3rd INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR: The Cultivation and Conservation of Saxifrages
STIRLING, SCOTLAND
APRIL Thursday 3rd – Monday 7th 2008
Time is running out very fast for those wishing to book for this exciting seminar, to be held in Stirling next April. See the Saxifraga Socirty Website here
http://www.saxifraga.org/news/items/sax2008.asp for Conference details.
The programme is this:
Saxifrage Society -- 3rd International Seminar
"Conservation and Cultivation”
Conference Programme
Thursday, 3rd April
16.00 Delegates arrive and Register
Friday, 4th April Chaired by David Victor
Opening Session
09.30 – 09.45 Rick Lambert, Chairman Saxifrage Society:
“Welcome to the Seminar”
09.45 – 10.15 Ian Christie, President Scottish Rock Garden Club:
“A welcome to Scotland”
10.15 – 10.30 David Victor, Conference Organiser
“Administrative arrangements and programme”
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee
Session 2
11.00 – 11.45 “Growing Saxifrages in Tromso Botanic Garden”
Part 1 -- Arve Elvebakk
11.45 – 12.30 Part 2 -- Kristian Nyvoll
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 3
14.00 – 14.45 Ger van den Beuken
“Promising Porphyrion hybrids in focus”
14.45 – 15.30 Petr Hanzelka
"Saxifraga breeding in the Czech Republic and conservation in the Prague Botanic Garden"
15.30 – 16.00 Tea
Session 4
16.00 – 16.45 Beryl Bland
“The UK National Collection of Silver Saxifrages”
16.45 – 17.30 Adrian Young
“The UK National Collection of Porphyrion Saxifrages”
17.30 – 18.00 Break
18.00 – 19.00 Saxifrage Society Annual General Meeting
Sunday, 6th April Chaired by Ger van den Beuken
Session 5
11.00 – 11.45 Dr Tim Upson
“Some issues with National Collections”
11.45 – 12.30 David Millward
To be announced
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee
Session 6
09.00 – 09.45 Workshop 1 & 2
Ian Bainbridge on “Making a fish box trough”.
Adrian Young on “Propagating Saxifrages”.
09.45 – 10.30 Workshop 2 & 1
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 7
14.00 – 14.45 Vojtech Holubec
“Saxifrages in the wild”
14.45 – 15.30 Tim Roberts
“Saxifrages from the Himalaya”
15.30 – 16.00 Tea
Session 8
16.00 – 16.45 Kees Jan van Zwienen
“Saxifrages from Southern Italy, Greece and Turkey”
16.45 – 17.30 Malcolm McGregor
“Developments in the genus Saxifraga”
Evening: Seminar Dinner
Sounds like a promising line up , don't you think?
In addition to the formal conference sessions, there will be visits to the Alpine Department of the Royal Botanic Garden and the Scottish Rock Garden Club’s Edinburgh show. A partner’s programme is currently being planned.
The seminar will be held at the King Robert Hotel, a three-star hotel with 53 bedrooms in Stirling.
All details, booking forms etc can be found at the Saxifraga Society website, as shown above.
