Snowdrop Events, 2018

[Alan_b]

On Monday to  Friday, for about the next month, you can take a tour of the private snowdrop collection at Anglesey Abbey.  Tickets can be booked in advance.  I went there today, only to find that I was an hour and a half too late because this year the tour starts at 12:30.  Even if you cannot make the tour, they have been spreading snowdrops around the grounds so there are very many to see, lots of different ones but not with labels however. 

[Harald-Alex.]

Some pictures of the Myddleton House Sale in full swing (about 10 minutes after they let us in)

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I thank I can see Matt T in some of the pictures; sadly I didn't spot him at the time and never managed to say hello.

Hallo Alan, it is fantastic to see so many snowddrop-people interesting in buying new varieties of snowdrops!
Three years ago I found on a Snowdrop-tour to East-England a similar enthusiasm!
End of februar we come private to Scotland to see snowdrop-places and I hope to find some of interesting varieties for my snowdrop-garden!

[Alan_b]

Not an event, but there is a list of snowdrop venues in Suffolk and Norfolk here: http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/best-snowdrop-gardens-for-free-for-charity-for-families-1-5376573

[zephirine]

A quick journey home was a great relief after the Myddelton Sale.  It was quite like the old days a good SRGC contingent and great to meet Matt T, Emma, Zepherine, Neil, Richard Williams, Richard Webb, Kentish Lass, Viv, Debby, Arthur, Chas, Jane, David and Rachel et al The bacon baps were brilliant, and the soup was souperb (sorry).  I hope all enjoyed it as much as I did and The Norfolk Eye had a good walk whilst we were all succumbing to the fever!

I certainly enjoyed it as a magical day, Brian! And I was so pleased to meet Kentish Lass. I think I recognized a few others, but I dared not disturb their snowdrop frenzy! ;o) (and I had mine to take into account!)
A magical encounter with snowdrop mythical names too! Like joe Sharman, Alan and Anita Thorpe, Mrs MacLennan, the people from Glenchantry, etc..
In the afternoon we visited the Chelsea Physic Garden. It was their opening day this year, and Joe Sharman was expected there on the next day I believe.
A very nice place indeed, very well tended!

[Brian Ellis]

So pleased you enjoyed your day over here, it was great to see you and good to hear you got home safe and sound - it must have been a very long day!

[Maggi Young]

Benington Lordship is a great place to see snowdrops - as many forumists already know!



https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/england/item/benington-lordship-gardens.html

Open 2018 - For opening times at Benington Lordship visit website. Snowdrops from 7th February to 4th March. http://www.beningtonlordship.co.uk/


 Benington Lordship
 Benington, Stevenage
 Hertfordshire SG2 7BS

[Maggi Young]

To catch up on Irish Snowdrop events - including the dates to see  Angela Jupes'  garden, see her website
http://www.irishsnowdrops.org/snowdrop-events.html

[David Lowndes]

Anyone going to Shaftesbury tomorrow?

[Maggi Young]

John Grimshaw is speaking at Kalmthout today ..... and  he says  " A great selection of snowdrops available at @ Arboretumkalmthout Sneeuwklokjes-weekend...... 
 


 I can see some  well- known faces there!

[David Lowndes]

Great day at Shaftesbury yesterday.  Interesting, entertaining speakers and nice atmosphere. I think Joe Sharman won for technical interest but Anna Pavord for the most seductive! The sales were more Myddleton than Alpine Garden Society but I can elbow with the best of them!

[Harald-Alex.]

Today in the sundaypaper: Morgenpost am Sonntag Sachsen vom 11.2.2018:

[Mariette]

John Grimshaw is speaking at Kalmthout today ..... and  he says  " A great selection of snowdrops available at @ Arboretumkalmthout Sneeuwklokjes-weekend...... 
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 I can see some  well- known faces there!

An excellent talk, as one may  expect, and a very enjoyable event. The snowdrops offered were often different from those seen at similar events in Germany, and the weather was perfect for a walk through the wonderful park with its great range of hamamelis in flower. Met a lot of friends and made some new ones.

[Maggi Young]

We have shared information about the early Spring event at Winterthur  before in these pages and it is a pleasure to hear about the 2018  event from Director Chris Strand,  with Carolyn Walker.



Bank to Bend at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

Saturday, March 10, 10:00 am–3:30 pm


Celebrate the early bulb display of the March Bank with a lecture, garden tour, and special sale of rare and unusual plants. This year's featured speaker is Peter Zale, curator and plant breeder at Longwood Gardens. Dr. Zale will share his personal and professional interest in snowdrops and other choice early bulbs, while highlighting Longwood's expanding use of these exotic plants. Lecture is at 11:00 am and is $10 per Member; $20 per nonmember; and free for Winterthur Garden and Landscape Society and Garden Associate Members. Registration required. Garden tour and sale are free to Members and included with general admission.

    Lecture: 11:00 am, Copeland Lecture Hall
    Garden Tour: 1:00 pm, Begins at Visitor Center Patio
    Plant Sale: 10:00 am–3:00 pm, Visitor Center
    Self-Guided Tour: All day, begins at the Visitor Center Patio

 Come be inspired with new ideas for your own garden, enjoy a guided or self-guided garden tour, and shop our specialty sale of rare and unusual plants from Carolyn's Shade Gardens, RareFind Nursery, and Edgewood Gardens.

Lecture: "Intrinsic Beauty: Snowdrops, Choice Bulbs, and How They Enrich Gardens"

Saturday, 1:00 pm, Copeland Lecture Hall

Snowdrops and other choice, early bulbs bring much more to the garden than beauty. They are the objects of passion and desire that have led plant explorers to remote regions of the world. They are controversial as their provocative taxonomy and obsessive horticultural interest sometimes bring out the best or worst of the people intimately associated with them. Many are rare in the wild and serve as flagship species for conservation efforts. Lastly, they are exotic, providing a sense of place in the garden at a time of the year that few other plants can rival. In this presentation, Dr. Peter Zale, curator and plant breeder, Longwood Gardens, will touch on these topics while highlighting some of the more interesting stories related to these plants. In closing, he will discuss their role in garden amplification efforts at Longwood Gardens and the development of his personal garden.

For more information  see   http://www.winterthur.org


Winterthur’s March Bank in 1913 courtesy of Winterthur Archives



Sales from :
www.carolynsshadegardens.com
www.edgewoodgardens.net
www.rarefindnursery.com

[David Nicholson]

Judging by the lack of reports and pictures from Snowdrop events this year might it be that the world of the Snowdrop 'glitterati'  is now fully satiated and bored with the hassle?

[annew]

We are hoping to see you at the Yorkshire Snowdrop Trail event at Primrose Bank Nursery, Kexby, Near York YO41  5LH this weekend (17-18 Feb).
There will be some wonderful winter flowering plants for sale - shrubs, herbaceous and bulbs. Dryad Nursery will be taking snowdrops, eranthis and hepaticas. Our snowdrops are almost all at greatly reduced prices to clear. I really don't want to take them home again!
We will have at least 85 varieties available, including:

17 double varieties
9 extra early varieties, including reginae-olgaes
2 poculiform varieties
5 inverse poculiform varieties
3 green-leaved varieties
10 green tipped varieties
6 species
3 virescent
And some specials! We don't have a lot of any particular variety so some things may sell out quickly.

We will be auctioning a pot of Dryad Gold Bullion (with 3 flowers) on the Sunday, but bids may be left on the Saturday, if that is the only day you will be there. A chance to obtain this wonderful variety at Yorkshire prices!
There will also be talks, including by myself, and delicious teas available. Sue's beautiful garden will be open for visitors to enjoy.

This event is in aid of The Anthony Nolan Trust - both Sue (Primrose Bank's owner) and I have personal reasons to support this charity which arranges bone marrow transplants for leukaemia sufferers, so we hope you will help us to support this very worthy cause.