Snowdrop Events 2010

[Jane]

Thanks Chas I never thought! I think my brain has been frozen by 2 weeks of snow! I'll be glad to see the back of it!

[chasw]

Can highly recommend Woodpeckers,visited with CGS snowdrop group
http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?id=8010
Beautifull garden lots of snowdrops

[Diane Clement]

Hi John, Yes they where very nice, we've been there a few years ago. I think we may well be stopping at Ashwood for a hellebore fix! 

Ashwood have got nursery tours on the 13/14 Feb (as well as the 30/31 Jan)
http://www.ashwood-nurseries.co.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=47

[Alan_b]

Hi Jane

I wondered the same a few years ago - someone said that the Rococo garden was nice for drifts of normal snowdrops - I never did get to visit there though 

http://www.rococogarden.org.uk/

Actually, it is nice for drifts of abnormal snowdrops - they all seem to be of the Atkinsii (now know as James Backhouse) type with a strong tendency towards extra petals.

[KentGardener]

I had been told it was drift upon drift of nivalis - but I've never seen for myself what they are.

[Alan_b]

Painswick 2003

[Jane]

Yes they where Atkinsii as we bought 4 pots when we where there. Whats amazing is how big those clumps are now after only 4 years!

[mark smyth]

Margaret Owen's garden, outside of Shrewsbury, will be open on Sunday 28th February. All All takings - tea, coffee, cake, soup, preserves and snowdrops - are in aid of MS. It's usually open around 10am. I'll tell you more when I hear.

[mark smyth]

Are you going to the RHS in February? Alan Street told me tonight Avon bulbs will have their biggest snowdrop display ever

[Alan_b]

I'm not sure to whom Mark is addressing the question, but I was planning to go to the RHS February Show in London.

[mark smyth]

Just saying to anyone who is or is thinking about going

[WimB]

This weekend is the first weekend of a series of "Snowdrop weekend walks" at the nursery of Cathy Portier in Bruges.
Her website:
http://www.alpenplanten.be/index.cfm?fuseaction=artperrub&c=1

You can have a guided walk trough their wintergarden and buy some snowdrops (amongst which is their own selection: Galanthus 'White Cloud')

These are the dates for the following "weekend walks":
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 February
Saturday 20 february
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 March (from 9 untill 17 o'clock)[/color]

[Jo]

I'm not sure to whom Mark is addressing the question, but I was planning to go to the RHS February Show in London.

I'm hoping to get to this, but what is the date , time and place ?  And, which is the best tube station for it ?

Anyone good at this stuff ?

[Jo]

OK, I Googled that.  Now is it something that needs booking and sells out 

And is it called the Plant and Design Show 

[KentGardener]

Hi Jo

It is the 'plant and design show' - annoyingly I think the best hall (the one with lots of light and high ceilings) is given over mainly to stupid temporary houses and people selling paving and gates etc 

The other hall is given over to the main plant nursery displays (that's the wrong way round in my book - but I guess the RHS make money from the 'design' element  ).

If you are a member of the RHS and have your card you can get in free on Tuesday 16th Feb (I will be there at about 12.15 that day after working in the office in the morning.  I know of quite a few other people going that day.  It is also the day that the 'joint rock committee' judge any snowdrops put up for judging.  These are then displayed to the public for an hour or two on the dais from about 1pm - one of the reasons I make sure I go on the Tuesday). 

I seem to remember that if you are not an RHS member it costs £5 to get in - and I think non members cannot attend on the first day so have to go on the Wednesday instead - but this is worth checking as I may have remembered that incorrectly.

Hope to see you there on the Tuesday.