I haven't belonged to the SRGC for very long but have always enjoyed reading back through the AGS and NARGS Journals and comparing how plants and gardens are discussed. You also sense the modesty and great contributions that people have made to the Societies - I have always known Chris Brickell, for example, as one of the most remarkable plantsmen of the age, but didn't know he was involved in running the AGS Seed Exchange many years ago. It is not so much that no-one needs to write anything anymore, as how you can come up with writing that compares with some of that from the past. The modern information age can simply overwhelm.
I would also be interested in stories of past growers, especially since I know so little of alpine gardening in Scotland. I have a growing fascination with such figures in America too, which extends laterally to that famous Scot John Muir. Jim Archibald too had that remarkable ability to see the detail of plants but also write beautifully about his travels. Perhaps the Scottish landscape breeds it into you...
(ps: is it only Scotland that still has wild cats?!)
