Virus pandemic 2020

[Maggi Young]

Laurence Hill‎  of the Fritillaria Group


"Following the latest UK government advice the next Fritillaria Group meeting scheduled for March 29th is cancelled." 

[Maggi Young]

"From Dave Millward, Convener of Show Secretaries:

The Edinburgh show, set for Saturday 4th April 2020 has been cancelled. This follows the latest advice issued by government regarding the current Covid-19 pandemic. We were all looking forward to a good spring show at Fairmilehead and we are sad to have to take this action, but it is for the best I'm sure.

With the cancellation of the Edinburgh show, all the Scottish spring shows and the joint AGS/SRGC show in Hexham will not now take place. A decision on the autumn events will be made later in the year when we have more up to date information.

Unfortunately, the cancellation of the shows programme will have significant financial consequences for the nurseries who provide us with such a wonderful range of plants for showing and for our gardens. Though we will not be able to visit their stalls at shows, can I encourage all of us to consider ordering plants from those nurseries that have mail-order or alternative arrangements. Please visit their websites to see what 'goodies' are available.

I hope all members will stay well and do enjoy your gardens this spring."

SRGC list of specialist nurseries – to aid  retail therapy is  available  -   https://t.co/z0xWytEsMm?amp=1

[Maggi Young]

HarrogateFlowerShow

#harrogateflowershow With great sadness we announce cancellation of 2020 Spring Flower Show to safeguard our visitors & exhibitors & combat spread of coronavirus. We will offer refunds or tickets for 2020 autumn show visit http://ow.ly/tKF150yNDX4 for details

[Maggi Young]

The RHS




Following the Government update on 16 March and the ongoing situation with COVID-19, all RHS Shows, Garden Events and school visits will be cancelled with immediate effect until 30 June 2020.  RHS Gardens remain open, with a number of increased precautionary measures in place.

This is a worldwide unprecedented and challenging time for so many people and of course the health and safety of our members, visitors, exhibitors and staff remains our number one priority.

With the Government no longer supporting mass gathering events due to the impact on emergency services and heightened actions to encourage social distancing, the following RHS Shows will regrettably no longer take place in 2020...
#RHSLondon Spring Launch & Orchid Show, 7-8 April #RHSLondon Botanical Art and Photography Show, 17-18 April #RHSCardiff, 17-19 April #RHSMalvern, 7–10 May #RHSChelsea, 19–23 May #RHSChatsworth, 11–14 June

[Maggi Young]

National Garden Scheme - Lincolnshire

Sadly, a casualty of Coronavirus, Woodlands at Fotherby will NOT now open on Sunday 5th April for @NGSOpenGardens
Any garden visitors should check on the National Garden Scheme website: http://ngs.org.uk to ensure a garden is open. We will keep you posted on Twitter too.

Woodlands is the garden of  Ann & Bob Armstrong
http://www.woodlandsplants.co.uk

[Maggi Young]

Ness Botanic Gardens

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Ness Botanic Gardens: We have today made the decision to postpone all public events. We will be contacting all organisers and participants over the coming days, but please bear with us as we are a small team dealing with extraordinary circumstances.If you are affected by this news, you do not need to contact us, we will be in touch to make the necessary arrangements.  As the situation is changing daily, we very much recommend that you check our social media channels, website or call us on 0151 795 6300 before visiting us.

[Maggi Young]

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

"In response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), all four Gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Edinburgh, Benmore Botanic Garden, Logan Botanic Garden and Dawyck Botanic Garden - are temporarily closed to the public.

The welfare of our staff, volunteers, students and visitors is at the forefront of our minds and we are taking all necessary precautions, following Government directions and guidelines and monitoring updates on the COVID-19 outbreak.

In line with our role as a world-leading centre of plant science and conservation, our priceless Living Collection of plants will be maintained as normal."

[Maggi Young]

The Scottish National Rhododendron show to be held at Garelochead,  Saturday, 2nd May 2020 is cancelled, along with the tours on the Sunday.

[Maggi Young]

Any events or  meetings  for the  Perthshire  Group and  Angus  Groups  are  cancelled  until further  notice.

[Maggi Young]

CANCELLATION - GARDENING SCOTLAND 2020 19th March 2020

"Following the latest Government advice surrounding measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus, we have no option but to cancel Gardening Scotland 2020.

This would have been our 21st anniversary show and preparations for it were well advanced, however the safety of our visitors, exhibitors, volunteers, contractors and staff must always be our first priority and so there is no alternative but to cancel this year’s event.

We know that many of you were looking forward to the national celebration of growing and gardening but we are confident too that you will support our decision

Gardening Scotland is a charity and we are a small team, all of whom are now working remotely, so please bear with us while we plan our next step. To help us keep our phone lines open, we would please request that you don’t call us: further information about potential postponement and our refunds policy etc will be communicated next week."


Richard Green of  SRGC  had  already  commented that " I am organising the SRGC Stand rota, and think it will be a bit difficult to fill the slots this time round, don't you? Stan and I have scored our attendance out of our diaries already... "

[Maggi Young]

RHS have taken the decision to close all their gardens from Sunday 22nd.   This includes Kew and Wakehurst Place.

[Stan da Prato]

RHS are cancelling Britain  in Bloom this  summer and Keep Scotland  Beautiful  are doing  the  the same with Beautiful  Scotland.  Kew and W'hurst Place aren't  RHS but no surprise they are  closing  to the public  as RBGE has with its four gardens. 

[Maggi Young]

Cornell University, the venue for the 2020  NARGS (North American Rock Garden Society ) Annual General Meeting, has now canceled the event scheduled for June 18 - 20 due to the COVID-19 virus.

[Maggi Young]

CANCELLATION - GARDENING SCOTLAND 2020 19th March 2020

"Following the latest Government advice surrounding measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus, we have no option but to cancel Gardening Scotland 2020.

This would have been our 21st anniversary show and preparations for it were well advanced, however the safety of our visitors, exhibitors, volunteers, contractors and staff must always be our first priority and so there is no alternative but to cancel this year’s event.

We know that many of you were looking forward to the national celebration of growing and gardening but we are confident too that you will support our decision

Gardening Scotland is a charity and we are a small team, all of whom are now working remotely, so please bear with us while we plan our next step. To help us keep our phone lines open, we would please request that you don’t call us: further information about potential postponement and our refunds policy etc will be communicated next week."

 Latest news  from Gardening  Scotland - sad  news -

"We regret to advise that as a result of current circumstances surrounding Covid-19, Gardening Scotland has now ceased trading.

The company will be going in to liquidation.

All creditors will receive further details shortly."

[ian mcdonald]

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