2009 SRGC Discussion Weekend

[Lvandelft]

After a wonderful day of touring in the Lake District I just popped in and could enhance a picture
of the nice BD shoes. It was easier to make with some eagerly helping female hands which did lift the pair of trousers....
 Shoes AND socks

[Roma]

I've managed to get round to resizing a few pictures of plants at the Discussion weekend.  Cyclamen are my favourites so here are a few.
First a general view of the 3 & 2 pan Cyclamen classes
2 Cyclamen mirabile - Sue Gill's best in show and Sandy Leven's nearly as good.
2 Cyclamen graecum.
Glasford Sprunt's Cyclamen rohlfsianum
Jean Wylie's lovely pan of Cyclamen intaminatum pink form seedlings

[Anthony Darby]

Well everybody, I want to let you into a little secret Maggie and Ian have bought a new car, the every so cleaver Magge also bought Ian  Registration plate which is      JIYBD  so this is James Ian Young Bulb Despot we already recognise Ian with the red shoes but now we can watch for him at every corner, nice one Maggie a real treat,  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

Ah, so they were trying to find the car keys in amongst the chocolate in Maggi's handbag, or perhaps they were trying to extract the last drop from the one bottle of malt by brute force? I had a nice dram in our local tonight - one of 28 on the top shelf, not counting the furriners!

[Anthony Darby]

I've managed to get round to resizing a few pictures of plants at the Discussion weekend.  Cyclamen are my favourites so here are a few.
First a general view of the 3 & 2 pan Cyclamen classes
2 Cyclamen mirabile - Sue Gill's best in show and Sandy Leven's nearly as good.
2 Cyclamen graecum.
Glasford Sprunt's Cyclamen rohlfsianum
Jean Wylie's lovely pan of Cyclamen intaminatum pink form seedlings

An impressive display.

[Darren]

28 malts in one pub. Truly Scotland is the land of plenty.

Sighing wistfully..

[Maggi Young]

  More show pictures from the Weekend are here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4300.0    

[art600]

I had intended on posting this reply on Monday, but problems with wireless connection took days to resolve - I tinkered when I shouldn't and removed the network.

"It was my first time at a Discussion weekend, and it exceeded all my expectations - and they were already very high.  If the weekend had ended after Martin Walsh's outstanding talk on 'Plant Hunting in the Himalya' I would have thought it great value, but it just went on providing further outstanding talks - I cannot recall a better selection of speakers and contents - difficult to equal next year, but I am sure they will try.  Definitely returning next year.

I would like to add my thanks to the many people responsible for making it a funfilled, informative and lively weekend.  I met many Forumists, enjoyed talking to a great many people, and finally having the opportunity to spend money on superb plants/bulbs sold by excellent nursery men and John Amand.

The Narcissus from the Connoisseur Collection were very tempting - now I must find time and space to plant them.  Thanks to Luit and Vroni for their generosity.

The Auction was excellent and I will treasure the Daphne calcicola 'Gang Ho Ba' as it will remind me of the visit I made in 1996."

[art600]

In reply 111, think it should be Colchicum macrophyllum not Crocus


 edit by Maggi: Thank you Arthur, I have made the correction to that post 

[Lvandelft]

Since our visit at the Discussion Weekend we made a wonderful trip from Scotland
down through the Western part of England and when sorting out the masses of pictures which we made, I found some pictures of the event which hopefully are worth to show in this thread.
My wife Vroni made some pics of the Bulb Sale and of the preparation the sale bags.
She was amazed to see only female members who did all the work.
And it was a LOT of work to be done in very short time!

Pict. 1 shows the part of the bags how they came in.
Pict. 2 shows how the ladies were supervised.
Pict. 4 shows how even more (male) supervisors were standing in the middle of the working ladies.
Pict. 5 and 6 were made just after the Sale got started.
On pict. 7 just a glimpse of one of the best Sales Women I ever met!
One hour later (pict. 8 ) there was just a small amount of the bags left and
I saw the next morning how the last few bags disappeared and all bulbs were sold. 

[Lvandelft]

Here some more pictures of the Weekend.
I hope you still want to see them as there were many shown already?
as I had not earlier a chance to show them:

1: Part of the audience waiting for next lecture

2: Always something on hand (Chris B. knitting)

3: The Lancashire Boys.....

4: A privilege for us to sit at a table with such happy people:
   Shelagh and Brian Smethurst (with Maggie) and Diane Clement
5: And  two happy ladies, Clare Dower and Shelagh

6: John Dower featuring Maggie
7: and one more of our FORUM QUEEN.

8: A picture of the exclusive hotel
9: but I hope for next year that they learned how to make real Fried Eggs.

[David Shaw]

Thanks for the extra pictures, Luit.
Would it not be women's work to sit on the floor packing bulbs in Holland? This is normal in Scotland but they still need male supervisors to make sure that they don't spend too much time talking! Mind, did you notice all the wine glasses on the table.
Guess I've probably said too much already. I'm off to hide now.
Nice to meet you, Luit. See you again next year.

[ranunculus]

Obviously not married to an emancipated woman, David?   

[David Shaw]

Just picked my clothes and lap top up from under the bedroom window, Cliff. Off to the potting shed now.

[ranunculus]

 

[Lvandelft]

Thanks for the extra pictures, Luit.
Would it not be women's work to sit on the floor packing bulbs in Holland?

David, many years ago in Holland many women did the bulb cleaning work after
they were dug out of the soil (tulip bulbs) but never on the floor.


I found some plant pictures not shown before of the show,
well some of them were, but I liked them especially and show them once more.

Cyclamen graecum
Bolax sp.                     
Crocus caspius               
Gentiana sino-ornata Weisser Traum           
Microcachrys tetragona)                               
Notothlaspi rosulatum                                 
Polystichum setiferum Congestum             
Polyxena ensifolia                               
Taxus baccata Dwarf Form                         
Gentiana Blue Silk