Joint SRGC/AGS Show Northumberland April 1 2017

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First the Levers'  Farrer plant Sebaea Bychan which had to beat off some every strong competition - see merit certificates shortly.  Don Peace's  fine plants took several awards  with a merit certificate for a Fritillaria Lentune Slate , the AGS  small 6 pan medal and the Sandhoe  trophy for  best plant  in a 19 cm pot with another frit F. pinardii. He also took the Cooke plate for most points in the open section. Final one of this  group is George  Young's  3 pan from  a named continent - North America -  which took the Bill McKenzie trophy.

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Next the new David Boyd memorial award for a Hepatica taken  by Alan Newton. Cyril Lafong  won he EB Watson trophy for a new, rare or difficult plant with Saxifraga quadrifaria. The Alpines 2001 trophy -in the form of a dinosaur coprolite! - for best cushion plants  which  moves  round the shows went to a very impressive Helichrysum pagopyhllum   shown by the Hoyles.  As the only entrant  to class 1 I received the AGS medal for 6 large pots.

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Some well deserved merit certs. Ian Kidman's Ranunculus alpestris. Geoff Rollinson's Primula henrici.  Then Billy Moore's   Trillium chloropetalum  Bob Gordon  mentioned earlier.

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In  section 2 and 3 the Gordon Harrison cup for section 2 intermediate went to Colin & Kathleen Billington who also won an SRGC bronze medal while the Cyril Barnes trophy for section 3 novice was won by Robert Dodds. RBGE pot on their customary  fine display of bulbs which received a gold medal card.

[Maggi Young]

My word, some really cracking plants there - congratulations to all those growers. Angus T,  the new Show Secretary, must be pleased with  the day!
Very fetching  large six pan, Stan  -good balance. I can't tell you, though, how pleased I am not to have had to carry them!

[ruweiss]

My sincerest thanks to the photographers for showing us these fine plants.

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The date of the show was not lost on some exhibitors.

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A couple of views of the hall from the floor above where the joint  rock committee was meeting

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now some general views from  ground level

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I love April 1st Shows, some people have wonderful imaginations

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round the benches

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more

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more

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and more

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and onwards