The SRGC "late bulb day" will be a weekend event in 2016, in tandem with the Cyclamen Society.
SRGC Show Schedules 2016 : click
HERE LATE BULB PENRITH WEEKEND
"A Celebration of Cyclamen"
24th & 25th September
Hosted jointly by the SRGC and THE CYCLAMEN SOCIETY
Venue:: The Evergreen Hall, Bluebell Lane, Penrith CA11 7LH Travel Directions. Below
Time: Both days will start with coffee and biscuits at 10.00am
For more details contact: Barry Caudwell; Phone 01828 686709
We are designing a full programme for both days, a small charge will be made to cover costs. Please supply your own picnic lunch. There are supermarkets and restaurants close to the hall.
Speakers and subjects will include:-
Martyn Denney: Secretary and Editor of the Cyclamen Society on the Cyclamen Society's Expeditions and their results
John Richards: Past President of the Alpine Garden Society & author of Mountain Flower Walks in The Greek Mainland on Spring and Autumn Bulbs of Greece (2 Talks)
Alastair Culham :Curator of the Reading University Herbarium who has worked on the DNA of Cyclamen in the wild, on Phylogeny and taxonomy of Cyclamen
Vic Aspland: President and Publicity Officer of The Cyclamen Society, on Growing Cyclamen in England
Sandy Leven: Past President and Publicity Manager of The Scottish Rock Garden Club, on Cyclamen and Friends - a Scottish Perspective
DISPLAY: Members are asked to bring as many flowering bulbs and plants, either in pots or as cut stems in vases as possible. While the emphasis is on Cyclamen, all other genera are welcome. This is a unique opportunity for members of both the SRGC and the CS to share their knowledge and enthusiasm of some of our favourite plants and bulbs, which grow with them.
SHOW: The Cyclamen Society hopes to include a competitive Show as part of the weekend..
We ask members to contribute plants, corms and bulbs to the 50:50 plant sale and special plants for the raffles.
Nurseries to include HARTSIDE NURSERY, Alston, Cumbria
DIRECTIONS:
Traveling on M6 from North or South;
Leave M6 at Junction 40 for Penrith at roundabout take exit onto the Ullswater Road, signposted Penrith
A592 for ¾ mile, (straight over first roundabout) at the next roundabout 1st exit onto Cromwell Road /
A592 for 150 yds, to roundabout (opposite Morrisions Supermarket) take 2nd exit onto Brunswick Road/
A592 for 200 yds at the second right turn into Bluebell Lane /A592 Hall is on right after 100yds. Car
parks on left and right and also at the end of the road.
Other Routes from East or West;
Use A66 and at Junction 40 with the M6 follow above instructions.
More details will be in the Secretary’s Pages, July.
More Cyclamen Society Events can be found here :
http://www.cyclamen.org/shows/
