SRGC Glasgow Show at Milngavie 5th May 2018

[Maggi Young]

Glasgow show at Milngavie Town Hall - Saturday 5th May 2018 - All welcome!








Glasgow Spring Flower Show at Milngavie Town Hall - Saturday 5th May 2018 - All welcome! Nurseries attending will be Ardfearn Nursery, Hartside, Kevock Garden Plants and Rumbling Bridge Nursery. Spectacular and rare plants on display and for sale.

[johnny-l]

Hi everybody.
An error was spotted in my e-mail address as given in the Show Schedule for Glasgow.  It should read as john.p.lee25@gmail.com
In other words the "25" is missing. Mea culpa. I missed this when I read the proofs. Hopefully, anyone using the incorrect version will have their message bounced back as not sent or something similar.Apologies for any confusion.
John Lee

[Stan da Prato]

Unfortunately another John Lee received  my   emails !

[johnny-l]

Re the Show at Milngavie: according to the Show Schedule the Hall will open at 9.00am on Sat. Thankfully, it is more than likely that exhibitors should have access from about 8.30am. Phew!
See you all on Saturday
John L

[johnny-l]

Hopefully it will stay dry tomorrow.  The projected temperatures of 17-20C don't look like they will materialise and.13-15C seems more likely.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh will be there putting on one of their beautiful displays.
No harm in reiterating what Maggi has already mentioned:  4 nurseries in attendance viz. Ardfearn, Hartside, Kevock, Rumbling Bridge.
Plus the Club's own plant stall.
Our marvellous tea-room which puts "Bake Off" on the back burner.
Ian Bainbridge is continuing to offer some of Duncan Lowe's intricately observed drawings for sale.
Some books and cards will also be available.
See you Friday and Saturday and remember Hall will be open from about 8.30am onwards.
John

[Maggi Young]

Congratulations to "Kidders"  !!

Forrest Medal winning plant at SRGC Milngavie (Glasgow) Show today - Cassiope lycopodioides 'Beatrice Lilley' - grown by Ian Kidman - photo by Alan Gardner.



Looks like this may be the same plant which won the Farrer  at the AGS East Lancs. Show at Whitworth last week!

edit to add :  Note from Alan Gardner - he has spoken to Ian Kidman and yes, it is  the same plant.

[Maggi Young]

Congrats to RBGEAlpine Dept. for their Gold Medal Display @ScottishRockGC Glasgow/Milngavie Town Hall flower show today - still time to catch the fun - open till 3.30pm All Welcome - entry free!

Pix from John Mitchell


RBGE Gold Medal Display



part of the show hall


Cyril Lafong wins best  Primula with Primula henricii


Forrest Medal Cassiope  for Ian Kidman

[Maggi Young]

Peter Moore again supports  SEction II - here are his pix of a few of his plants  .....


Salix


Pinus strobus


Narcissus papyraceus


Rhododendron  'Egret'

[Stan da Prato]

Ian' s Cassiope again -it also received  a FCC from joint rock. He also won the Diamond Jubilee award for Class  A where one of his six pans won   the best small pot award in the show and the trophy for class 2 three pots  different genera.

[Stan da Prato]

As usual Cyril Lafong did well. He won the trophy for three rare or difficult plants , the trophy for best Primula with P henrici, the Gothenburg trophy for best plant grown from seed with his Jeffersonia dubia alba, and a  merit cert for a Lewisia tweedyi 

[Stan da Prato]

Ian & Carole Bainbridge showed the best orchid, Watt Russell again won the cup for best Scottish plant with Paris quadrifolia, Sue Simpson-Watt took merit certs for Benthamiella patagonica and Saxifraga stolitzkae and Dave Millward had  a merit cert for the Saxifraga Snowcap that took the Forrest medal at the Highland show  a week before.

[Stan da Prato]

Richard Green won a bronze medal and also  the Wilson trophy for most points in  section 2. Your correspondent won the Crawford cup for most firsts  in the open section, the Buchanan trophy for class 1 six large pots , the Darling trophy for three dwarf rhodos and the Don Stead bulb prize for most points across the bulb classes . 

Lots more snaps tomorrow

[Maggi Young]

Congratulations to all those clever exhibitors!   Great to see you back in action, Stan -  for the sake of your health, the show and all your  dedicated followers, seeking your  show report  to keep us in touch.  Pretty successful comeback, I'd say - hope you are not overloading that hip!

[Maggi Young]

Super photo of little Arwen with her Grandad, Graeme Butler of Rumbling Bridge  Nursery - Graeme is showing Arwen the  Primula named for the late  Bill Robinson  who was such a well- known SRGC  character- especially at Glasgow.




Bill Robinson was assistant show secretary  at Glasgow and also an enthusiastic exhibitor, before his death  last year.

This was Show Secretary John Lee's last show in charge - well done for all your efforts over the years, John!

[Stan da Prato]

Now some snaps  of the hall and the benches