Galanthus Events - Snowdrop Days etc 2013

[Maggi Young]

Crikey- well that IS good news- I'll go correct the previous posts.

AVON WILL BE AT THE RHS SHOW, FOLKS!!

[Ding Dong]

Don't panic Emma We'll be there, same spot as last year I think. And John you're right, if the show is going to be a week later every year, then it is going to make it more difficult to hold the snowdrops back, and hard to fill a stand with just snowdrops.

[emma T]

  yay

[Tim Ingram]

Seems like there may be an interesting debate about plants and plantspeople and plants and design, like there always is at the Chelsea Show. Of course the two are hardly incompatible but those early RHS Shows were rather wonderful, and I still find it hard to understand why it should be so hard to attract gardeners to the RHS Halls in the middle of London! The Snowdrop displays have always been outstanding and timing is of the essence.

[Maggi Young]

I'm pretty sure it is not  only gardeners who are reluctant to venture in to central London.

There does seem to be a general feeling about the RHS that is more and more about business and less about plants-  which can't be a healthy situation for the RHS to be in.

[Mavers]

YIKES............sorry folks I obviously misunderstood what Alan said.......

It wouldn't be the same without him would it!

Or Ding Dong 

[kentish_lass]

Phew - that's a relief.  I am sure that news has made lots of people happy.  The RHS really should be more understanding from the growers point of view.  I gave up my RHS membership after 15 years last year.

[Ding Dong]

In my experience of going to the RHS February Show, 95% of the people that go there, are going to see snowdrops, but to look through The Garden magazine and read their publicity of the 'London Plant and Design Show', you would even know there were going to be any snowdrops there.  If they dropped the 'design' bit, they could have it all in one hall and have it in the week that it used to be, without having to fit in with Westminster School's half term, after selling one of the halls to them last year.

[chasw]

Well both Jan and I were very dissapointed when we visited the design show last year, and very quickly returned to the other halls ,and certainly will not be visiting that part of the show this year

[Tim Ingram]

Well I would say Ding Dong is quite right. When you consider that a Snowdrop event the Kent HPS held at Goodnestone Park near Canterbury attracted well over 1000 people one year, and that gardens opening for snowdrops often have many hundred visitors, the opportunity to attract a lot more people to a February Show in London must be there, despite travel and parking difficulties. After all there are a modest number of people who actually live in London. I wonder how the Chelsea Physic Garden does with its events?

[Maggi Young]

After all there are a modest number of people who actually live in London.

Poor souls.........   they would certainly deserve a show to cheer them up!

[Anthonyh]

I did ask on another thread, but I'll ask again here after reading how good the CGS day was. .. Are any other forumists going to the HPS day tomorrow?

[emma T]

http://www.snowdrops.moonfruit.com/#/winter-festival/4569039217

Mum and i are off to the Shaftesbury snowdrop festival tomorrow ,its the first time they have held it . Might be something to look out for in the  future

[Maggi Young]

As reports of galanthophila spread around the world, the Washington Post has a piece - running to three web pages, of reports on the  craze and recent Altamont Gala in Ireland.  Some photos from John Grimshaw, comments from Guy de Schrijver  ( Geebo ) and also a video with Hester Forde featured and Alan Street  ....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/letter-from-ireland/2013/02/19/dac385ca-722e-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_story_2.html

(the video seems to be on a loop with others and a short advert  - persevere!)

[KentGardener]

Thanks Maggi - I quite enjoyed that.