4th CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE 2023

[Maggi Young]

 Long awaited news about the 4th CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE from Zdenek Zvolanek:

 "It is my pleasure to send you my evangelium about The 4th International Rock Garden Conference one year ahead together with Oenothera lavandulifolia at our terrace."


4th CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE
5 – 9thMay 2023 in Prague—Pruhonice
CZECH REPUBLIC

On the behalf of the 4th Czech International Rock Garden Conference Committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Conference with attractive lectures and exploring the best local rock gardens plus the May Show of the Prague Club situated in the medieval baroque parts of Prague. The event is planned for 5-9th May 2023 at the Congress and Educational Centre Hotel Pruhonice.
We have prepared for you 8 excellent speakers and 8 large crevice gardens.
Registration will be opened from July 1st, 2022

More information will follow soon on the website: www.czrgs.cz


Oenothera lavandulifolia

[Maggi Young]

There is more information on the 2023 Conference on the website now at www.czrgs.cz
Speakers:  https://czrgs.cz/speakers/#  - who include John Mitchell, an SRGC local group convenor.   
Venue: https://czrgs.cz/conference-venue/    and so on.


There has been ample evidence of the pleasure to be had shown in the Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum, where there  have been many photos  posted of the fine Czech Gardens visited at those events – in 2013 and in 2017.
 See: https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8484.0
 and  https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14036.0
 
Jan Tholhuijsen,  a great friend of the IRG and SRGC, has posted this slideshow of rock gardens in the Czech Republic:


There are also these Bulb Logs, numbers 20 and 21 from 2017 on Czech garden visits - https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017May171495022732BULB_LOG_2017.pdf     and
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017May241495616719BULB_LOG_2117.pdf

If you can attend - I'd highly recommend the trip!  Look out for more information and booking later in the year!

 

[Richard Green]

NOTE:
We have advanced the date of the SRGC 2023 Glasgow Show by one week to Sat 29th April 2023 to avoid a clash of dates.

[Maggi Young]

From now on you can register for the 4th Czech International Rock Garden Conference.
More details and registration: https://czrgs.cz/registration/


Remember, conference price does not include accomodation -
Important message for those trying to book a room in hotel Floret. The hotel is accepting reservations through e-mail only: recepce@floret.cz.
https://czrgs.cz/accomodation/

[Claire Cockcroft]

I am having problems sending registration money to the conference.  A service like WISE (formerly TravelWise) does not recognize czech characters with accents.

Is there another safe money-tranfer service that can recognize non-latin characters?  Or is there another way to write the pertinent information?  I'll admit, I've no experience with this sort of thing.

Thank you for your help.
...Claire Cockcroft

[Maggi Young]

Claire - email to  conference@czrgs.cz   they will help.
 We have used Transfer-wise in the past to pay for conference fees without problem - now that company is called Wise -    https://wise.com/

 Persevere- you won't regret it!

[Claire Cockcroft]

Unfortunately WISE didn’t like Czech alphabetical characters with accents. I need a translation without the accents.

[Maggi Young]

Which are the words causing problems, Claire? 

Most Czech words are usually easily used/accepted using the direct use, without the accents - eg. Pruhonice. Zdenek Zvolanek   etc.
 
Spolek českých skalničkářů  / Czech Rock Gardeners Society / CZRGS

[Maggi Young]

Just heard from a pal in Scotland that they've paid via international bank tranfer  : -  visited their bank, made transfer simply and for no fee. 

[Maggi Young]

"We are very happy to announce that more than 70% of the conference capacity is already filled. Thank you all for your interest and support. "

Better move quickly if you want to book your place!!
https://czrgs.cz/registration/

[Maggi Young]

Lots of Czech Conference photos of Facebook and Twitter  SRGC pagess, but here's the link to some great people shots - that is, great people and great shots!!  Three pages of them!

https://czrgs.cz/photo-gallery/

The assembled delegates!

[fermi de Sousa]

It was a tremendous conference!
The Talks were excellent and the pics were mouth-watering.
The gardens we visited were amazing and though only one was new to me, they were all worth visiting again.
The Arboretum which was the new one had an incredible range of dwarf conifers and other trees, shrubs and bulbs and perennials.
The final night included a sing-along! ZZ on accordion and Paul Spriggs on guitar and after the meal when people refused to leave the dining area they reprised their roles and played music into the night. Ian Bainbridge said we really missed Ian Young's musical skills!
Bring on the 5th International Czech Rock Garden Conference!
cheers
fermi