Let me introduce myself ...

[Maggi Young]

Sadly, I won't be there to enjoy the show and wish you a happy birthday Ann, but have a bun to celebrate, anyhow!

[galanthophile]

Thanks Chris and Maggie. It'll be a good show I'm sure.

[Gerard Oud]

Hello everyone,finally i found the right site full of enthusiasts who do share the same hobby.
I did visit a belgian site called Galanthus.be, and it took ages before it got some reply.
I am Gerard Oud and i come from the Netherlands and i grow bulbs.For several years Fritillarias(Rubra max and Persica),Arum,Eremurus and Ornithogalum.3 years ago i got infected by the snowdropfever, and i do grow some snowdrops at the moment and will start breeding next year
In the last 2 years i have found already some new things,anyone who'se interested i can send some pics.I cant put them on this site because i get easily over the 300kb.

Kind regards,
Gerard

[snowdropman]

Hi Gerard

Welcome to the SRGC Forum - good to have you on board - you will certainly find lots of interest in snowdrops here.

I am sure that someone, a little more technically gifted than I am, will tell you how to reduce the size of your pictures, so that you can post them to the forum.

[mark smyth]

hello Gerard. I have emailed you editing information.

[Maggi Young]

Mark, thanks again for your help to a newbie.

Gerard, we are pleased to have you join the forum. You will find other interesing plants here on the SRGC site, I am sure, and perhaps you will be tempted to take out a membership in the Club.

[KentGardener]

Hi Gerard

welcome to the SRGC - I too like the snowdrops.  The result of all my web searching on the subject is that the place to visit for snowdrop chat is this forum.

Have you found the link to the old forum on the SRGC too?  The new forum has been in place for less than a year so I still use the old forum often to see previous posts on galanthus.

I look forward to seeing your photographs.

regards

John

[SueG]

Hi Ann
welcome to the forum, glad to have someone else from the North East joining Chris and I. If you make it to the Hexham show, I'll be there with (hopefully) some of my plants. Come and say hello, I'll probably be on the members plant table persuading people to part with their cash!
Sue

[galanthophile]

Ok Sue, I'll look out for you there

[illingworth]

We live in Canada near Lake Superior, south of Thunder Bay Ontario. We have a cold continental climate; our coldest temperature is -40 C/F, but lately the coldest has been more like -30 to -35 C. We usually have snow cover, but again, that is getting problematical; our most disastrous winter as far as plants are concerned was about 3 years ago when we had prolonged cold with no snow. The natural site is wonderful and we were very fortunate to have found it 35 years ago. There was nothing here but the land when we started and most everything has been done the hard way.  Our garden is very much a shared effort and more enjoyable because of that.  We have been at it now for about 18 years.

I have posted plant photos to the old forum, but winter is really my time to enjoy my photos.  I have recently started a Flickr photo site which, like any website, is not that great for those who, like us, have a slow internet connection as the files are large and I have already  posted a lot.  My intention is to give the viewer willing to take the time a virtual garden tour.  Spring 2006 is now up and summer garden shots are next. Eventually I will do the plant portraits.  In some of the photo captions I refer to the gardener - that's Sharon; I'm just the yardboy. I have divided the photos into sets which may make viewing easier.  Please take a look. I hope the photos will be worth a thousand words here.

The site address is   http://www.flickr.com/photos/illingworth/

-Rob

[David Nicholson]

Rob, a great site with some wonderful pictures.

[ranunculus]

Utterly brilliant Rob.....more compliments will surely abound.
Cheers,
Cliff

[annew]

Brilliant website and a stunning garden. I recommend the slide shows!

[mark smyth]

Rob why not post some in the Flowering Now forum when they are in season.

There is something very nice about white Digitalis

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Absolutely flabbergasting Rob !  Brilliant photos and what an area to garden in !!!!
I don't think in these circumstances you have to worry about building crevices - mixing grit into the soil etc... like all of us flatland earthlings have to do    But I'm sure you'll have your problems as well..
I'll be keeping a close watch on what's happening on that site.
Thanks for sharing.