SRGC Aberdeen Show May 16th 2009

[Carol Shaw]

The car is packed with books and plants - including a sample copy of Bill Terry's book on blue Mecs. 'Blue Heaven' Shortly David and I will be setting off to drive through the 'Severe Weather Warning' weather to Aberdeen... I don't 'think' D. has put the snow shovel in but this is only due to the fact the car is packed to the gunnels... If, big if, our Saramatum actually comes into flower on the trip I suspect that wild weather or not we will have windows open. Oh well it IS Aberdeen show and I can't remember a year when it was warm mild and sunny... Go on Maggi prove me wrong 

[Maggi Young]

Oh, Carol, there have been years when is has been sunny..... not necessarily warm....it tends to be breezy, but it has been sunny on several Aberdeen Show Days..... looks like we're not getting one of those days, tomorrow..... very cold and wet her and pretty windy.... horrible really.... wonder how many public visitors will come out in this weather? I'm tempted to stay at home myself!! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I hope you have lots of fun anyway !!! 

[Maggi Young]

I'm sure we will all have a marvelous time, Luc. Rather off-putting that there is a "severe weather warning" though..... how bad will it get?
Hope to get lots of photos for the Forum, anyhow..... though may not get them loaded till next week.... got a very busy few days after the show.

[Ragged Robin]

Good luck and I look forward to seeing photos from Aberdeen 

[Graeme Strachan]

A flavour of the Aberdeen Show. Weather outside dreich, atmosphere inside great.

          Graeme Strachan (More pics to follow)

[Graeme Strachan]

And more photos.

                  Graeme

Primula Elizabeth Killelay.JPG
Globularia cordifolia Blue Bunnets.JPG
Androsace bulleyana.JPG
Primula Kusum Krishna.JPG
Folk.JPG
More folk.JPG
Epimadium Grandiflorum NANUM.JPG

[Lesley Cox]

I hope Carol got her mug of hot chocolate all right, maybe with a little dash of something in it?

[Graeme Strachan]

And finally...

                  Graeme

[Eric Locke]

In anticipation.

Eric

[Carol Shaw]

As Maggi said elsewhere no mug of hot chocolate but we had great fun and a good show... I suspect there will be no pix. from the Youngs before Monday at earliest! We forgot our camera... but I DID see lots of folk snapping away so fingers crossed they will post pix. There was a good turn out of Aberdonians too, very hardy folk they breed there!

Maggi I too remember many sunny days at the Show, we even took Lily for a walk last year... I also remember the number of layers I usually wear when we are the Show but I feel the cold. Actually when the hall was full of visitors I even took off my SRGC gillet!

[Rob]

Thanks for posting all these pictures.

The weather may have been cold & wet, but it looks like there were lots of stunning plants at the show.

[maggiepie]

Pity about the weather, although it looks like people are having fun ratting through the seeds, would love to see a pic of the plants for sale bench 
I love the little epimedium.

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for the photos from the Show Graeme, they give a real insight in to the venue and exhibits.  I particularly love the leaf and colouring of the P Kusum Krishna - Hurrah for a white table top cloth that sets off each individual plant in a much better light - especially when light levels are low from the weather outside 

[Hristo]

Thanks for those pics Graeme, blast from the past for me, brings back happy memories of the excitement of exhibiting, I still have my 1st place certificates from the Aberdeen show along with my degree certificates!
Well done and bravo to all those who organised, judged and exhibited!