Snowdrop events 2011

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for that. Can't find any reference to it on the web. Do you have a link or a phone number/email address for someone I can contact about the event? Cheers.

You should have received the newsletter before christmas and all the details for members are in there.

[emma T]

Anybody going to the Wisley snowdrop weekend ? I was thinking of going if the weather is going to be okay.

[Maggi Young]

I presume all you 'drop fiends are aware of this listing?

http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/article/visit-snowdrops-in-february-and-march
..... lots of super places to vist  on this list of NGS gardens "all over the country, from Cornwall to Cumbria"  

Oops! Vivien tells me that the dates on that link are not for 2011.... please check carefully with any of the  venues before visiting

[vivienr]

I presume all you 'drop fiends are aware of this listing?

http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/article/visit-snowdrops-in-february-and-march
..... lots of super places to vist  on this list of NGS gardens "all over the country, from Cornwall to Cumbria"   

Thanks for the link Maggi. Just be aware that the dates are not 2011 dates! Check with the NGS website. They now have a snowdrop list out but it is not as easy to search through as the one in your link.

http://www.ngs.org.uk/news-features/local-news/snowdrop-openings-for-2011.aspx



Via a link on the Snowdrop prices thread about the G. EA Bowles sale, there is a Snowdrop tour of the garden at Myddleton House on Sunday 12th Feb, booking essential.
I would have liked to go on this as we are staying in West Norfolk nest week and it is not far away. Unfortunately my poorly foot will not manage a 2-mile walk. Still, I will go to Walsingham Abbey and one of the NGS snowdrop gardens there so plenty to look forward to.

http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/EN/Events/index.aspx?EventID=374

[Maggi Young]

Just be aware that the dates are not 2011 dates!

Crikey! Sorry about that... There is nothing obvious to suggest that the dates are not for the current year  

 Will  modify my earlier  post.

Thanks, Vivien!

[kentish_lass]

I am attempting to post a photograph taken at Wisley at the weekend.  It is of G Simon Lockyer a green tipped introduction.  It is not a very clear photo as I could not seem to get much detail with or without a flash.  I am hoping the photo is not too big.

[KentGardener]

Thanks for the photo Jennie.  Simon told me last year that he had named a green outered one 'Simon' - do you happen to know if this one ('Simon Lockyer') is the same one?   

[kentish_lass]

Yes John, I believe this is the one he has named after himself.  It looked much prettier in real life - like you I had trouble with the lighting which was a shame.  When Christine Skelmersdale wafted it under the noses of the people in the front row of the lecture there was lots of ooohing and aaahhing!  It is pretty......but Green Tear is really something 

Here are a few more shots from the day at Wisley

1.   G Penelope Ann - straight onto my wish list
2.   The stand at Wisley
3.   G caucasicus I bought at Wisley and it has faint green lines on the tips, also cheap as chips!

I am still very confused about caucasicus - could anyone please explain to me what it used to be and what it is now....and why?  I have a G caucasicus from Washfield Nursery which has been in the garden around 15 years and it looks nothing like the one I bought at Wisley.  Confusing.

thanks Jennie

[Carolyn Millen]

Hello everyone.

Just to say my garden is open for charity twice in February. We have over 250 varieties of Snowdrops in a 1 acre garden with great views over the Weald of Kent.

Sunday 6th February
Open as part of the National Gardens Scheme
Open 12 - 4pm

Sunday 13th February
Open for Demelza House
11am - 3pm

Admission £3.50. Refreshments and plants for sale.

Spring Platt
Boyton Court Road
Sutton Valence
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 3BY

If you have any questions please do ask or send me a message, it would be lovely to see the people John and I know here and any new faces.

Carolyn

[Maggi Young]

Carolyn, a very warm welcome to you.
Thank you  so much for telling us about your garden.... I foresee a lot of  happy forumists making their way to your open days... I wish you warm days and lots of visitors to enjoy your snowdrops. 

[kentish_lass]

Welcome Carolyn
I live in West Kingsdown and hope to make it to see your snowdrops on one of your open days.
Thanks for letting us know and I look forward to meeting you
Jennie

[RichardW]

Hi Carolyn, will try and get to your open day on the 13th.

[mark smyth]

who's heading to the Garden House next week?

[KentGardener]

Hi Carolyn

Glad to see you posting - I hope this post is the first of many  

with great views over the Weald of Kent.

I am soooooo jealous of that view (here is my parting memory of it last year) - stunning!  

[Martin Baxendale]

Hi Carolyn

Glad to see you posting - I hope this post is the first of many  

with great views over the Weald of Kent.

I am soooooo jealous of that view (here is my parting memory of it last year) - stunning!  

Wow! That's a garden view to die for!