;)
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It's just about the last Friday in the month (well, it is in New Zealand!) so the February Issue of International Rock Gardener is now online.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international
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Once again, a wonderful presentation. Marvellous photos and a great depth of information.
Thank you to all who made it possible.
Susan
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It's just about the last Friday in the month (well, it is in New Zealand!) so the February Issue of International Rock Gardener is now online.
It is in Australia as well, Maggi!
Absolutely marvelous, once again!
cheers
fermi
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Wonderful new issue !!!
Thanks a million to everyone involved ! :D :D
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Hi What a fantastic Feb issue. Just what we needed in this cold and snowy Perthshire! :)
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Another sensational edition. Hearty congratulations to everyone involved.
Is it possible to tell how many people have downloaded the first edition to date?
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It should be, Cliff, if Fred were not fishing in New Zealand.... such techie stuff is beyond me! ;D
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I love it, beautiful photos and kind humor
Rimmer in snowy SE Michigan
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It should be, Cliff, if Fred were not fishing in New Zealand.... such techie stuff is beyond me! ;D
Lucky whatsit 8)
This new venture is an absolute treat. Thanks to all involved
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It doesn't matter where he is fishing in New Zealand, it is HOT everywhere at the moment. In fact, we have had a huge forest fire which filled the city with smoke on Wednesday. It is now under control but it was helped on by extremely high temperatures.
Susan
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A real contrast to weather in the UK, then, Susan.
Was the forest affected by fire a commercial or natural forest?
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A commercial one, probably Pinus radiata. Quite a bit had been felled and it was caused by the friction of a rope pulling logs, apparently. It eventually got into some standing forest. It has been controlled largely by helicopters with monsoon buckets as the countryside involved was too steep and dangerous to put in fire crews on the ground. Strong winds got up and that enlarged the area but we are back to high temperatures today. I see rain is forecast on Sunday - here's hoping. Not often you will hear me say that.
Susan
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I see rain is forecast on Sunday - here's hoping. Not often you will hear me say that.
No..... but I some good rain would be a great protection against the fire re-igniting and more sure than further artificial dampening.
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Rain forecast but no sign of it so far. On Wednesday the whole Taieri Plain was under a pinky-brown pall of smoke and the town of Mosgiel (10,000 citizens) invisible as if it didn't exist. When I drove into town from the hill above Mosgiel, visibility on the road was barely 100 metres, the smoke was so thick. It is cleared now, yet, strangely the air is still filled with the smell of smoke and every thing in my house will need to be cleaned from the ceilings to the carpets.
The fire people say it may not be fully out until winter rains as the worst hot spots are in piles where logging stumps and other rubbish has been bulldozed into heaps metres deep and once in there the fires can burn away for months with no way to access them properly.
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Highly interesting and informative articles and stunning photography; truly wonderful to read about the adventures and experiences of those in the forefront of growing alpine plants in international rock gardens. However what impresses me most is the generosity of spirit amongst fellow rock gardeners as they work to achieve their goal :)
Thanks to everyone involved
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A wonderful presentation, absolutely marvelous,
Thanks to everyone involved.
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This is a brilliant initiative and perfectly appealing and interesting. I was delighted to see June Dougherty's beautiful garden in Northern Ireland but that is simply a partisan preference. All the articles and photographs are of a standard which would grace any international horticultural journal.
Simply outstanding.
Paddy
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And isn't it lovely to see another photo of our beautiful Olga? :)
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Issue No 2 is as beautiful and inspiring as the first issue. I've got my fingers (and other parts) crossed that you'll be able to keep up the amazingly high standard in future issues as I'm already looking forward to seeing the March magazine. I'm even thinking of investing in a colour printer so that I can drool over the beautiful photographs without having to switch on the computer - for a mean Scotswoman this is saying something.
Keep up the good work for ever and ever.
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Looking at this second issue and reading the many compliments, my treasury of words in English is inadequate to beat it.
Great initiative and hopefully long lasting!
Glad being a member of this fantastic Club!
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Thank you, Luit.... it's only possible because of the number of great growers and travellers like yourself who are taking part. We are blessed to be surrounded by such folks.
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It doesn't matter where he is fishing in New Zealand, it is HOT everywhere at the moment. In fact, we have had a huge forest fire which filled the city with smoke on Wednesday. It is now under control but it was helped on by extremely high temperatures.
Susan
We were fishing on the west coast during all this: around Harihari then up near Greymouth. Saw it on the news.
It was not hot and dry where we were I can tell you. ;)
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This International Rock Gardener is something special. Just read the second edition. It is truly international and another cutting edge effort from the SRGC.
Well done to all involved, contributors and the editorial team.
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Well it's never more than warmish, and never dry on the West Coast of the South Island. Rainfall measured in metres rather than millimetres.
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Issue Three is just as MAGNIFICENT as the preceding two and Harry's glorious cover photograph is TRULY STUPENDOUS. Many thanks and hearty congratulations to all involved.
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SRGC President, Liz Mills, commented that she had fingers etc crossed that the standard achieved in issue 1 and 2 could be sustained.
Liz, you may now uncross all those body parts as Issue 3 has maintained and perhaps surpassed the already high standards set earlier.
Sincerest thanks to all contributors, photographer and editors. You have created a fabulous publication and it is greatly appreciated.
Paddy
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Superb photography and fascinating life stories of Rock Gardeners scattered internationally - this new issue continues the high standard set from the beginning - congratulations to everyone involved.
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Once again I'm lost for words... :o :o superb comes to mind... 8)
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Another excellent issue! The notes on the convolvulus are of particular interst to me as I have a couple of small seedlings needing to be planted out!
cheers
fermi
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This is wonderful - thank you to all involved, such stunning photos.
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As the month comes to an end this Friday the new issue of the IRG is resplendent with Alpine plant photographs and articles - what a delight they are and full of interesting facts and first hand experiences - a most enjoyable read. A big thank you to everyone concerned in this great enterprise that connects International Rock Gardeners and shares their passion.
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I can't wait every month for the new IRG and once again, it is wonderful ;D
Cheers !
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The previous issues have been so good, that I've remembered to check for this month's issue without anyone prompting me. Once again thrilled by the wonderful range of photos which are a real feast for the eyes. When I've more time (on Sunday I hope) I'll take my time and enjoy the text.
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another good one :)
that little androsace with all the differently coloured eyes is a killer!
nice to see robin's input, and great to see the plants from the northern rockies!
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I have to agree with you Cohan. It was wonderful to see our Robin and learn more of her lovely environment. Let's face it, the avatar pictures don't really tell us a lot, do they? And also for me, as for you, the first picture with the variously aged flowers of that delightful Androsace, was a real highlight. Then of course, I loved the ducklings to finish. But as previously, every part has been a real thrill. No doubt about it, "The International Rock Gardener" goes from strength to super strength!
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Another formidable issue !!! :D :D
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Again an excellent issue!
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super edition again,just sat and read it in Galixidi, southern Greece,a warm 28c.
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Today I found some time to read the April issue. Again an excellent one with so much useful information and super pictures!
Thanks very much!
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Issue Five and, once again, so many plaudits ... another magnificent edition.
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a lot of daphnes, sure, but that townsendia!! :o
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As a cactus lover, Cohan, I can see the appeal of the Townsendia for you.... it is trying hard to be a little cactus, isn't it?
Very appealing little plant, in all its stages... but the cottonballs are the cutest.
Funny how plants have so many different ways to engage our attention.
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As a cactus lover, Cohan, I can see the appeal of the Townsendia for you.... it is trying hard to be a little cactus, isn't it?
Very appealing little plant, in all its stages... but the cottonballs are the cutest.
Funny how plants have so many different ways to engage our attention.
true--so many forms, and so many unrelated plants that have found similar forms in tough environments... i'm really starting to appreciate the asteraceae for cool plants--vs just showy garden flowers..
i have seed of a T spathulata, but i will be watching for this form.... i suppose it will not like much wet with all that wool...
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Have just managed to download the IRG .pdf and am so pleased to see Olga's fantastic photos and interesting report on Daphnes growing in the wild. Seeing them growing in abundance like that must be a fantastic experience ;)
Thanks for this latest issue full of insights and beautiful plants - accessible at a keystroke and completely absorbing 8)
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this was a fun issue--i really like the idea of a theme (conference and emblems of participating clubs) which then kind of branches off in several slight tangents--a very natural learning process :)
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This latest issue makes me even more disappointed that I'm unable to make the trip and attend. This issue of IRG is another superb effort and I like the rather different theme to it; bringing all the different alpine groups together with their various emblems, is a great idea. The only thing lacking, is Julie Andrews and supporting singers! ;D ;D
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the biographies are quite fascinating! and the books and publications mentioned could afford months of reading could i afford them! a reminder of just how much there really is out there in the world of rock gardening :)
edit: i forgot to add, nice view of the young's garden-so packed with goodies! is that a lush designer dandelion just around the centre? or just a cousin with similar leaves? i have 'wild' dandelions that lush, but my 'designers' are just babies-some healthy pseudo-roseum, albidum didn't come up yet :(
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Since this is perhaps the closest that I'll get to this upcoming Conference, it's a great pleasure to see the photos and read about the exploits of the speakers who will no doubt enthrall all present. I am sure and certainly hope that those who CAN attend will keep the rest of us well informed about it all with masses of pictures on the Forum in due course. Perhaps there will be a book or onlione edition of the collected lectures, available to the rock gardening public as well as to attenders?
Thanks to those who put the IRG together, for yet another superb issue. Already these are a wonderful resource and will become immensely valuable, the more so as each new one is added.
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Lesley: the information I have at present is that the official AGS conference Report will be sent to all attending the event and also to all AGS members.
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Further to the Conference activities, there is news of the Pre and Post Conference Tours here :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2751.msg161651#msg161651
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ONLY TWENTY DAYS TO BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ... JUST TWENTY DAYS!!!!!
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I've been giving these reminders myself... and realised that I hadn't actually made my own booking!
It's done now ,though.... so act soon to benefit from the Early Bird Discount!!
Friends, a reminder that to qualify for the £100 early booking discount for the 'Alpines without Frontiers' Conference to be held in Nottingham in April 2011, your booking must be made and paid for by the end of Agust 2010.
I've made my booking.... have you?
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Notice to Forumists about IRG: please see this post :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5972.new#new
Thanks!
M
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the august issue interesting as always-- a very nice intro to joyce carruther's garden on vancouver island--looks like a great place to spend a few hours..or more!
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I've made my booking.... have you?
;D ;D ;D - Oh Yes!
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I've made my booking.... have you?
;D ;D ;D - Oh Yes!
Me to ;D ;D ;D
Angie :)
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If every previous issue of The International Rock Gardener has been a gem which seems to outdo the one before, this latest of Sept 24th tops them all and it is hard to imagine what else could follow that would come up to the incredible standard now achieved and which we are beginning to take for granted.
While the need for such an issue is the saddest of all, the content of superb photographs, authoritative, erudite information and best of all, the personal and often humorous stories told by these great plant and seed collectors makes for a treasure to be read and re-read over time to come.
I feel greatly privileged to have met Jim and Jenny Archibald - so briefly - and John Watson too - even more briefly in early 1996, but I'll always value those occasions and even more so as I grow their plants and hope to share some at least, with younger gardeners who perhaps won't know what we older growers must now see as a golden age when new plants were readily available and relatively easy to add to our gardens. This time is past now and so a great responsibility lies with those who still have the fruits of Jim's and others' collecting exploits.
I can only thank warmly, all those who put the IRG together each month, and especially those who contributed to this wonderful issue.
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Reading the September issue of IRG I had exactly the same feeling as Lesley that she has expressed so well here. I am sure that the inspirational work of Jim and Jenny will live on and be admired by many a generation to come and I hope that there are other aspiring collectors and botanists who will rise to the challenge of exploring and discovering plants and thereby increase our knowledge and appreciation of flora on our planet.
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Another flabbergasting issue !
I felt so lucky being able to purchase some of the bulbs from Jim's legacy from Bob and Ranveigh Wallis at the AGS show last saturday ! :D
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Yesterday I received a packet of seeds from Marcus Harvey in Tasmania, and he also sent, by email the following poem, his personal tribute to Jim Archibald and inspired by Jim's preamble to his March 2001 seedlist, and entitled "Gateway to Paradise." It refers to the last subsection of the list, subtitled "Seller of Dreams" and runs, in Jim's words, "we are the sellers of dreams. We sell dreams to ourselves and hope to pay for their reality by work and knowledge. We sell dreams to you. What are seeds but dreams in packets?"
Please open the document and read it. It is included here with Marcus' permission.
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Lesley, kind thanks to you and to Marcus for allowing us to share his poem.
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I have just read the latest issue of the International Rock Gardener and I am deeply, deeply moved. Congratulations to all those who contributed and to those who put it all together. John Watson's pen portrait is a fine and fitting dedication.
A truly worthy tribute to one of the giants of alpine gardening and to plant exploration. What a legacy! I for one will greatly miss him.
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Marcus, your kind comments, and those of other Forumists, to the IRG Team are duly noted and much appreciated. Thank you!
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Excellent issue, a superb tribute to Jim, many thanks to all who contributed and put it together
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The November issue of the IRG is as splendid as all the others ... they are fast becoming the standard against which we judge all rock and alpine gardening publications. Hearty congratulations and many thanks to the IRG team.
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I couldn't agree more !!
Superb pictures, very informative, very well written, what more could we ask for ? :D
Many congratulations and just as many thanks once again to all involved ! ;)
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Today....( a week early, as a Christmas treat) the December Issue of IRG is online. Our first year is complete...... let's hope we hear from lots of you with your ideas and conributions for the next 12 months!
Latest Issue has an Index included, courtesy of Glassford Sprunt......which we hope you will find useful.
Merry Christmas!
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it could be my spotty internet, but the link to the new issue is not working for me...
i'll try going via the club homepage...
i did access it via the club homepage :)
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it could be my spotty internet, but the link to the new issue is not working for me...
i'll try going via the club homepage...
i did access it via the club homepage :)
I had the December issue offlinefor a little time while I made a photo credit correction, cohan.... all should be well now....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Dec261293381708IRG_12_December.pdf :D
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trust me to find exactly the wrong moment ;D
another delightful issue, full as usual of temptations-- including turkish gems to send me back to the czech seed lists armed with some new images....
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The IRG goes from strength to strength and the Index is an added, valuable bonus. Well done everybody.
I wonder if, since ideas are invited, someone like Hugh Woods could be encouraged to write and illustrate an article about the alpine Ranunculus species of New Zealand, such as those seen on the Forum recently?Probably a dozen species could usefully be included and we know the quality of Hugh's photography.
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The IRG goes from strength to strength and the Index is an added, valuable bonus. Well done everybody.
I wonder if, since ideas are invited, someone like Hugh Woods could be encouraged to write and illustrate an article about the alpine Ranunculus species of New Zealand, such as those seen on the Forum recently?Probably a dozen species could usefully be included and we know the quality of Hugh's photography.
An EXCELLENT idea, Lesley ... may I add my enthusiastic support to such a suggestion?
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An excellent suggestion.... we will contact Hugh.... :D
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Hi Maggi, Ian et al,
The February Issue is the equal of all the others ... a magnificent read ... and how lovely to see Franz lauded in this way, a true master of his art and an inspiration to us all. Many thanks once again for all your hard work.
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Thank you, Cliff.
ZZ, Ian and I are great admirers of fine gardeners like Franz Hadacek who have travelled widely to see the mountain plants of the world and who devote such time to their cultivation in their gardens and to sharing with us their experience. We are fortunate in the Forum to know at first hand how wonderful Franz' photographs are and how he is always happy to help Forumists with good advice.
Did you, like me, have to get an extra cup of tea to help you recover from "assisting" Joan and Liam McCaughey with the virtual building of their crevice garden?
My back was aching after exploring their project.....we hope some folks will be inspired to try this for themselves..... but my back is not fit for it... I'll just enjoy seeing how these brave folk cope!
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Hi Maggi and the IRG Team,
I'd like to join Cliff in commending you all on the publication. I particularly enjoyed the contributions on Pulsatilla and Eranthis.
(Also enjoyed the similar style articles in The Rock Garden 126)
You may recall I timidly made the suggestion some time ago to publish the proceedings of the Discussion Weekend - the objective was to give access to the experts and their articles by overseas members, particularly of the type mentioned above. I understand the need to meet the expectations of a wide diversity of expectations from members with respect to publications, however the technology does allow information to circulate with very little cost.
I note with particular interest the topic you have chosen for this year's Discussion Weekend. Why not throw caution to the wind and publish the text either on the website or on the forum??
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Thank you, John.
Your suggestion about Discussion Weekend topics was a good one and I think Anton, the Editor of the Rock Garden is always working on that and it is something we could use for IRG too.
It is worth mentioning, I think, that depending on how the Speakers structure their talks the presentation of that material in another medium is not always simple to achieve and can be an extra responsibility that some may simply not have time to provide.
We are always grateful to have your input to the IRG and welcome ideas and submissions - anyone reading this will know how to contact us 8)
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The April issue keeps up the tremendously high standard of informative articles and stunning imagery ... we keep saying it, but; "Many thanks and hearty congratulations to all concerned!"
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I fully agree with Cliff.
Good to see the story about Tulipa lemmersii. BTW, Wim Lemmers and some friends are at the very moment again in Kazachstan and Kirgizistan hunting for maybe another new tulip.
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I'm almost becoming blase (with an acute) about these magificent articles. We have been led to expect such a high standard and are never disappointed. Once again, congratulations and warm thanks to all concerned, whether travelling to see, writing the notes, taking the pictures and of course putting everything together in the Forum format. Surely there's nothing comparable anywhere else in the world.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly Lesley. The June issue is completely fascinating and informative! It must be so exciting to put together!!
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July's edition is as stunning as all the others ... magnificent, many many thanks to you all.
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July's edition is as stunning as all the others ... magnificent, many many thanks to you all.
Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, the August edition. Another wonderful read ... and such beautiful images.
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I'd like to echo Cliff's remarks! I started by being excited by the onosmas and lamiums in particular, but then there were the convolvulus, linums, and so many other wonderful plants. I think some autumn hunts through the seedlists are in the offing. Thank you everyone involved!
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Oh no, the Bookeroo in posing mode and right up there on the front page not even page 3 ::) it's enough to put a girl off her breakfast.
A great article though Cliff and covering an unusual subject I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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October's issue maintains the very high standard of past IRG's.
Superb illustrations and informative articles of the highest calibre. Very well done!
May i also take this opportunity to thank dear Glassford for his sterling work in producing such a useful and comprehensive index. Where would we be without your continuing efforts sir?
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Seconded.
I'm suffering from a touch of "man flu" at the moment but this cheered me up no end.
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Seconded.
I'm suffering from a touch of "man flu" at the moment but this cheered me up no end.
If only women could understand this terrible affliction, David!!! Keep bearing up (manfully) and we wish you rid of the torment as soon as possible. Be brave old pal.
He-he ... expect the imminent backlash ... ;D
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Seconded.
I'm suffering from a touch of "man flu" at the moment but this cheered me up no end.
If only women could understand this terrible affliction, David!!! Keep bearing up (manfully) and we wish you rid of the torment as soon as possible. Be brave old pal.
He-he ... expect the imminent backlash ... ;D
Ah. sympathy at last. Conversation as of five minutes ago.
She: "Sitting at that computer isn't going to do you any good. The front path needs sweeping, the cats have been in again left you a dollop to shift and soil all over the path"
He: "But I'm not feeling well"
She: You'll feel better doing something useful and getting some fresh air"
They don't understand :'(
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Ahhhh, diddums!
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..... though, of course, I'm pleased that the IRG is a comfort to you ;) 8)
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The title photograph of October's IRG is wonderful - if only it was in my own garden. Is there any chance of some of these fine images being produced by the SRGC as prints? I would certainly be very happy to have this one on my wall and to send to friends.
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We must give some thought to the matter of prints, Tim...it hadn't occurred to us!
I would think that most of our contributors would not mind if someone asked me to send them a larger size file for their own use........... ::)
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IRG Red Letter Day today : it is ZZ's birthday !
Many happy returns of the day to my dear friend and colleague :-* :-* :-*
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ZZ has started, with a Danish friend, Leif Nielsen, what he calls a "miniature electronic seed shop" :D
You can see it at www.edraianthus-seeds.dk
More seeds can also be found in the list of Josef Jurasek..... see here.... http://www.zahradnictvi-praha.cz/data/semena2011.html
edited to add proper link!
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Oh dear.. because I needed more seed lists to tempt me.... ;)
Ooops-- only to EEC countries, nevermind, temptation avoided ;)
Also, that link does not take you to a thread mentioning Josef Jurasek, just reply window for this thread....
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Oh dear.. because I needed more seed lists to tempt me.... ;)
Ooops-- only to EEC countries, nevermind, temptation avoided ;)
Also, that link does not take you to a thread mentioning Josef Jurasek, just reply window for this thread....
Thanks, Cohan... :-[ I've fixed that now...
http://www.zahradnictvi-praha.cz/data/semena2011.html
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First IRG of 2012 is now online...
though, of course, the speedy 'fleurbleue' found it ages ago for plantes-passion! {plantes-passion.forumactif.fr }
Nicole, you are marvelous, well done! 8)
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Have only just found this Maggi (::) yeah I know) & it is brilliant!
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I've spent most of today catching up on the back issues! Thoroughly enjoyed every second of it ;D ;D. What a wonderful addition to an already amazing site.
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Have only just found this Maggi (::) yeah I know) & it is brilliant!
I've spent most of today catching up on the back issues! Thoroughly enjoyed every second of it ;D ;D. What a wonderful addition to an already amazing site.
Super when folks find the IRG and enjoy it.... many thanks for your kind words.
Next one will be online on Friday 24th February.
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Maggi, did you realize the January issue of the IRG was already the 25th !! :o :o
A silver jubilee already !! How time flies !!
Many congratulations to all members of the IRG team ! :D
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Maggi, did you realize the January issue of the IRG was already the 25th !! :o :o
A silver jubilee already !! How time flies !!
Many congratulations to all members of the IRG team ! :D
A silver jubilee?!! Crazy... Every member of the team is too young for that to be possible!
Thanks, Luc, from us all. :)
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What plant would we use to celebrate a Silver Jubilee Maggi? Congrats on the 25 th issh. ;D
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What plant would we use to celebrate a Silver Jubilee Maggi?
Something furry, fabulous and silvery ... such as Eriophyton wallichii perhaps?
{Eriophyton wallichii Benth. is an accepted name
Eriophyton wallichianum Hook.f. {Spelling variant} Synonym }
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019666 (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019666)
Here's a photo from the forum from Magnar Aspaker, one of the many generous forumists happy to share his pictures with the IRG :
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or http://magnar.aspaker.no/Eriophyton%20wallichii%20P08.jpg (http://magnar.aspaker.no/Eriophyton%20wallichii%20P08.jpg)
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I've been racking my brain to find a suggestion that could be as suitable as this. Failed :-[.
9 days to go!
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I would be tempted to save Magnar's amazing photograph for the 'Platinum' Jubilee, Maggi.
How about Brian and Shelagh's very silvery Celmisia longifolia? :D
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That's a beauty, Cliff.
The MOST silvery plant I've ever seen/grown is the Hawaiian silversword Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum - it has a sheen on it that would shock you.
However.... any silver treat will have to wait for another time.... we should have had a silver cover for Nr. 25... and we've missed that boat. :-\ :'(
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Better start thinking about a golden plant for the 50th issue Maggi ! :D ;)
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Probably be a snowdrop !!!!
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Better start thinking about a golden plant for the 50th issue Maggi ! :D ;)
Probably be a snowdrop !!!!
Given the price fetched this very day by the yellow snowdrop found in Scotland, Galanthus woronowii 'Elizabeth Harrison' ( £725.10 )- that might well be a good choice!
edited to add link : http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8303.msg232345#msg232345 (http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8303.msg232345#msg232345)
Meantime, I hope there are lots of you out there preparing articles to keep the IRG pages filled ? :)
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The IRG begins a fourth year- how the time flies!
The Editorial Team send their grateful thanks to all those who have been in contact to say they enjoy this form of magazine. Such comments are most welcome and are an inspiration to us to continue in this work. Most important in this process, of course, are our contributors, without whom none of this is possible.
We take this chance to thank all those who have contributed in the past and encourage everyone to submit articles or ideas for the future.
Many kind comments about the IRG concern the fine photographs that are the backbone of our publication. So many people, not just our authors, are kind enough to allow the use of their photographs in these pages: as with text, the ownership and copyright of these photos remain with the originator and anyone wishing to use them elsewhere should seek permission.
To do so, or to submit an article, please make contact in the first instance to editor@internationalrockgardener.org
IRG January 2013 : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2013Jan241359031864IRG37Jan2013.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2013Jan241359031864IRG37Jan2013.pdf)
IRG Index: You may download a full index to IRG, compiled by Glassford Sprunt, here:
http://files.srgc.net/journals/International_Index_37.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/journals/International_Index_37.pdf)
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In IRG 17 of 2011, there was a piece from ZZ about the English Primula specialist, David Philbey -
you may be interested to see more of David's primulas and glasshouse display, shown by his step-son, the photographer, Jon Evans, in the AGS website :
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/underglass//Primulas+Everywhere/244/?page=1 (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/underglass//Primulas+Everywhere/244/?page=1)
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edit to add IRG 17 link, May 2011:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011May261306444476IRGMay2011.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011May261306444476IRGMay2011.pdf)
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This is rapidly becoming an e-reference book of encyclopedic value !!!!
Respect !
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There was talk of finding a "golden" plant for the 50th issue of the IRG - well, next month, February 2014 will see that milestone - but for the January issue the IRG is overflowing with golden flowers as part of Wim Boen's article on Eranthis. ;D 8)
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Maggi,(or someone else),
Could you please explain in short what exactly is this IRG Index and how could this be useful to me?
I am a newbie, and I really have no idea what all these names and numbers are ::)
Looks like a way of finding stuff. But where?
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Please follow this link
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international)
Go to the bottom of the page - click on any of the links - allow a few minutes for the pdf file to download - enjoy some of the most authoritative and entertaining magazines ever written. Allow many hours to read and enjoy them all.
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Thank you, Cliff, for providing the link to the main page where all issues of the e-magazine "International Rock Gardener" can be found.
Here is the link for the latest index ( correct up to January 2014) - http://files.srgc.net/journals/IRGIndex49.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/journals/IRGIndex49.pdf) which lists which issue all plants, authors, places and so on can be found in.
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Ok. Will start reading some of them :)
Thank you both!
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Just finished reading the October, 2014 issue of the IRG, and it was a feast. You really
keep outdoing yourselves. Wonderful articles, and now I'm impatient for the latest daphne, Daphne "Czech Song" to come into general cultivation. It looks like a winner. Thanks to all who work so hard to bring out this publication each month. In the winter months, the last Friday of the month is looked forward to as much as the starting date for the latest Downton Abbey in the U.S.
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Just downloaded the full set of IRG, I've got some reading to do to catch up.
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Just downloaded the full set of IRG, I've got some reading to do to catch up.
You'll enjoy it , I'm sure! Be easier to achieve than reading all the 12 years of the Bulb Log - you'd need a lot of time for that!
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I am going to have to do as John and Susann have done and download (and print) the IRG - it makes such good reading! I particularly enjoyed Ian's more detailed description of using broken concrete blocks in troughs; they are amazingly effective (I wonder what Farrer would have thought of the idea - I could imagine some critical rhetoric if he hadn't seen the result?). We have just removed (only partly because the trunks are still there at the moment) an old leyland hedge, about 36 feet long, in a very narrow north-facing strip between us and the neighbour's house. I was thinking of making 'hypertufa' rocks to create a planting for choice alpines here, but Ian's pictures suggest another way to go. This would be an excellent place for alpines needing cooler conditions - the light is still reasonably good. The only problem, which will take a while to deal with, is removing the old tree stumps and roots!
Many thanks again for the stimulus the IRG provides.
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Hi Tim,
As you are building a raised "rock" bed over the stumps couldn't you just cut them off level with the ground? By the time the roots rot out any subsidence of the bed would be minimal ... Or you might be considering rebuilding the bed anyway! ;D
Building with broken concrete wouldn't work here because of the dryness....after a year it would still look like a wrecker's yard! We would only be able to do it where there is constant watering maybe in conjunction with a pond.....and overhead shade :-\
cheers
fermi
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Hi Fermi - yes I have been deliberating about whether to cut the stumps at ground level, which would overcome a lot of work. Maybe Ian's method works so well because of the much cooler and wetter Aberdeen climate. If I copied his ideas I would make the bed at ground level, plunged in sand, as I have done with a few blocks of tufa elsewhere. This is on the shady side of the very high (frustratingly so) wall of the neighbour's house so would be probably one of the coolest spots in the garden, which is what makes me think it would work. The ideal of course would be to find a source of large tufa rocks, and if this opportunity arose I would have no hesitation in making a horizontal version of Harry Jan's constructions. The big problem is that the wall belongs to our neighbour's, who are not gardeners and view what we do with puzzlement, so we can't build the wall higher, though we could build up against it with a suitable barrier. (My dream remains something like Roy Elliott's tufa cliff, which goes back even earlier to the Cliff House made by Dwight Ripley - these allowed them to grow all sorts of really choice dry-land plants, which are my real interest).
I think we are unlikely to do much for a while anyway :-\
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A while ago I started printing the IRGs double-sided in color on standard 80gsm paper. However, the first year (12 issues) make a booklet 1.3cm deep (excluding any binding), and this gets expensive and bulky. After next month's issue we shall have 5 years or 60 issues - and that is 6.5cm or 2.5 inches of shelf space used up.
Can I make an alternative suggestion? Buy an iPad (or Kindle) and download the IRGs as pdf files and view them via iBooks. I do this, and I also have a laptop/tablet running Windows, and reading them in Acrobat is a breeze. Of course, please also download Glassford's excellent Cumulative Index in pdf and you are ready to read anywhere. The only time I print is to take particular articles out in the field with me - and I am even starting to switch to use my iPad in the car now!
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That does sound an excellent idea (I only have to decide if I need a Macro lens for my camera more an ipad - I'll put them both on my Christmas list and let someone else decide ;)). My big problem is that I love books and turning the pages so I've yet to get properly used to reading on an ipad or Kindle, but this is obviously the way to go. (Mind you it would be great if a publisher would consider printing books on 'Alpine Gardening' with writing of the sort of quality I have from the past).
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Or if this same publisher could print the "I.R.G." in book form, with 3 or 4 years' issues and an index, in a size that would permit the full enjoyment of the pictures..... I admit it - I'm still a book person although I do admit the value of a kindle or whatever when traveling.
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IRG 61 is a Crocus Special:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Jan291422555042IRG61.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Jan291422555042IRG61.pdf)
Crocus adamii is discussed and 3 new species are described
N.B. new link : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb011422783332IRG61.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb011422783332IRG61.pdf)
Dr. Jānis Rukāns, describes various new Crocus species -
Crocus gunae, Crocus reinhardii Crocus iranicus
Main page for all issues of International Rock Gardener e-magazine http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international)
Up to date Index to IRG always available here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9567.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9567.0)
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An issue for croconuts ;D
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It is indeed, Yann!
Please note there is a new link for IRG 61 : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb011422783332IRG61.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb011422783332IRG61.pdf)
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Do you remember the article by Robbie Blackhall-Miles in the IRG of October 2014 ?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Oct301414703577IRG58.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Oct301414703577IRG58.pdf) Oct 2014
Here is an update from Robbie of the shed roof now - in the snow.
"The shed roof looking as it should! Harrimanella, Huperzia & Diapensia."
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We have a new contributor this month - Robbie Blackhall-Miles, who is propagator at Crug Farm Plants in North Wales and blogs for Guardian Gardening where he encourages people to try growing something new and different. On his website www.fossilplants.co.uk (http://www.fossilplants.co.uk) he writes about the plants growing in his backyard botanic garden (http://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=5021&ftrCountry=GB&ftrKeyword=&ftrBGCImem=Y&ftrIAReg=); a collection of early evolutionary plants and horticultural oddities. He is becoming renowned for succeeding with difficult to grow plant species and is particularly interested in Proteaceae, Ericaceae, Cycads and Ferns. He is a fellow of The Linnean Society Of London the worlds premier society for the study of natural history, and is Chairman of the Australasian Plant Society in Great Britain.
IRG 58 has an article from Robbie Blackhall-Miles on the living roof of his shed. He has included some rather surprising plants there. Who would expect to see Ranunculus lyallii , so well adapted to life in its native New Zealand to be able to survive on the roof of a wooden shed in Wales?
Update pix to @Robbie Blackhall-miles' IRG article in IRG 58
(http://www.srgc.org.uk/ (http://www.srgc.org.uk/)
/logdir/2014Oct301414703577IRG58.pdf )
here is Robbie's shed roof today
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Robbie also has an orchid coming into flower on that shed roof of his ....
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Invitation for the Czech - German meeting of the lovers of alpine plants in the Botanical Garden of the University of Tόbingen on November 22, 2015
Assemble from 9.00, Start 10:00 am
From Brigitte Fiebig......
Dear friends of alpine plants,
This year it is our turn to host this meeting and so I am pleased today to invite you to our program in the Botanical Garden of the University of Tόbingen.
The presentations will take place on Sunday, 22 November.
We start at 10:00 clock in the main Botany auditorium (Address: Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tόbingen), next to the main entrance of the Botanical Garden. Outside the main entrance of the garden you can park for free. You may arrive from 9am.
Two speakers come from the Czech Republic: Vojtech Holubec and Zdeněk Zvolαnek.
They will report on "Plants of the Pamirs, Central Asia, photos of the last expedition and from 2006" and "Rock gardens in the Czech Karst, experience with heat-resistant rock garden plants". Both presentations will be held in English and translated by Rudolf White.
Dieter Zschummel has travelled this year in north-eastern Turkey and will talk about his local plant finds and landscape impressions.
Michael Mauser and Brigitte Fiebig traveled this year in Iran for the first time, mainly to Dionysia sites to see and save cuttings to take home.
For those of you who want to offer plants for sale or exchange, we can provide tables available. Please enter the space required when booking.
Since we do not have a restaurant in the Botanical Garden, food and drinks will be organised. To simplify things, it will be assumed that all who register, will have lunch.Please inform when booking if you require a vegetarian option. . The costs will be allocated and are in addition to the fee for the lectures. Thus, we will charge 25 for meals and lectures.
For overnight accommodation, please look on the Internet at: http://www.tuebingen-info.de (http://www.tuebingen-info.de). In addition to our conference Tόbingen is well worth a stay or short break.
Please book before 4th November, so full plans can be made.
I look forward to your visit, interesting lectures, a lively exchange and a pleasant gathering.
Best regards,
Brigitte Fiebig
Contact Information for Login or for questions :
Brigitte Fiebig, Botanischer Garten der Universitδt,
Hartmeyerstraίe 123,
72076 Tόbingen
Tel: 07071-29 72609
Fax: 07071-29 5876
Mail: brigitte.fiebig@uni-tuebingen.de
www.botgarten.uni-tuebingen.de (http://www.botgarten.uni-tuebingen.de)
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IRG 77 - May 2016
Canadian David Sellars takes us to Italy SPAIN (can you tell geography is not my strong point?! :-[ It's the Girod'Italia at the moment- I'm distracted!) ), we visit a fine nursery with a new rock garden in Czechia and learn of a very young horticulturist, Molly Hall from England with an interest in heathers.
It's a bit of a whizz around the world!
IRG 77 - Click HERE to download (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016May271464340889IRG77.pdf)
News!
Molly continues with her work with other children and heathers too, of course ....
Last month .... Molly Hall helped over 100 childres pot up a #heather for Fathers Day @RHSWisley for the #Heathersociety
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Molly has also been voted RHS Young School Gardener 2016 - KS3 (11-14) Winner for her work on heathers !
Well done Molly!
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Here is a photo of Molly Hall receiving her award earlier this month as RHS Young School Gardener 2016 - KS3 (11-14) for her work on heathers
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IRG index updated : http://www.srgc.net/filessub/journals/IRG-Index.pdf
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Here is a photo of Molly Hall receiving her award earlier this month as RHS Young School Gardener 2016 - KS3 (11-14) for her work on heathers
There is a Heather Society Event this weekend at Wisley..... Heather Society Open Day @RHSWisley Sat 25th Sept. Heather Collection guided tour, free workshops, talk by Molly Hall about her new Erica.
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The latest issue of IRG takes me back to a magnificent and magical day I spent a few years ago now, in Tasmania with Marcus Harvey and two friends. Although the places I was able to visit in just that single day were few and not among those mentioned in Alan Ayton's wonderful introduction to the alpine flora of Tasmania, many of the plants I saw were the same as or similar to those mentioned and photographed and of course in many instances reminiscent of our own New Zealand flora. so thank you Alan for your excellent article.
It had a special significance for me because of the superb photos featuring what I know as Richea scoparia. From a different locality from those described in Alan's notes, Marcus had collected seed of this beautiful species. He gave some to me and I grew literally hundreds of tiny plants from it. The fresh seed is like the smallest rhododendron seed, almost weightless and asking for just a light puff of wind to distribute it. It is very fertile or so mine proved to be. A lot of little plants were given to fellow rock gardeners and on the very day the IRG article was published, my Invercargill friend Dave Toole posted on Facebook, his plant with gorgeous red flowers. It could have come straight from the wilds of Tasmania. I'll go back and read Alan's article again and put a few names into my "Would love to grow this" notebook just in case they turn up on a seed list or in some obscure and out of the way little nursery. Happily, a few are in cultivation already, such as the delightful and to me very precious Herpolirion novae-zelandiae with its tiny, sky-blue lily flowers hugging the ground or a pot surface.
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Good to hear the latest IRG rang bells with you, Lesley!
IRG 142 for October 2021
https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Oct281635433923IRG_142.pdf
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IRG 142- an optimal editon for my taste, superb pictures of plants, many of them I have never seen
before with an educating text. My sincerest thanks to the autors for the excellent job they have done.
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I'd just like to offer very belated thanks for the feature on the plants of the Tasmanian mountains in IRG 142. Tasmanian flora hold a particular fascination for me (I have a close friend who is now based near Hobart so I'm hoping to visit one day) and I really enjoyed all the details about habitats and wider ecosystems - they're so different from what we have in Europe and it's nice to have a context for a plant.
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I'd just like to offer very belated thanks for the feature on the plants of the Tasmanian mountains in IRG 142. Tasmanian flora hold a particular fascination for me (I have a close friend who is now based near Hobart so I'm hoping to visit one day) and I really enjoyed all the details about habitats and wider ecosystems - they're so different from what we have in Europe and it's nice to have a context for a plant.
Thanks, Alan's articles are very good, I think.
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A reminder that the main page from which to access every issue of International Rock Gardener is now
https://www.srgc.net/international_rock_gardener.asp
From December 2023, the IRG is no longer being posted on srgc.org.uk, instead all issues are available from this page on srgc.net - https://www.srgc.net/international_rock_gardener.asp Please update any "bookmarks" you may have. Thank you!
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Very interesting article in the last issue on Dyonisa cuttings, I have never ventured into this genius but it makes you want to look into it a little more.
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Very good articles in the last issue. We must be grateful to Michael for sharing his experience
with propagation of such difficult plants. It is the first time that I read such clear instructions.
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Yann and Rudi - thank you, it is my hope that such articles in IRG will be both interesting and instructive, as this one by Michael is.
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The last issue of the IRG is the perfect reading for Christmas Time.
Many thanks to the authors for their good work.