International crevice garden experts at Inverewe Gardens - September 2019

[ruweiss]

Looks, that the crevice garden building experts have a nice time at Inverewe.
The wet weather is not too good for their job, but Zdenas cooking will surely
help to support their good work.

[Maggi Young]

I'm told they had  beautiful weather all day today! Zdena's  cooking  is  much appreciated!

[Leucogenes]

Really dreamlike scenery for such a great project.

My eyes aren't the best anymore...but I think I recognize some NZ...right? A list of the used young plants would interest me burning.

[Maggi Young]

I've  asked  about  a  plant  list, Thomas.

The  National Trust  for  Scotland  has  posted  photos  of the  project, too.
" Inverewe Garden & Estate
4 hrs

The construction of Inverewe’s stunning new Rock Garden is very nearly completed thanks to the amazing talents of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, the Inverewe Gardeners and our volunteers.

Travelling from all over the globe 🌏 bringing their expertise to this very special NTS garden in the NW Highlands, we will soon have the most amazing new addition to our visitor experience.

Today the work will be finished and we can show you the results. Here are pix of the team in action over the last few days.

A sincere Thankyou to you all from all those who will be enjoying your work for years to come.....! 👍👍👍"

[Maggi Young]

Good to  know  that the  workshops  and talks  by  Ian Young  and  Paul Spriggs  have  gone  down as well as the  rock garden construction and  other  events with ZZ and  Julia.  Thanks too to  Sarah for  driving  down from Ardfearn Nursery with  plants  for the  project.

 More  photos  from the  NTS  ....








There will be  some  tired  but  happy  folks  when the  work is  over  today!

[Maggi Young]

Links to  a  couple  of  videos on Facebook  from Inverewe - the  first  from the  NTS  - of  Paul Spriggs' demo and the  second  from Julia  of the  team relaxing!

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[Maggi Young]

Really dreamlike scenery for such a great project.

My eyes aren't the best anymore...but I think I recognize some NZ...right? A list of the used young plants would interest me burning.

    Julia will provide later  a  fuller list  of  plants  used, from  various sources, for the  Inverewe project - however,  I have  this  list  of those  plants  delivered there by  Sarah from Ardfearn - and you will see there  are  many  NZ plants  included.....

Ardfearn Nursery  www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk -  Plants supplied to Inverewe for SRGC, Sept 2019

Acaena microphylla 
Acaena inermis purpurea
Celmisia argentea
Celmisia ramulosa
Celmisia sp.
Celmisia sp.
Celmisia sp.
Coprosma prostrata petrei
Coprosma prostrata purpurascens
Craspedia hispida
Gentiana saxosa
Hebe cheesmanii
Hebe haastii
Hebe ramossisima
Helichrysum coraloides
Helichrysum intermedia
Leptinella albida
Leucogenes grandiceps
Ourisia caespitosa
Ourisia ‘Snowflake’
Mysotosis pulvinaris
Pimelea coarcta
Pimelea traversii
Podocarpus nivalis
Pygmaea pulvinaris
Raoulia australis
Raoulia haastii
Raoulia lutescens
Raoulia x leucogenes
Scleranthus uniflorus

[Leucogenes]

An impressive list...I'll take the opportunity at some point to take a look at this project...I hope. 

[Maggi Young]

Before  leaving  Inverewe yesterday, Paul had  a  final talk-through of the  rock garden with  some  of the  Staff .....







Paul at  applecross - not the  best weather  for  botanising, but  mountain men don't worry  about that .....



of  course, all this  makes a  person hungry!

[shelagh]

Glad to see they've got the Youngsters  on the job.

[Maggi Young]

Sandy  Leven has written a report  on his  visit   during the  project at  Inverewe .....
 http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Inverewe2019.pdf


Sandy mentions  Ian Young's  two Bulb Logs  on the  project, too .... they are  logs  37  and  38 of  2019 and  can be  found here: 
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Sep111568200877BULB_LOG_3719.pdf
 and  here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Sep181568803345BULB_LOG_3819.pdf

 All Ian's  Bulb Logs  and  Sandy's  reports  can of  course be  found  in the  main SRGC site - www.srgc.net   

[Maggi Young]

International crevice garden experts worked at Inverewe Gardens in September 2019  - you  can read  more  here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17335.0  and  in the  Dryas booklet  for  January  2020.

In September  2020 more  rock stars  will gather at Inverewe to continue the  project ....  more  details will be  released later, but to whet your  appetite on the  event, which will feature  Kenton Seth, master  crevice  constructor  from Colorado and  from Cheyenne Botanic Garden, Jacob Mares .... here  are  some  photos  posted  on social media  by  Panayoti Kelaidis, of  Denver  Botanic Gardens about  a recent  project  by  Kenoton at the  Cheyenne Bot. Gdn.  ... and  PK  is a  man who knows  stars  when he  sees them!!

Panyoti Kelaidis:
"Cheyenne Botanical Garden has put a fantastic crevice garden designed by Kenton Seth in front of their magnificent conservatory: I couldn't believe how beautifully a wide range of rock plants are doing--just visited February 29 and there were snowdrops and draba blooming! Had great fun visiting with Jacob Mares: their gardener who is taking fantastic care of the garden! woo hoo! "
 (comments  on photos  are  by  PK)


Note the crevice garden has pride of place at the entrance


A view from above--it's BIG!


Still some snow left--it's been a LOOONG winter 


The Main bed: Hardly any winter damage on the cushions and buns the tree is Fandango Cupresus arizonica


Check out that Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum. Wowza what winter color!

[Maggi Young]

A few  more  photos  of the Cheyenne  garden from PK ....


And even a Draba was blooming.


 Galanthus elwesii in February - remember  this is Zone 4 Cheyenne!


The dryland plants are thriving many eriogonums and Tetraneuris — with Kenton Seth, Shane Smith and Jacob Mares at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.


SRGC President Julia Corden commented  :
"Looking forward to catching up with Kenton and meeting Jacob when they come over in September to start the next step of crevices gardens at Inverewe with Paul Spriggs, Ian Young and myself!!"

[Maggi Young]

Immediate Past President of SRGC, Julia Corden, has made a visit to Inverewe to see how the SRGC crevice garden is progressing ..... Julia writes :  It is  three years  since the Scottish Rock Garden Club built and donated a crevice garden to Inverewe Gardens .  Built by #ianyoung #zz #paulspriggsrockgardener, Ian & Carlole Bainbridge and #juliacorden    The plants are loving the location, quite close to the sea and all New Zealand Plants ...."

 first of Julia's photos from Inverewe 2022


This shows how close the crevice garden is to the sea loch.

[Maggi Young]

Immediate Past President of SRGC, Julia Corden, has made a visit to Inverewe to see how the SRGC crevice garden is progressing .....

more of Julia's photos from Inverewe 2022