SRGC Glasgow Show at Milngavie 3rd May 2008

[Maggi Young]

Here's hoping the sun is shining, as is traditional, for the Glasgow Show this Saturday.
I am embarrassed to admit that Ian and I have not a single show plant to take.
On the plus side, this means that Show Secretary John Lee will have at least two judges who need not excuse themselves from any classes because of a clash of interest!


In the aftermath of the Scottish oil refinery strike, I do hope that all exhibitors and visitors will be able to obtain the necessary fuel for their cars to journey to the show, or else the roads of central Scotland may be clogged with folks pushing wheelbarrows of show plants to the venue

Even though we are without show plants, Ian and I are setting off tomorrow on our way to the show.....this may seem a little excessive but we are stopping off in Dunblane tomorrow afternoon , where Ian is giving a demonstration of "Fish Boxes to Troughs" to the local Inner Wheel Group
This  demo is planned for outside, so a sunny afternoon tomorrow  would be a real treat, as well as warm sun for Saturday's show!!  Fingers crossed!

[TC]

A few pictures from the Glasgow show.

[TC]

Two more

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pictures Tom, thanks for posting them. Anothe Forrest MM for Cyril Lafong, he must have a very long mantlepiece!

[Maggi Young]

Quite right there, David, I believe that Cyril's mantlepiece runs through three counties 

It's always nice to have a cheery welcome to the show.....
Staging in progress……. 5 pix
 Benches 1 2 3 
 Hall 1
 

[Maggi Young]

Benches 5 pix
Hall  view and tall  Arisaema nepenthoides
Hall  view and top of Arisaema nepenthoides
Hall  view and lower part of Arisaema nepenthoides
Hall view  hall rhodos- these rhodos were a bit disappointing to me, better ones elswhere...
trillium view

[Maggi Young]

Show 1 -8
close up
show  with Meconopsis x cookei Mec Cookei

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images Tom and Maggi....many thanks for sharing.

[Martinr]

Maggi, in 'bench x' is that Dick Barr? We used to live in the same town and work in the same place before I became an economic refugee! Didn't even know we shared a passion till we bumped into each other at Alpines 2001.

[Maggi Young]

Yes, indeed, Martin, that is Dick Barr, shown stewarding with Ursula Edge.

Lots more pix to come.....who knows who else you may recognise?

[Maggi Young]

Margaret Taylor, putting finishing touches to staging Clematis x cartmannii 'Joe'
Margaret and Henry Taylor, who raised Clematis x cartmannii 'Joe', enjoying a cup of tea as staging ends
Graeme and Hilary Butler, of Rumbling Bridge Nursery, staging their plants
Anthony Darby, Alan Gardner and Glassford Sprunt
Anthony D with Camera and cypripedium in front.....but where are your pix , Anthony?
Cypripedium  'Sabine '
Best orchid... Cyp someone will tell me!
 Studies in Contemplation

[Maggi Young]

Some plants now:
Androsace villosa
Aciphylla subflabellata
Arisaemas abound…. 5
Calochortus tolmei
 Erigeron ‘Canary Bird’
Dionysia caespitosa caespitosa

[Maggi Young]

Anne Chambers loves Arisaema
Anne paints other things, too, though, here are two compilations of her paintings which she has made into cards
Anne in the hall
A quartet of Lewisias
A pair of fat Daphnes
An Androsace studiosorum ‘Doksa’ that you may yet see more of…
Calceolaria fothergilli
And again…
Cassiope 'Randle Cooke'

[Maggi Young]

Chat and pix
Queue at Christie’s stall , seen from outside the building
Ann Christie , our First Lady, spots my tactic
The Bulb Despot chats to the Glenrothes Greenfinger…. Or Ian chats to Cyril
Daphne petraea grandiflora
Daphne arbuscula grandiflora
Dave Riley and Brian Burrows, two of the six judges
Edna, the Hallkeeper,  buys some plants
Plants for sale
 More plants for sale

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful pictures of more stunning plants !
Thanks for sharing them Maggi and Tom !