Galanthus Events 2009

[mark smyth]

Paddy Ryanair have a seat sale 35 Euro return to London Stansted. You and some friends could hire a car and go to Wol's garden on the 7th

[Anthony Darby]

I'm going to the main event, run by the SRGC, of course.

[Alan_b]

Once again, I have tried to edit Mark's original post by adding details of the other venues subsequently mentioned in this thread.  Please forgive (or correct) any mistakes or omissions.

UK
Anglesey Abbey 21st Jan. to 22nd Feb (not Mondays).  Free tours of their snowdrop collection at 2:00 on Tues-Fri, 50 places per day, ask for ticket in good time. 

Colesbourne Open Days, Every Sat. & Sun. from 31st Jan. to 1st March

Wisley Plant Centre: Snowdrop Splendour, Saturday Jan. 31st & Sunday Feb. Free entry. Talks by Donald Palmer, snowdrop collector, at 11am and 2:30pm on both days

Roger Harvey's snowdrop days are February 1st and 2nd

Brandy Mount House Alresford, National Snowdrop Collection open on 4th, 7th & 8th February

Rosemoor on Feb 7th

Ashwood Nursery on the 8th

RHS Garden, Wisley:  Snowdrops & Other Winter Wonders, Wednesday Feb. 11th 10:30am-12:30pm, in the RHS Garden. A walk, showing the national collection of galanthus in combination with other winter plants

Galanthus Gala, Hatfield, Herts on the 14th

Evenley Wood Garden, near Brackley, Northants.  Fri 13th Feb to Sun 15th, Fri 20th to Sun 22nd.

Snowdrop Conference at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Feb 20th ....followed by SRGC Bulb Day, Dunblane 21st Feb

Jenny Homewood's Cottage Garden Society Snowdrop Group at Cerney House garden near Cirencester 21st

Cambo Estate on the 22nd!!

Margaret Owen, Open Snowdrop Garden, Acton Pigot near Shrewsbury, 22nd Feb.

Europe
Snowdrop Gala, Zaandam, Holland 14th & 15th Feb.

Galanthus Gala and Snow Drop Show  at Arboretum Kalmthout , 14th & 15th ( Cathy Portier will attend)

Snowdrop Weekends,  Cathy Portier’s Nursery near Bruge, the 24th and 25th of January and 7th and 8th of February.  She added an extra day the 21st of February because of the late and cold winter we had last few weeks.   edit made to these !m

Dutch Gala on 21st - Wolfheze near Arnhem

Gunther Waldorf's Galanthus event, Nettatal, Germany - 28th Feb. and March 1st

[mark smyth]

Good work Alan

[KentGardener]

Thanks Alan

I was struggling to work out what was going on.

One that seems to have missed your excellent amalgamation is:

Another in the East!

Ann Borrill is opening her small (but beautifully formed ) garden in Wymondham on Feb 20th and 21st, 10am -4pm. Admission £2 pp  for Multiple Sclerosis Society.  I have a map if anyone else is interested and in the area.  I visited this morning and she has had 49 varieties in flower so far with lots more to come, some quite unusual.

(possibly the only one I will make it to  )

Cheers

John

[galanthophile]

For anyone in the north of England Howick Hall near Alnwick is open for snowdrop weekends from 7th February. The gardens and tea room are well worth a visit.

[KentGardener]

A Question:  Was the RHS London show for January last Tuesday - or tomorrow?

Many thanks

John

[David Quinton]

John,

I don't think that there was/is one scheduled for January this year. February is supposed to be the first of the year.

David

[Anthony Darby]

For anyone in the north of England Howick Hall near Alnwick is open for snowdrop weekends from 7th February. The gardens and tea room are well worth a visit.

I was amazed to see a print of Alnwick Castle opposite the lift on our floor of the Holiday Inn Express hotel, Atlanta Airport, Georgia when we stopped off on our way to Mexico in 2007. Small world!

[mark smyth]

Avon Bulbs/RHS events
Snowdrops for Beginners
Wednesday Februry 4th 10am to 1pm

Snowdrops for the Really Keen
Wednesday February 11th 10am to 1pm

Bookings via RHS 0845 6121253

£12.95 for members, £15.95 for non members

[mark smyth]

Avon Bulbs Behind the Scenes - limited numbers and weather dependant
29th January
5th February
10th February

10.30am to 1pm

£15 includes entry to East Lambrook Manor

includes tea/coffee, cakes. 10% discount on catalogue snowdrops
http://www.avonbulbs.co.uk/

[Anthony Darby]

Not to mention:
Subjects for the talks at  Dunblane Early Bulb Day Saturday 21st February.....

A Celebration of bulbs

11 am   Julia Corden    “The SRGC in Cyprus”
   Rod Leeds      “Snowdrops start in Autumn”

2 pm   Rod Leeds      “Autumn Bulbs”
   Michael Almond   “Some bulbs of Eastern Turkey”

Plus the usual plant sales and nurseries selling snowdrops etc.

[steve owen]

The Hardy Plant Society (Kent) hold their annual snowdrop day on Sunday 15 February at Goodnestone Park near Canterbury. Here is the link; http://www.hpskent.co.uk/snowdrop-and-hellebore-extravaganza/. Snowdrop nurseries attend, but I don't know which.

Their website has other interesting information, including the fact that this is the last year that Glen Chantry will be open to public visit.

[mark smyth]

The field beside Glen Chantry has been sold for development

[mark smyth]

I got this email today

Sorry to disturb you.  But since you gave me the link were you made some publicity for us, I frequently visited the forum to read all your comments.  I haven’t placed any reaction myself (haven’t figured out how to do that), so I write to you.

On page 12 of the forum, on the 17th, Alan_B gave an update on different Galanthus events in the UK and Europe, and I spotted a mistake (but I don’t know how to correct).  He mentioned that Cathy Portier Nursery near Bruges, has a snowdrop weekend on the 14th and 15th of February, but that’s wrong.  We have our Galanthus Gala and Snow Drop Show then at Arboretum Kalmthout and Cathy will be present but she has her own snowdrop weekends the 24th and 25th of January and 7th and 8th of February.  She added an extra day the 21st of February because of the late and cold winter we had last few weeks. Could you possibly set this straight for me, I would be very grateful.  Not that it is that important but you never know …