Wisley Alpine Day 1st October 2015

[Maggi Young]

ALPINE OPEN DAY RHS GARDEN WISLEY  –1st  OCTOBER 2015
Join experts and enthusiastsfrom the world of alpines and rock garden plants at a joint
RHS, Alpine Garden Society (AGS) and Scottish Rock Garden Club (SRGC) open day
at RHS Garden Wisley on Thursday 1 October 2015.
Entrance to the event is free, although normal arrangements for access to the garden apply.

Talks, practical demonstrations, a photographic exhibition, and other activities will be
held at the Hillside Events Centre. There will also be plants sales at the Wisley Plant Centre and by other specialist alpine nurseries on site, an open session of the Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee, and guided tours of the Wisley Rock Garden and Alpine Departments.

A full programme is attached:  Alpine-Open-Day-Wisley-prog.pdf (155.98 kB - downloaded 256 times.)

Sadly this date clashes with the SRGC Discussion Weekend at the other end of the country, as well as the Scotland's Gardens /RHS  lectire event in Stirling so attendance from Scottish members will be limited though all SRGC members able to attend are urged to do so.

[Tim Ingram]

This looks to be a really exciting and inclusive day - a nice opportunity for those of us in the south-east! We will be taking plants. Look forward to it 

[Maggi Young]

Sure it will be a good day, Tim - nice you'll be there to fly a flag for us all!

[Tim Ingram]

As far as I can see not mentioned on the AGS website so far?

[Maggi Young]

As far as I can see not mentioned on the AGS website so far?

It was mentioned the next day, Tim!

Hope it will be well attended.

[Maggi Young]

Razvan Chisu is at the event - here  is his pic of some of the plants heading for consideration by the Joint Rock Committee

 

For those wondering what on earth this mysterious "Joint Rock Committee" is, this link will help http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12924.0 

[Tim Ingram]

A good day (apart from trying to get there on the M25!). The Hillside Centre was full with a steady stream of people coming in, and the Wisley team took groups around the Alpine Dept., including behind the scenes. A great opportunity to meet a whole number of interesting plants-people (including Razvan), and also for a look at alpines growing at The Botanics in Edinburgh, Cambridge Botanics, as well as Wisley, and these amazing plants presented for the Joint Rock Committee. Will look at the day in more detail in my Kent Diary in the next few days.

[Jon Evans]

I have added some photos of the plants considered by the Joint Rock Garden Committee at this event to the AGS website here:
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/events/JRGC+Alpine+Day+st+October+at+RHS+Wisley/20016/

[Maggi Young]

I see Nesta Jolliffe in your pictures, Jon - she spent the weekend with other members of her family  at the SRGC Discussion Weekend  in Grantown on Spey . John Mitchell had made a quick turn around from Wisley,  too.  Amazing the stamina of these folks!

Nice shots from you of Ian Robertson's lovely Cyclamen graecum subsp. anatolicum, which you tell us  has been raised to species status as Cyclamen maritimum.
(- Another change to get our heads round!)      and congratulations to Ian Robertson on his success with the plant at Loughborough, too!