What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April

[Maggi Young]

What's on - weekend 26th -27th April

The SRGC Highland show takes place in Nairn on  26th April 10.30am to 3.30 pm  (Show Opens 12.30 pm)

....also on Saturday 26th, our friends in Ireland will be heading for the Dublin AGS show at Cabinteely Community School, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin . Show open: 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm


On Sunday 27th April Jon Evans will again be organising the AGS London show at the RHS Halls - as well as the show, there is also a series of talks - strangely there seems to be no mention of this on the AGS site but the RHS has all the details :
Venue for the day is RHS Lindley Hall, VINCENT SQUARE, Westminster, London SW1P 2PE
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-London-Flower-Shows/pdf/2014/talks

Features include: alpine plants from Alpine Garden Society (AGS) members, UK nurseries, and Wisley Alpine section ; RHS Wisley and AGS advice desks ; an AGS photographic exhibition and mountain paintings from Sam Gare .
AGS Members have free entry. Tickets sales  here : https://www.theticketfactory.com/rhs/online/

TALKS
12:30 Alpines in the garden  - Jim McGregor
13.30 Alpines in the wild and in cultivation - Diane Clement,
14:30 Alpines in the eastern cape of South Africa   Cara Smith, Team Leader Wisley Alpine Section, RHS
15.30 Photography in the garden -  Doug Joyce, photographer

A busy day in store for those attending!

[Maggi Young]

More about the  the RHS Lindley Hall  eventon Sunday 27th April :
Features include:  mountain paintings from Sam Gare ..... RHS have tweeted a photo of one of Sam ( Samantha)  Gare's paintings

 

[Jon Evans]

Hi
I have put a little more detail about the London Show on 27th April on the AGS discussion forum now, including details of nurseries.

http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/London+Alpine+Garden+Show+SUNDAY+th+April+/18535/

Hope to see lots of you there
Jon

[Maggi Young]

Well done, Jon -  these things deserve proper publicity.

I note that there will be an AGS plant stall for the first time as well as nursery stands from Evolution Plants, Wildside, Jacques Amand and Trewidden.

Have a great day!

[Martinr]

Some pictures hot off the press at

http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Dublin+Show+/19555/

[Maggi Young]

In Dublin today the charming Paddy Smith  has won a Farrer Medal with a superb pan of Gentiana verna.  Many congratulations, Paddy  !

Just been told that Martin Rogerson has got some photos posted  to the AGS site -  and there was I thinking he only left the country to shimmy up alps!  Here's the link :
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Dublin+Show+/19555/

[Maggi Young]

I just said the same thing Martin, here  http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11728.msg303864#msg303864   

[Maggi Young]

I've been enjoying Martin's pix -  Paddy Smith's Farrer plant has got  both white and blue G. verna - a perfect  seedling mix - so pretty.
Great to see so many friends in Martin's photos enjoying the day.

[Maggi Young]

Don Peace has posted this cheery photo of Paddy and his Farrer winning Gentiana verna  on his twitter page :