Czech Alpine Conference and Tours May 2007

[mark smyth]

The plants and garden of Jiri Sladek - continued

trough - very long and narrow c3m
unknown
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[mark smyth]

The plants and garden of Milan Odvarka

Antirrhinum molle x2
Aster alpinus x2
Centaurea
composite x3
delosperma x2

[mark smyth]

The plants and garden of Milan Odvarka - continued

Gentiana verna alba
Helianthemum x3
house
Hypericum
Lewisia
Penstemon
Linum

[mark smyth]

The plants and garden of Milan Odvarka - continued

[mark smyth]

The plants and garden of Milan Odvarka - continued

[mark smyth]

The plants and garden of Vladimir Stanek

[ranunculus]

Sensational stuff Mark....I continually ask myself; "Why didn't you go, you stupid man"?

[mark smyth]

Cliff this is my third trip to see Czech gardens and although I have now seen some twice now I will return. One complaint to too many gardens and not enough time in them. Some would take 4 hours to go around because every time you go round you'll see something else.

I just hope that all the forum members who attended start showing images - Diane, Josef, Fermi, Otto, Susan and Julia. The many lurkers who attended should show photos too. Why keep them to yourself!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 

Mark,
you must be getting exhausted by now !

The series of great, special and vitually unknown plants seems to continue endlessly !
Thanks for the efforts !

[Anthony Darby]

Lovely male Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis Mark. A species copnfined to the dunes north of Merseyside and dunes and heaths in the south of England (unless you include the introduced colony on a sunny Scottish island. Notice the tick sticking out of its ear hole!

[mark smyth]

Luc thats it from me

Anthony the female is out of focus behind him

[Anthony Darby]

Too busy looking at that fabulous male to notice, but you're right. How close did you get?

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark,

A great report, with excellent photographs of brilliant plants.

A question on the troughs in your last posting of photographs, the one with the large stones in it: is this a natural stone trough or one made from cement etc.?

Many thanks for all your work.

Paddy

[David Shaw]

It has been very enjoyable reading these threads.
Thank you, Mark

[Maggi Young]

THANK YOU, MARK, FOR YOUR TAKE ON THE CZECH VISITS... YOU ARE RIGHT, OF COURSE, WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THE OTHERS WHO ATTENDED TO GET THEIR IMPRESSIONS, TOO.

 I am mightily impressed by the standard of these gardens. Full of plants grown to superb standard and in settings, both natural and carefully contrived to appear natural, that can only inspire and delight us all.
What pleasure these gardeners must get from their efforts and how lucky are we here in the forum to share a little in the experience?