SRGC Show Dates and Events for 2015

[Maggi Young]

SRGC  Show Dates for 2015

 Please consult the 2015 Show Schedules for confirmed dates and details

Dunblane Early Bulb Display 21 February   10:00 am - 4:00pm

"Kewing for Bulbs with with Kit Strange"      with talks at 11am and 2pm


Kendal 14 March - with new Art Section.

Stirling Show (Kincardine) 21 March

Hexham 28 March   

Edinburgh 11 April     

Perth 18th April   

Highland Show (Nairn) 25 April

 Glasgow 2 May

 Aberdeen Show 16th May
     ( map )


Summer Event (Dunblane)   Confirmed date 22nd August.  Our speaker will be  Susann Nilsson who will be  talking on  Pulsatillas in the morning and Mongolia and Eastern Russia in the afternoon.   

Late Bulb Day at Scone 19 September.  Speaker Julian Sutton
Two Presentations one at 11am the other at 2 pm 

Discussion Weekend  Grantown on Spey   3 October

Newcastle 10 October - New Venue  -  COWELL'S GARDEN CENTRE, MAIN ROAD, WOOLSINGTON,
                                                       NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,  NE13 8BW


Aberdeen Show will take place  on 23rd May 16th May at the Duthie Park Winter Gardens, Aberdeen

There are links to maps to some of the Show venues  on this page of the main site : Show Dates

As well as the threads on  Shows in the Forum, remember that all Sandy Leven's show and Forrest Medal reports  can be found  HERE

[Maggi Young]

The SRGC Summer Day will take place on Saturday 22nd August 2015 

Our speaker will be  Susann Nilsson who will give three talks.

First will be on Pulsatillas, the second talk is  "Eastern Treasures", about Altai, Tien Shan, northern Mongolia and Russian Far East with a short jump to Hokkaido.  The third, which Susann has called "Sandy´s Special Swedish Summer Show" is about native plants of northern Sweden.

[Maggi Young]

Confirming the SRGC  Show dates for 2015

Dunblane early bulb day  21st February see photos from the day here in the forum and HERE on the main site.

Kendal show  14th March  See photos from the  Kendal show HERE in the forum

Stirling show  21st March
Northumberland show, Hexham  28th March
Edinburgh & the Lothians show 11th April
Perth show  18th April
Highland show 25th April
Glasgow show  2nd May
Aberdeen show 16th May

The Scottish Rock Garden Club will again have a display at the major ‘Gardening Scotland’ show near Edinburgh  29th to 31st  May
 
Summer meeting, Dunblane  22nd August  Our speaker will be  Susann Nilsson who will be  talking on  ‘Pulsatillas’ in the morning and ‘Mongolia and Eastern Russia’ in the afternoon.

Late bulb day, Scone  19th September    Speaker Julian Sutton
Two Presentations one at 11am the other at 2 pm   ‘Making Sense of the Iridaceae'  & ‘From South to North’   Southern hemisphere bulbs in the garden & cool glass house Two talks which will look at many African and South American bulbs    ( map )

Discussion weekend, Grantown-on-Spey 3 -5th October
Newcastle show,   10th October

SRGC 2015 Show Schedules - click HERE


There are links to maps to some of the Show venues  on this page of the main site : Show Dates

As well as the threads on  Shows in the Forum, remember that all Sandy Leven's show and Forrest Medal reports  can be found  HERE

[Maggi Young]

Recent event:
Update .....
A group of SRGC volunteers mounted a display stand at the  Gardening Scotland event at Ingliston, near Edinburgh, from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 May.    http://www.gardeningscotland.com/main-features/ -  our super team won a Gold Medal for their efforts - you can see photos  HERE




 SRGC hosted  event :
Summer Event (Dunblane)   Confirmed date 22nd August.  Our speaker will be  Susann Nilsson who will be  talking on  Pulsatillas in the morning and Mongolia and Eastern Russia in the afternoon.

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[Maggi Young]

There are some changes to the programme for the SRGC Summer Day -Susann Nilsson will give THREE Talks !

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First will be on Pulsatillas, the second talk is  "Eastern Treasures", about Altai, Tien Shan, northern Mongolia and Russian Far East with a short jump to Hokkaido.  The third, which Susann has called "Sandy´s Special Swedish Summer Show" is about native plants of northern Sweden.

Apologies for some errors in the previous advertisement - Susann is a good friend of last year's Speaker, Olga  but the two have yet to travel together to botanise.


As well as the talks, of course, there is the opportunity to brings plants for the display. See all details of that from the Show Schedule   - link in the previous post

[Maggi Young]

Late Bulb Day at Scone  : 19 September.

 Speaker Julian Sutton [/b]

Two Presentations one at 11am the other at 2 pm   ‘Making Sense of the Iridaceae'  & ‘From South to North’   Southern hemisphere bulbs in the garden & cool glass house Two talks which will look at many African and South American bulbs     ( map )
Late Bulb Display at Old Scone Church Hall 19 September
Coffee at 10.00am
Two presentations by
Julian Sutton
11am Making Sense of Iridaceae
2pm From South to North
Southern Hemisphere Bulbs in the Garden and Cool Greenhouse
Julian & Sarah run a small nursery in Devon and will be bringing a range of bulbs
to sell.
Tickets, costing £5:00, will be on sale at the door. Members are encouraged to
bring along as many pans of dwarf bulbs and flowering alpine plants as possible
for a display.
Bring a picnic lunch, self serve tea / coffee provided. Contributions are invited for
a 50:50 plant sale, which will be held to cover expenses.

[Maggi Young]

Next Event!

The Annual General Meeting of the SRGC will be held on 14th November in the  Old Scone Church Hall,  Burnside, Scone, Perth PH26LP

The Clark Memorial Lecture will be given by Ian Young - his subject will be "Bulbs from Seed to the Garden"

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