Roy Elliott Memorial Lecture 19 Nov 2011

[ranunculus]

Would you please keep us informed of the up to date details Maggi?

[angie]

Would you please keep us informed of the up to date details Maggi?

Yep me to I am going. I hope it will be chocolate shopping Maggi 

Angie

[Tim Ingram]

Maggi - yes pirates do eat cake! It was a good evening despite the fireworks failing to light because of the damp. My wife festooned the garden with night-lights in jam jars and it created a good fun atmosphere. A certain amount of drunkenness ensued!

[Tim Ingram]

Apologies by the way to Peter and Cliff for any distraction from what sounds a very good day!

[Maggi Young]

Would you please keep us informed of the up to date details Maggi?

 I shall do so with pleasure, Cliff... the SRGC, as ever, is keen to assist sister organisations with publicity and support for events.

[Maggi Young]

Apologies by the way to Peter and Cliff for any distraction from what sounds a very good day!

Knowing those two they will be happy to hear of a party with such fun celebrations.... and what about the treasure chest cake filled with golden coins??!!! Superb!

And all taking place in a beautiful garden that give pleasure every day with its plants and also serves the needs of the family.... just the ticket! 

[ranunculus]

A certain amount of drunkenness ensued!

You certainly know how to keep me interested Tim.   

[Peter Korn, Sweden]

I had a great time in Birmingham and I hope I inspired some people to try a sandbed.

[ian mcenery]

I had a great time in Birmingham and I hope I inspired some people to try a sandbed.

Hello Peter your talk was certainly inspiring and the plants you can grow outside is certainly a testament to this way of growing. Thanks for coming all this way to show us. It is a good job that I don't have the amount of space you have to grow plants as I think I am past moving the hundreds of tonnes of soil and replacing it with the same amount of sand . I will have to restrict my efforts to something a little smaller. Thanks again  for a great talk and great photos. I hope I can visit your garden and see all of this in the flesh for myself

Ian

[ranunculus]

I had a great time in Birmingham and I hope I inspired some people to try a sandbed.

I hope I can visit your garden and see all of this in the flesh for myself
Ian

Probably better keeping your clothes ON, Ian ... you wouldn't want to frighten the natives!   

[Tim Ingram]

How many alpine growers spend time up to their knees in mud!! It gives me hope for tackling some of the wilder parts of the garden which I have put off to this winter. There is a lot of hard graft in gardening but it really does produce results!

[ranunculus]

Sounds great - sorry I won't be able to get there, Diane.
I wonder if they'd like to do a reprise in Australia sometime?  We could chip in for the air-fare (would they still trust Qantas?  )
cheers
fermi

I've only just spotted this remark, Fermi ... the reply is; "Oh Yes please!!!!"