VRV: Flemish Event in Ghent 23/11/2013

[Maggi Young]

Great news, Kris - I hope there are many more !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Great news, Kris - I hope there are many more !

With your great help Maggi , it must be !

And al Cyclamen -lovers must now that Melvyn is one of the people you have to see.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Maggi and Ian ,

Many thanks for your announcement  (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11079.0 )of our anniversary !
Also many thanks for your support and warm sympathy in al those years .
To me the SRGC and VRV are like brothers and sisters ....I hope -no I am sure ...that we can continue that way ...
Tomorrow in Gent we start (officially)   a celebrating year that starts on the 23th of november 2013 and ends by the end of 2014 ....
We have a beautiful and practical surprise for our members tomorrow but more special events may be expected trough the year .....The VRV is ready for this special year ....
We also like to thanks our founders , without them there was no VRV....I hope we can go on like this in the future but don't want to look to much into the future neather . We are looking forward to have Melvyn with us tomorrow and to start our anniversary .

[Maggi Young]

Our good wishes bear repeating here, Kris for the  tenth anniversary of the VRV


10 years of the Flemish Rock Garden Club !


The SRGC sends hearty congratulations to all our good friends in the Vlaamse Rotsplanten Vereniging
(VRV ) - the  Flemish Rock Plant Society- which  today celebrates the tenth anniversary since it  was founded.

On Saturday, November 22, 2003 , Jozef Lemmens, Rita Wolf, Rudy de Kort, Wim Van den Broeck  and Frans Van Eynde  took the initiative for the establishment of the Flemish Rock Plant Society.

Jef Lemmens the founding President has given thanks to  everyone who has contributed to the success of the club :

"....thanks to .........Anyone who has ever become a member sponsors, advertisers, authors of articles, speakers at the members day, and so on ...... In short, everyone who believes in that there was a need for a rock plant association in Flanders".

The SRGC is proud to be closely associated with this vibrant association of rock gardeners from Flanders -  we share many members and rejoice in the success of the VRV Forum, which they now share with the Dutch Club (NRV).

We wish the VRV great success in the future and hope for a long history of continued friendship between our members.

Again - Congratulations to the VRV! We know you will enjoy the start of your celebrations at your meeting tomorrow with Melvyn Jope as your guest speaker.... wish we could be with you! 

[krisderaeymaeker]

        

Melvyn is on Flemish soil now ....

After a hopefully good nightrest we are ready for it !   

[Maggi Young]

I'm told a glass of Belgian Beer  is very good to promote a fine night's sleep............

Sleep well!

[krisderaeymaeker]

I'm told a glass of Belgian Beer  is very good to promote a fine night's sleep............
Sleep well!

I keep that for tomorrow Maggi ....just at the end of this promising day ...when the tension has gone .
We bring a toast (together with Melvyn) on both societys . CHEERS !

[johnw]

I'm told a glass of Belgian Beer  is very good to promote a fine night's sleep............ Sleep well!

Have a few Gueuze and see how well you sleep...................

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We put Melvyn safely on his plane back to the UK this afternoon !
He gave us some mouthwatering talks about Greece, Cyclamen and... Galanthus regenae olgae !
On top of that we got to know a warm personality, another VRV friend for life !!!
Thanks for coming over Melvyn, it was super !!! 

And many many thanks for your warmhearted wishes Maggi !! 

[Melvyn Jope]

My thanks to Luc and his VRV friends and colleagues. I had been told that I could expect excellent and friendly hospitality and that was my experience throughout, second to none. Thank you all for looking after me.

[Maggi Young]

I hear that all your audience enjoyed your presentations too, Melvyn - so a grand day out was had all round it seems 

[krisderaeymaeker]

My thanks to Luc and his VRV friends and colleagues. I had been told that I could expect excellent and friendly hospitality and that was my experience throughout, second to none. Thank you all for looking after me.

It was a great pleasure Melvyn !  We enjoyed both your company and lectures.
As Luc already told , we got to know  a warm personality !
Never forgot this super day.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I hear that all your audience enjoyed your presentations too, Melvyn - so a grand day out was had all round it seems 

This is so true Maggi .....I give my impression  and opinion on our Flemish Forum .
It is difficult to translate or expres al in English but sure we like it so much. 
Most of al this was not only a lecture build on plants and latin names .....It was much more then that .Melvyn has a true and warm story  with a soul and it brings  back the Greek culture .
And ofcourse I like the way Melvyn select and grow plants .
I can recommand Melvyn as speaker to anyone.. 

[Maggi Young]

News from our Friends in the Flemish Rock Garden Club about their  next Lecture Day…..

http://www.vrvforum.be/?p=2652

"On January 25, The VRV  again welcomes two top  “home grown” speakers.
The first speaker is very famous in the world of snowdrops . Valentin Wijnen has been a passionate galanthophile since the 90s. In his garden he hosts a unique collection of snowdrops, the largest and most diverse in Belgium . More than 650 named and some 150 unnamed selections are part of his collection.
In addition to the 16 or so new snowdrops that he has named himself, he has  also selected in the past 10 years, along with Johan Mens, some unique varieties of our native snowdrop Galanthus nivalis var scharlockii . He will bring the story of the latest Belgian snowdrops to us. He will take us on a journey through the named and unnamed cultivars that have arisen in Belgium .
The second speaker is known to most, it is Herman Mylemans,  our Gentian Specialist . Anyone who has ever searched for information about gentians will certainly already arrived at his informative website:  http://www.gentians.be/ . He will tell us about the gentians of acaulis group and those of the verna group and teach us how to recognize the difference. Between the two groups Gentiana acaulis is both a group name and a generic term  hence the confusion , in this lecture  Herman will give an insight into this matter. Gentiana verna group and gentian has the same problem for years , a number of features will be discussed .

After these lectures the traditional raffle  will be held. . And then we also bring a toast to the new year and we can enjoy a good chat!"

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks again for your announcement Maggi ! 

I am pretty sure that it gonna be  a great day and it is also  a pleasure to have those both gentlemen as a speaker.

And note also that that day will be the colors white and blue. And those are the colors of the Scottish flag!