SRGC 'Stirling' Show in Dunblane 24th March 2018

[Maggi Young]

Next SRGC plant show - 24th March - Victoria Hall  Dunblane -displays, plant sales and talk from Australian horticulturist Mat Murray!! What more could any plant geek want?? All Welcome!!





Mat Murray was unable to attend the  Dunblane Early Bulb Day - but he's going to give a talk on Saturday  instead.
 
The three nurseries attending this show will be  Ardfearn .....


 Hartside ......



and Rumbling Bridge .......
  

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Glad that Mat was finally able to get to Dunblane!
He's an excellent speaker so I'm sure you'll all enjoy his talk and his company.
When he gets back to Oz he'll be giving us a talk about his "Great Big European Adventure" (at least that's how I've entered it on our syllabus )
Give him my best wishes,
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Mat celebrated his arrival in Scotland with a haircut and beard trim!   We love it when our Speakers  make an effort!



 I'm more than a little  sorry not to have  been able to attend the event today.

[Maggi Young]

Alan Gardner has  been online with  photos of the Forrest Medal plant from today's SRGC Show -  this lovely  Tecophilaea cycanocrocus  not only won the premier award but also the Institute of Quarrying Quaich for the best non-European plant in Section 1 





 Now then - who do we think may have grown and exhibited this fine plant?   
Yes, you've guessed it  correctly - it's Cyril Lafong - well done Cyril!!


 Thank you , Alan, for the photos.

[YT]

Alan Gardner has  been online with  photos of the Forrest Medal plant from today's SRGC Show -  this lovely  Tecophilaea cycanocrocus  not only won the premier award but also the Institute of Quarrying Quaich for the best non-European plant in Section 1 

Now then - who do we think may have grown and exhibited this fine plant?   
Yes, you've guessed it  correctly - it's Cyril Lafong - well done Cyril!!

Thank you , Alan, for the photos.

Fantastic Congratulation Cyril How may Forrest Medals has he been awarded, by the way?

[Maggi Young]

This must be about  his  57th Forrest Medal , I think!

 No!!  Cyril won his 57th Forrest Medal in Aberdeen last May!   

So this is  No. 58 !!!!

[Maggi Young]

 Meanwhile - at the AGS show in Rosemoor....... Bob and Rannveig Wallis win again! 
 Farrer Medal winner  is for Corydalis darwasica   





pic from Paddy Parmee on Facebook

[Maggi Young]

Picture from John Grimshaw - attending , I believe, his first ever Scottish show!  I won't mention how many years
( decades!!)   John has been a member!

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A quick summary of trophy  winners. Cyril's Forrest /best non European plant has  already featured. H e also won the Glassford Sprunt trophy for best bulbs in a  19 cm pot with a Corydalis . Ian Christie had  the Ben Ledi trophy for best European plant with his Galanthus. Anne Chambers took the Spiller cup for best primula with P whitei. Due to bringing most plants   I again had the Carnegie Dunfermline trophy

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Richard Green took the Fife County trophy in section 2. Merit certificates  went to Brain & Sheelagh Smethurst for a fine Hepatica, Tom Green for a large Primula megasaefolia, Margaret & Henry Taylor were given a merit cert for  a nice little  narcissus which  I didn't photograph -no doubt someone else did? ( I now see it's the white daff nearest the camera in John Grimshaw's photo above).
A general view of the benches -more snaps later.

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round the benches

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on

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next bench

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more bulbs

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other side of bulbs