Galanthus Events 2009

[mark smyth]

Roger Harvey's snowdrop days are February 1st and 2nd
Rosemoor on Feb 7th
Ashwood Nursery on the 8th
Jenny Homewood's Cottage Garden Society Snowdrop Group at Cerney House garden near Cirencester 21st
Cambo Estate is on the 21st Edit: by Maggi  No it's the 22nd!!
Dutch Gala on 21st - Wolfheze near Arnhem
Gunther Waldorf's Galanthus event - 28th and March 1st

Choices, choices, choices!

[Maggi Young]

The Special Snowdrop day at Cambo Estate is on the Sunday 22nd February, the day after the SRGC early Bulb Day !
 See here for details of Cambo Snowdrop events: http://www.camboestate.com/SNOWDROPS/Snowdrop-Events.aspx

[David Nicholson]

Who is Roger Harvey please?

[Brian Ellis]

Roger Harvey runs Harveys Garden Plants near Bury St Edmunds.  He made his name with Hellebores and through the NCCPG helped with collecting and propagating Suffolk snowdrops if I remember rightly.  He also sells them.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Brian. Bury St Edmunds not too far for you!

[mark smyth]

Sorry Maggi I meant to add the RBGE event but went down to watch X Factor. I'll tell my contact about the Cambo mistake

[Maggi Young]

There is a special Snowdrop Coference at the Royal Botanic  Gardens, Edinburgh next February....... see this page for details:
SNOWDROP Conference AT RBGE 20th February 2009

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2597.0

[David Nicholson]

Mark, is there no Snowdrop event at East Lambrook next year please?

[Maggi Young]

David, look at my comment about East Lambrook and the new owners in the page  mentioned above..... the web page is listed in that thread, too.......http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2597.0

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Maggi, nothing on the East Lambrook Web Site about events next year though.


Edit by Maggi: that was the point I made in the other thread... new owners, probably not fully decided what they want to do yet.

[snowdropman]

Dutch Gala on 21st - Wolfheze near Arnhem

There is also the Snowdrop Gala, being held on 14th & 15th February 2009, at Zaandam, Holland which, for the 2nd year, is being organised by Gerard Oud - see http://www.sneeuwklokjes.info/index_gb.html for full details.

I would also like to add that Michael Baron has 3 Open Days - 4th, 7th & 8th February 2009 - when his National Collection will be on show - see http://www.brandymount.co.uk/ for full details

[Gerard Oud]

Thank you Chris!

[David Quinton]

Glen Chantry will be open on the afternoons of Friday 6th and Saturday 7th February 2009 from 1.30pm through to 3.30pm. You can book though the RHS and costs £7.95 for RHS members and £9.95 for non-RHS members. 

The event summary as per the RHS website is as follows: Glen Chantry has a collection of several hundred of snowdrops grown in clumps, which is well known to keen enthusiasts. These special snowdrops are associated with a wide range of other plants to create a colourful winter garden. Special snowdrops will be on sale at this event.

I have posted a link below to the information page relating to the Friday afternoon event just in case you are tempted. I see that there are only 30 places available for the day so I guess it is best not to hang around if you want to go.

www.rhs.org.uk/RHSEventfinder/details.aspx?Id=5632

David

 

[Thomas Huber]

Hopefully I'm allowed to post the invitation for Günter Walldorf's Galanthus Gala on Feb 28th and 1st of March 2009:


Schneeglöckchentage 2009 in Nettetal

Am 28. Februar und 1. März von 10.00 bis 17.00 Uhr
Oirlicher-Blumengarten und Cafe Künstler laden ein
41334 Nettetal-Hinsbeck Oirlich 9

Nettetal. Am 28. Februar und 1. März 2009 finden in Nettetal die 3. Schneeglöckchentage statt. Als größte Veranstaltung dieser Art in Deutschland haben sich die Schneeglöckchentage inzwischen auch international einen Namen gemacht. Das Sammeln von Schneeglöckchen (Galanthus), von denen es inzwischen mehrere Hundert verschiedene Sorten gibt, erfreut sich nicht nur hierzulande wachsender Beliebtheit. Ursprünglich stammt die seltene Leidenschaft aus dem garten- und pflanzenbegeisterten England. Günter Waldorf, Initiator der Schneeglöckchentage, hat in seiner Sammlung allein 280 Sorten. Der Garten kann während der Veranstaltung besichtigt werden. Handverlesene Aussteller aus dem In- und Ausland bieten neben Schneeglöckchen auch andere Zwiebelblumen, Stauden- und Gehölzraritäten an. Die persönliche Atmosphäre und der ungezwungene fachliche Austausch machen die Schneeglöckchentage auch 2009 zu einem ersten Highlight im Garten-Terminkalender.

Interessant ist für Sammler auch das Internetportal www.galanthus-online.de, das rund um die kostbaren kleinen Zwiebelpflanzen viele Informationen und Sortenbeschreibungen mit Bildern bietet.

www.oirlicher-blumengarten.de
Mit freundlichen Grüßen !
Günter Waldorf

[mark smyth]

Thomas what does his invitation say?