Next SRGC Event is the "Late Bulb Day" to be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh of 3rd September 2011
LATE BULB DAY AT RBGE (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh )
3rd September 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
SHOW SECRETARY: Barry Caudwell,
Abernyte Farm Cottage, Abernyte, Inchture, Perth, PH14 9ST.
Telephone 01828 686709.
E-mail f.b.caudwellATfireflyuk.net ( replacing AT with @ )
VENUE: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)
Pedestrian entrance is through Inverleith Row at the old reception next to where the flag poles are situated. A map will be supplied with the tickets.
Coffee at 10.00am
Two Presentations one at 10.30am the other at 2 pm
by Lady Christine Skelmersdale of Broadleigh Gardens
Using Bulbs in the Garden
&
The fascinating world of the Iris
For more about Broadleigh Gardens web site at
http://www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk/Some of Broadleigh’s bulbs will be on sale.
Tea at 3.30 pm
This is a ticket only event: your ticket includes, lunch and coffee, and a look around the Alpine Nursery area during the lunch break.
At weekends parking is free all day on one side of Inverleith Place (the north side of Garden).
Tickets which include a map & directions, and will be available from Rachael Brown or Kerstin Price at RBGE on 0131 248 2844, at £12 and will also be on sale at shows.
Members are invited to bring along as many pans of dwarf bulbs and flowering alpine plants as possible for display. A single flowering bulb or plant is of interest to other enthusiasts.
Contributions are invited for a 50:50 Bulb sale, which will be held to cover expenses. It is hoped that a number of nurseries will have plants for sale.
Please note that no Ericaceae should be brought along for either the display or
the plant sale.
Please book by post and pay by cheque, made out to 'Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh'
Send ticket request letter and payment to:
Kerstin Price,
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,
20A Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh EH3 5LR
