Snowdrop events 2015

[mark smyth]

No mention yet that Margaret Owen's Patch will be open at the end of Feb for the last time? I haven't heard what day or time yet

[Alan_b]

I wonder how that will work.  Will somebody be taking responsibility for her plant collections?

[Jane]

No mention yet that Margaret Owen's Patch will be open at the end of Feb for the last time? I haven't heard what day or time yet

Hi Mark,

It was mentioned on Facebook that it was going to be on the 22rd February.  No other information given.

[Alan_b]

Maybe note quite 'events' but this article lists five Norfolk gardens that will be open for snowdrops: http://www.edp24.co.uk/what-s-on/the_five_norfolk_gardens_you_must_visit_to_see_the_first_snowdrops_of_the_year_1_3920392

[Maggi Young]

News from Glen Chantry - see it here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12676.msg321856#msg321856 

[Maggi Young]

News from Andrew about the Myddleton House  event :

"Ahead of this Saturdays ultimate snowdrop sale at Myddelton House Gardens we have produced a list of some of the rarity on offer from the sellers this year. I thought this might me of interest to the Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum members.

Please see below.

Kind regards

Andrew "


Myddelton House Gardens Ultimate Snowdrop Sale Saturday, 24 January 2014 10:30 - 12:00

Enjoy a winter warmer with our special breakfast deal. From 8:30 - 10:00; take away a sausage or bacon roll with a tea or coffee for just £3.50!

Here is a sample of some of the Snowdrops that will be available to purchase on the day: 

Galanthus plicatus 'E.A.Bowles'
Galanthus ‘Trym Baby’
Galanthus 'Grüner Nebel
Galanthus ‘Norfolk blonde’
Galanthus ‘Homersfield’
Galanthus ‘Green Eyes’
Galanthus elwesii ‘Moses’ Basket’
Galanthus ‘Anglesey Orange Tip’
Galanthus ‘Ladybird’
Galanthus ‘Phil Cornish’
Galanthus ‘Glenorma’
Galanthus ‘White Perfection’
Galanthus ‘Bumble Green’
Galanthus ‘Henley Green Spot’
Galanthus 'Rosemary Burnham'
Galanthus 'Miss Willmott'
Galanthus ‘Margery Fish’
Galanthus 'Betty Hansell'
Galanthus ‘Nice ’n’ early’
Galanthus ‘Tilly’
Galanthus ‘Bryan Hewitt’
Galanthus ‘Franz Josef’
Galanthus reginae-olgae subspecies vernalis ‘Miss Behaving’
Galanthus ‘La Moriniere’
Galanyhus ‘Bertha’
Galanthus woronowii 'Cider with Rosie'
Galanthus 'Clovis'
Galanthus 'Deer Slot'
Galanthus 'Dymock'
Galanthus elwesii 'Advent’
Galanthus elwesii 'Godfrey Owen'
Galanthus elwesii 'Marlie Raphael'
Galanthus elwesii 'Rosemary Burnham’
Galanthus 'Glenchantress'
Galanthus 'Greenfinch'
Galanthus 'Green Tear'
Galanthus 'Homersfield'
Galanthus 'Ivy Cottage Corporal'
Galanthus nivalis 'Angelina'
Galanthus nivalis 'Bishop's Mitre'
Galanthus nivalis 'Flocon de Neige'
Galanthus nivalis 'Marjorie Fish'
Galanthus nivalis 'Mosquito'
Galanthus nivalis 'Norfolk Blonde'
Galanthus plicatus 'Wandlebury Ring'
Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis 'Miss Adventure'
Galanthus 'South Hayes'
Galanthus 'Timm's Hill Poë'
Galanthus 'Trumps'
Galanthus 'Walker Canada'


edit by maggi  : thanks to help from my friends - some spellings corrected 

[Maggi Young]

And more :
http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/news/snowdrops-a-plant-lovers-guide/
"Everybody’s favourite spring flower is the centre of attention for a special day at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday January 31 – and it’s FREE.

Galanthus is a much-loved harbinger of spring and here at the Garden there is a mile of snowdrops to explore but Snowdrop Day is so much more than walk in the park.

There will be talks, trails, a book signing, family activities and a demonstration on how to grow and care for snowdrops as well as tips on incorporating them into your garden design.

Award-winning horticultural writer and much-garlanded show garden designer Naomi Slade will be on hand to help you out with all you ever wanted to know about snowdrops."


 And a few open days here :
Pembury House
Ditchling Road (New Road),  Clayton, nr Hassocks,  Sussex  BN6 9PH

http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/find-a-garden/garden.aspx?search=type:advanced-dr:999-nm:pembury+House&id=11375

[Maggi Young]

  Snowdrops by Starlight Festival 11-15th Feb at Cambo  http://www.camboestate.com/

Cambo 'drops there are in snow today


and there is another place nearby you might also like to visit :  The newly opened   Kingsbarns Distillery      

[Richard Williams]

Maggi
Result.... a snowdrop event about 5 miles from home here in sunny South Wales and not the usual potential 500 mile round trip. The national botanic gardens are a great venue for this. Not sure how many snowdrops around there yet as in our woodland at home where there are about 3 acres of them it's a bit sparse. The ones in my polytunnel are flowering and going great guns. I'll be taking a group of students there next week so will get a better idea then.
Thanks for the list of plants at Myddleton.... heart palpitations time...

[RichardW]

  Snowdrops by Starlight Festival 11-15th Feb at Cambo  http://www.camboestate.com/

Cambo 'drops there are in snow today
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and there is another place nearby you might also like to visit :  The newly opened   Kingsbarns Distillery      
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Never mind the snowdrops! Distillery is enough to get my attention  planning a pilgrimage to Old Pulteney this year, they must need a gardener....

[Maggi Young]

And still they come:
Kent snowdrop gardens opening: Spring Platt 7-8 Feb  from 11am -3pm      and  Knowle Hill 8 Feb, 11am-3pm   http://ngs.org.uk 

[Carolyn Walker]

Here is the official announcement about the Winterthur [Delaware, US] snowdrop event on March 7.  Carolyn's Shade Gardens will be there selling snowdrops, cyclamen, hellebores, and other early bloomers:

Bank to Bend: Andrew Turvey of Myddelton House
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Lecture, 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, in Copeland Lecture Hall
Tour, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, begins at Visitor Center
Plant Sales, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, at Visitor Center
Self-guided Tours, throughout the day beginning at Visitor Center

Celebrate the early bulb display of the March Bank at Winterthur with a lecture, tour, and sales of rare and unusual plants. This year’s featured speaker is Andrew Turvey, head gardener at Myddelton House Gardens the garden of the horticulturally famous EA Bowles. Bowles had a keen interest in bulbs, authoring books on crocus narcissus and is widely credited with coining the term ‘galanthophile’ for passionate collectors of snowdrops. Registration for lecture required. $10 members, $20 non-members, free for Winterthur Garden and Landscape Society and Garden Associate Members.

[mark smyth]

Maggi have Cambo stopped doing their snowdrop lectures and lunches?

[Maggi Young]

Maggi have Cambo stopped doing their snowdrop lectures and lunches?

http://www.camboestate.com/snowdrops/

Events List

30 January to 15 March 2015
Snowdrop Festival
Our annual Snowdrop Spectacular!
Oped daily 10am to 5pm
Thousands of snowdrops carpet the woodlands – National Collection of over 350 different Snowdrops – Feed the Piglets – Story telling – Environmental Sculptures  – Art / Craft Workshops

8 February
‘A Year at Cambo’  RHS Talk and tour of the garden
Tickets £15.00 (RHS members and Friends of Cambo Gardens £12.50)
Includes coffee and shortbread
2 to 4.30pm Advance booking required.

11 to 15 February 2015
Snowdrops by Starlight
The First Ever Illuminated Snowdrop Wood
‘ An inspiring and artistic spectacle’
Advance booking required. Call 01333 450054 or book online

[Maggi Young]

Here is the official announcement about the Winterthur [Delaware, US] snowdrop event on March 7.  Carolyn's Shade Gardens will be there selling snowdrops, cyclamen, hellebores, and other early bloomers:

Bank to Bend: Andrew Turvey of Myddelton House
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Lecture, 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, in Copeland Lecture Hall
Tour, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, begins at Visitor Center
Plant Sales, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, at Visitor Center
Self-guided Tours, throughout the day beginning at Visitor Center

Celebrate the early bulb display of the March Bank at Winterthur with a lecture, tour, and sales of rare and unusual plants. This year’s featured speaker is Andrew Turvey, head gardener at Myddelton House Gardens the garden of the horticulturally famous EA Bowles. Bowles had a keen interest in bulbs, authoring books on crocus narcissus and is widely credited with coining the term ‘galanthophile’ for passionate collectors of snowdrops. Registration for lecture required. $10 members, $20 non-members, free for Winterthur Garden and Landscape Society and Garden Associate Members.

 My word, those Forumists get everywhere!