Scottish Rock Podcast announced

[Maggi Young]

The Scottish Rock Garden Club  is  pleased  to announce  a new  project - This is the Scottish Rock Podcast, the official podcast of The Scottish Rock Garden Club.   Grateful thanks are  due  to Connor Smith for his  work on this initiative. We  are  delighted  to add these  podcasts  to the  range  of  free access resources we offer  to all from SRGC.net  - such as  the  Bulb Logs, International Rock Gardener monthly e-magazine  and  so much more - and we  hope  plant  lovers will enjoy the  podcasts!



Reach the  podcasts  here - or  from your  usual podcast  provider  -
https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57

First  podcast  from Connor  is  "It's all a little bit Greek"


Well done  to Connor  for  his  work on this on behalf  of  SRGC!

[David Nicholson]

Very well done.

[fermi de Sousa]

Another feather in the cap of the SRGC!
Good work, Connor!
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

As  those  of who who have  listened  to his  first  podcast  can tell, Connor is  a  Scotsman with a  rather  nice  accent - which I am confident  will not  be  any  barrier  to understanding, no matter  where  you come  from!
Connor  has  worked  at  various  interesting  nurseries, both in  Scotland  and  around the  world  and  is  now  based at  the  Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.  He  is  a  member  of the  SRGC Council.

He  has recently  begun a  blog - "A Scotsman's Perpective"  and  also last  winter  began a  diary  for the  Alpine  Garden Society - "A Scottish Horticulturist's Diary"


Connor  speaking  at Murabilia Gardening & Plant Fair in  Lucca, Italy  in 2019

Connor  has  also travelled  with grant  support - for  example  from the  Merlin Trust for  a  Schachen Alpine  Garden Placement - he  wrote  about  that for  both the  Rock Garden and  the  International Rock Gardener for  SRGC.

I hope  you  will all spread the  word  about  the  Scottish Rock Podcast!

[Maggi Young]

Second Scottish Rock Podcast  by  Connor  Smith - Erythroniums with Ian Young
https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57

Connor says .....
Ian guides us through his experience with Erythroniums. Ian Young's Weekly Bulb Log Diary and Erythroniums in Cultivation    ( his  free  e-book )

[Maggi Young]

The  last  podcast  was  Sorbus with Chris Parsons, https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57/episodes/Sorbus-with-Chris-Parsons-edcbfs?fbclid=IwAR2WEp4ill-9akiL715r-B6pbAMs7PoXBSDKfBeElcG3WKyuusi_VS4QSpk


now  Connor  presents Cushion plants with Alex Ruairí  - with notes of  South America - is  the  subject  of the  latest  podcast.....
Click this link to connect ....

https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57/episodes/Cushion-plants-with-Alex-Ruair-edg28f?fbclid=IwAR24BopeeDS_kiUC77nnK4z41bgpuP3Jtfd6SrpS9znY_RZ4__srDRepDoI

[Maggi Young]

Fifth episode  of the  Scottish Rock  Podcast - The Garden in the Sky
Connor  Smith looks back at his time at the Schachen alpine garden in Southern Germany last year.
A truly otherworldly garden surrounded by mountains.

 Connor  says " Number five is out as I recall my time at the Schachen alpine garden in Germany. From now on I am going to be posting the podcast episodes on the first Wednesday of every month. Unfortunately, like all things, coronavirus has affected the production capabilities of the podcast."

Click the  link to listen to the  podcast - also  gives access  to previous  episodes: https://tinyurl.com/ya28tv97

[Maggi Young]

Scottish Rock Podcast number 6 with  Luca Magi as he talks with  Connor Smith about their work in various different nurseries around the world and Luca's travels to New Caledonia and Tasmania.

 Click the  link to hear  the  podcast     

https://tinyurl.com/y7u9bk4f

[Maggi Young]

Scottish Rock Podcast  No. 6  is  with Linda  Cochran on the  Pacific North West .....
Find  that here: https://tinyurl.com/yyzooa5u

New Scottish Rock Podcast - featuring  Jay  Ackerley  from Canada ......
Growing alpines in British Columbia
Jay discusses his passion for the plants in both his home garden in Vancouver, Canada and his rock gardening cabin.

https://tinyurl.com/y53lx2tk

[Maggi Young]

Connor  Smith  writes : "The recent episode  as we are joined by Jay Akerley will be the final episode of this season
The podcast has now reached over 1,000 listens and has had listeners in 37 different countries around the world.

In the future, I am hoping to have 4 episode blocks on a specific theme with experts in that field. They would be posted all within one month - to save the month waiting period per episode. A similar format to the international rock gardener.
Cheers for all the support, and I hope you have enjoyed it thus far!"

Thanks to Connor  for  all his  work on the  Scottish Rock Podcast - we  wish him even greater  success  in the  future!
(PS The  International Rock Gardener  free e-magazine  continues  to appear  on the  last  Friday  of each month!)

[Susann]

Fantastic!

Many thanks to all involved!

We, the passive members of SRGC, are very lucky having such a generous, openminded and innovative spirit among all the nice persons  that do all the work for us.