SRGC Exploration Awards

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SRGC  EXPLORATION AWARDS

SRGC Exploration Awards were set up in 1985 to award grants to help finance projects or trips pertaining to rock garden plants. Feedback in the form of articles, talks, photographs etc., is appreciated. Recipients of grants need not necessarily be members of the SRGC.

Anyone wishing to apply to the SRGC  for an Exploration  grant for an expedition in 2015 or early 2016 should submit their application prior to 1st March 2015.
Application forms are available by email : findhorncarol@icloud.com

Criteria for Award of SRGC Exploration Grants: download HERE - updated October 2017

Contributions to the Fund are always welcome and would enable us to offer more support.
Any donations should be sent to the Treasurer, Mr Richard Green,
Cedar Cottage, Balfron Station, Glasgow G63 0SQ

 On  this page you will find details of the SRGC Exploration Fund Grants  and also a note about  the SRGC's association with the British Exploring Society for student bursaries.

That page also has all details of the SRGC Diana Aitchison Student Study Grants
 

Exploration Grant recipient's  report:

For a  report on his trip to the Baglung, Rukum and Dolpa regionsdistricts of North-west Nepal in 2014 by  by Alan Elliott, who received an exploration  grant from the SRGC  click HERE

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News from the Exploration Fund Committee :
 
SRGC Exploration Grants
in 2017 there are two application deadlines - 28 February and 15 NovemberApplication forms are available  by clicking HERE


Completed Forms should be sent to

Carol Shaw :  findhorncarol@icloud.com

or, by post, to Carol Shaw Delft Cottage, Dyke, Forres IV36 2TF


 


 

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Exploration Fund Grants awarded 2016 :
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Donations to this fund are always welcome - please send to SRGC Treasurer, Richard Green, Cedar Cottage, Balfron Station, Glasgow G63 0SQ
 - or use PayPal buttons on this website and mention Exploration Fund as  destination.

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It is not likely that too many members - at least in Europe - will be growing Proteas but of course others have more amenable climates for such plants. Robbie Blackhall-Miles FLS is working in Wales on the study of such plants and hopes to  discover in time that more are able to be grown in the UK than was previously imagined.

Robbie was  in receipt of an SRGC Exploration Grant to help with an expedition to South Africa - you can  read his article in the International Rock Gardener (IRG)  #80 of August 2016 -  HERE  - also contains much more, of course !

[Maggi Young]

It is not likely that too many members - at least in Europe - will be growing Proteas but of course others have more amenable climates for such plants. Robbie Blackhall-Miles FLS is working in Wales on the study of such plants and hopes to  discover in time that more are able to be grown in the UK than was previously imagined.

Robbie was  in receipt of an SRGC Exploration Grant to help with an expedition to South Africa - you can  read his article in the International Rock Gardener (IRG)  #80 of August 2016 -  HERE  - also contains much more, of course !

See a compilation of South African Protaceae 2015 from Robbie  Here :

[Maggi Young]

SRGC EXPLORATION AWARDS

The Exploration Fund was set up in 1985 to award grants to help finance projects or trips pertaining to rock garden plants. Feedback in the form of articles, talks, photographs etc., is appreciated. Recipients of grants need not necessarily be members of the SRGC.

SRGC Exploration Grants

In 2017 there will be 2 application deadlines - 28 February and 15 November.

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Sarah Rose Carlton is on a plant exploration trip, helped by an Scottish Rock Garden Club grant : "#Kyrgyzstan #plantexpedition looking for bulbs and having the time of my life! Thank you #SRGC #St Andrews Botanic Garden"

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More photos from Sarah Rose Carlton from Kyrgyzstan -

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Fritillaria sewerzowii


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variation in Iris kolpakowskiana

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From Sarah Rose Carlton "Spent 5 days lacerating my arms and legs climbing mountain sides to find this guy. Here he is, Fritillaria ferganensis, in Kyrgyzstan!"

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See a compilation of South African Protaceae 2015 from Robbie  Here :

An update from Robbie Blackhall-Miles - "Very pleased to say Ben & I have been awarded the The Royal Horticultural Society Bursaries prize for our trip report from our #SouthAfrica adventure in 2015.  The trip was made with RHS and SRGC grant funding. "
 
 http://www.blackhalls.co.uk/rhs-bursaries-award-prize-winner-2016/

Congratulations!

 

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SRGC exploration grants made Spring 2017
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Criteria for Award of SRGC Exploration Grants: download HERE - updated October 2017

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From Liz Mills :

2018 Applications for Exploration Awards

Please note that the deadlines for applications in 2018 are 15 March and 15 November.  The Committee Secretary, Carol Shaw, is currently in hospital with poor internet access.  My recent e-mails have been returned as undeliverable so I suspect her Inbox is now full.

Carol’s husband, David, has been forwarding applications to me and I have acknowledged all those that I have received.  If you have not received an acknowledgment from me, please send your application again to: liz.saline@hotmail.co.uk   And if you have not yet sent in your application please send it to this address before 15 March.

Please accept my apologies for any confusion and any problems this has caused you.

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Exploration Awards made  by SRGC in 2018

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There's more help out there than is sometimes imagined.....RHS funding News - via  HortNews ( https://mailchi.mp/actpub/hortnews-your-horticulture-update-nbusszxy47-1223653 )

 RHS funding available to modern day plant hunters

The RHS has made more than £100,000 available to gardening professionals and keen amateurs who want to combine worldwide travel and horticultural learning this year.

The funding, which comprises a series of bursaries and will see around 100 applicants receive amounts ranging between £200 to £3,000, is intended to grow the UK’s horticultural skills and knowledge. This might include – at home or abroad – the study of a particular plant or growing technique, conference attendance or help funding a voluntary work placement.

A fellowship programme also offers one applicant an all-expenses paid opportunity to study at an American University or gain practical experience at Pennsylvania’s botanical Longwood Gardens.

Previous recipients of RHS funding have investigated unique flora in Korea’s Demilitarised Zone, researched plants in the Caucasus Mountains and followed in the footsteps of famed horticulturist Harold Comber in Tasmania.

Chris Moncrieff, Head of Horticultural Relations, said: “Hundreds of people have already benefitted from RHS funding; supporting their professional careers, confirming their passion for gardening and bolstering the UK’s horticultural know how. There’s still much to be explored so we’re encouraging anyone with a passion for plants to apply.”

The next round of funding applications closes on 30th September. More information is available at www.rhs.org.uk/bursaries