Pottertons Nursery NGS weekend

[Rob Potterton]

Saturday morning 9AM, all ready, kids finished their table top flower arrangements, road signs up and the weather is PERFECT.
P.S. Charity event days are not profitable for the nursery David 

[Ian Y]

Very best of luck for the day Rob - but with the work all of you have put in I am sure it will be a big success.

Where are the kids??

[Rob Potterton]

Sorry, kids had just run off to Grandma's. Just over 150 visitors on Saturday and with the weather looking good again we hope for lots more today. The most popular plant in the garden yesterday was Polygala calcarea 'Lillet' photographed below. The noisiest event was the band's performance by a group of 11 year old kids including eldest daughter Hannah. Ellie also performed a solo.

[David Nicholson]

Glad it went well Rob and all the best for a bumper day today.

[ChrisB]

Looks like a lot of fun.  Told my bro to get down there, hope he did....

[Maggi Young]

Fab Garden, teas, displays  AND live music.... surely doesn't get much better than that ?
Hope there are masses more visitors today and lots of funds raised for those good causes . 

[Lina Hesseling]

Looks as a great event, Rob.
I think it is super, you give this band a stage! Must be great fun.

Lina.

[Mike Ireland]

Mark Childerhouse won a Farrer Medal with Saxifraga pubescens Snowcap at Malvern on Saturday.
Here the plant was on show at Rob & Jackie Pottertons NGS Open Garden Weekend.
Lots of good weather, plenty of coffee & cake for the helpers & lots of very interesting/interested visitors.
A really good two days had by all.

[mark smyth]

OMG look at your Polygala calcarea 'Lillet' . I thought mine was brilliant. I'll not be showing mine

[Tim Ingram]

I was just going to say the same as Mark! The Polygala is a wonderful and very long flowering plant. We have opened our garden for the NGS for very many years and nearly always enjoyed it immensely (a few wet days along the way!). I think the cakes go down as well as the plants! Very nice to hear the days went so well - roll on more alpine gardens in the NGS.

[Lesley Cox]

Does Polygala calcarea set seed? The type, I mean, not the cultivar - well that too maybe. It's just that I used to have P. calcarea, a good plant in a limestone trough but it died when the troughs had to be moved and it was someone's bright idea to lift the plants first in case they were damaged on a truck (lorry). I haven't found a plant available in NZ for some years, to replace.

[Susan Band]

Hi Lesley,

Some of the Czech collectors list Polygala, not sure if calcarea is there. It is your best bet though.

Susan

[Rob Potterton]

For those who have been following this topic the final count produced a total of 268 adult visitors who raised £804 for NGS charities. Our drink and cake refreshment sales raised a further £432.30 for the Nettleton Village church. 

The organisers Jackie and Lisa are shattered but still put in a full shift today - much shopping therapy will be required!!!!

Below some of the plants that drew favourable comment:

FOOTNOTE: The Physoplexis comosa was feautured on the AGS group display is owned by Vernon Hancock

[David Nicholson]

Well done Rob and team (and band!) If ever I'm in need of a charitable donation I know who I'd ask to organise an event!

[Maggi Young]

Fantastic amounts, Rob... those Gals did a great job!

That Physoplexis is a cracker... in couple of weeks when the flowers are open it would  be a real  show winner