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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2015, 07:05:58 PM »
Have to say its looking really good and looking forward to seeing the display on Friday.

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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #31 on: May 27, 2015, 10:41:16 PM »
 Team effort indeed- the four sides tonight all planted up ready for the finishing crew tomorrow then judging in late afternoon







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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2015, 04:52:01 PM »
This morning the tidy gang were in to make sure all was absolutely ship-shape, ready for assessment from the judges.





I think all the Team have done a grand job- well done to you all!!
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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2015, 04:55:07 PM »
 The Meconopsis Group   ( www.meconopsis.org)  are a  specialist horticultural group focused on the classification, cultivation & conservation of Meconopsis in gardens and the wild. The Group is  affiliated to the Scottish Rock Garden Club. 
The Group has completed their stand at the Gardening Scotland Show , too ....

"Meconopsis galore! 17 species and cultivars on our stand at  Gardening Scotland "

these photos are from their posts on Twitter  and show a super display of plants and information

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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #34 on: May 28, 2015, 06:10:09 PM »
Other SRGC "folks" will be exhibiting at Gardening Scotland  of course - we wish them all the best of luck.

.....  those nice McNaughtons from Macplants  for instance .... here are  some of their plants waiting to go to the show




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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #35 on: May 28, 2015, 06:13:07 PM »
Or Graeme and Hilary Butler from Rumbling Bridge .....  who will also have a great stand at the show and be  entering the lovely auricula, 'Porcelain'  in the 'Best New Plant' class at 'Gardening Scotland' 2015.





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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #36 on: May 28, 2015, 06:17:24 PM »
The Guys  from Harperley Hall Farm will be there - they just won silver-gilt AND the President's Award at Chelsea!
Jim Jermyn says :
 
"look out for their range of Rhodohypoxis @GardenScotland  "
the photo is of their President's Award at Chelsea
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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #37 on: May 28, 2015, 06:19:51 PM »
Stella and David Rankin of Kevock Garden Plants  got a gold at Chelsea and  they and their team will be hoping for another at G/Scotland !

 It does look good!
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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2015, 09:40:09 PM »
a few snaps of the finished club stand









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« Reply #39 on: May 28, 2015, 09:42:38 PM »
and some closer views









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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #40 on: May 28, 2015, 10:14:24 PM »
Looking really good, well done to the team! Keep my fingers crossed for tomorrow and looking forward to seeing it close to on Saturday morning.
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« Reply #41 on: May 28, 2015, 10:57:11 PM »
Wow! How about once the show is over, you could just ship me the whole set up?  :-)
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« Reply #42 on: May 29, 2015, 10:41:07 AM »
Wow! How about once the show is over, you could just ship me the whole set up?  :-)

There's a queue Lori, and we Brits are very good a queuing ;D    Well done everyone.
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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #43 on: May 29, 2015, 02:29:35 PM »
Hello all just heard that SRGC have won a GOLD medal well done everyone the show is busy with lots of people buying seed and admiring the stand I am at home today great news,  cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Re: Gardening Scotland 2015
« Reply #44 on: May 29, 2015, 02:33:53 PM »
Thank goodness to finally get some news!  Beginning to think there was no-one in the Club with a flippin' phone!

Well done Stan and the Gang!



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