Gardening Scotland 2015

[Liz Mills]

Gardening Scotland 2015 Help Needed


Stan da Prato, Ian Christie and their team of helpers are now getting everything ready for the SRGC display at Gardening Scotland. This is a major event and a great chance for us to show off our plants and promote the Club to the general public.

Over the course of the weekend - Friday 29 to Sunday 31 May - thousands of people will see our display and we try to speak to as many of them as possible.  Can you help the Club by giving 2 to 3 hours of your time and enthusiasm on one of these days?   In return I will send you a free pass to Gardening Scotland for that day.

Please e-mail me if you'd like to help.  Early bird replies will get first choice of time slot.  Slots are:  9.30-12.00, 12.00-14.30, 14.30-17.00 hours.

[Maggi Young]

Any help that can be offered to the  SRGC Gardening Scotland Team  - see Liz' post above- will be most welcome.

The Show looms large on the timeline now - it will be open to the public from the 29th to the 31st May 2015.

[Maggi Young]

See all show details and ticket info on the main Gardening Scotland website -

http://www.gardeningscotland.com/main-features/

Our own Beryl MacNaughton will be one of the experts on hand in the RHS  Gardening Theatre and there are a huge number of attractions to this show - quite apart from what we imagine will be yet another stunning display by the SRGC  Team !

You can read about last year's event, HERE

[Stan da Prato]

Yesterday Rob Graham and I checked over the elements of the stand in the hut at Binny Plants serenaded by a male dunnock. Rob has taken some of the rock work  away to reglue it to its backing boards. There is a fine display of wild hyacinths in the Binny woods just now.

[Maggi Young]

There must be a mix of excitement and trepidation for you, Rob and the Show Team right now. It's an odd time, isn't it ? You are raring to go but held at the starting area, ready to get to the blocks!

I still have the shakes at the very thought of gluing stones securely for the display - I just hope Rob knows how much the rest of us are in awe and appreciative of the efforts of the Show Team 

Will be wishing you  all a smooth progress through the build and planting -and looking forward to seeing the finished display in all its glory!

Bon Courage!!

[Stan da Prato]

Thanks Maggi though the notion of me at the starting blocks is somewhat  unrealistic if not bizarre - perhaps the donkey derby?

[Maggi Young]

Stan, the smoothness and elegance of the  final result  of every  SRGC stand is such that only an analogy with super athletes seemed appropriate.

(By jove, sometimes I even impress my self with my reasoning!!) 

[ichristie]

We have spent quite a bit of time this week looking out plants to the show everything is later than usual lifted Meconopsis and Primulas lots of others and we have several big Celmisias on the window of out sit-ootery ( a posh name for a porch) we have plants in the big glasshouse my new shelter put them out if its sunny bring them in shelter from the wind still some will not make it not sure what the stand will be like but without doubt Stan and the team will be waiting on Monday for my arrival to get going, a few pictures getting ready.  cheers Ian the Christie kind

[ichristie]

A few more snapper; Stan will be posting from the show, Ian

[Maggi Young]

From Twitter

[Stan da Prato]

Look forward  to seeing Ian's  and other people's plants arrive at Ingliston tomorrow. Today  Rob and I loaded our cars at Binny for the short drive to the show hall. We set up the boxes which are the foundation for the display   then put on the box  for the rock ridge in the middle. We then add the stone panels. All on similar lines to last year though the plants  will not be all the same. A few pieces of stone have parted company with their backboards so will be re-glued tonight.

[Maggi Young]

Got to pity those poor vehicles being asked to carry all that "stuff"  -  just as well it wasn't too windy, eh?

You and Rob are making very good progress or so it appears to me.
It is so interesting to see how the process goes.    I can never work out how the "skeleton"  affects the finished display, so I doubt these work in progress photos are demystifying the finished effect at all.
 
Well done both!

[ichristie]

Looks great Stan and Rob the van is loaded so should maybe arrive earlier than planned, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Maggi Young]

Drive carefully, Ian !!

[Stan da Prato]

....Ian did indeed drive carefully despite an allergic reaction to all the oil seed rape now in flower. After unloading his van we got on with planting avoiding the metal structures of  the Alnwick gardeners who are setting up a display of poisonous plants next door . Liz Mills then  brought a car full of small colourful alpines followed by a delivery from Ayrshire members.