Reports from the 2nd International Czech Rock Garden Conference and Garden visits

[Peter Maguire]

  I stood my  ground as long as I could = but 4 days is as much as I can bear without  checking in.

I thought you held out very well Maggi, Fermi caved in at the first opportunity!

Just make sure that they promise to hold another conference over there sometime. Maybe I'll have the spare time to attend the next one. 

[David Nicholson]

I'll go as well Peter maybe there would be time to look at my teeth

[Peter Maguire]

If I had time to go, then that would because I had retired (3 years, 4 days and counting!) - I would be far too busy having fun to look at teeth. 

[fermi de Sousa]

The second day finished with participants very satisfied with a well thought out and fully entertaining program. Vojtech Holubec took us to Tibet - a flowering Paradise - but not always as you'd expect it. Peter Korn showed us that when you are a Viking you don't need an excavating machine to move a mountain! But even a Viking can't control the climate and a summer of continuous rain doesn't suit a lot of plants from the desert regions - but it can be good for some alpines!
Dieter Zschummel then took us hiking in Iran in search of Dionysia and finding them and much more!
A marvelous workshop on how to plant up a trough Czech style and we won't mention the sales!
We were treated to more light hearted entertainment in the evening with the Marika singers putting on a splendid performance with most songs in English and very nostalgic for those of us over forty! A huge feast of Czech catering awaited us and then the leaders took us for a tour of their city through the eyes of a tiurist's snapshots. Finished the night with Maggi auctioning off some rarities from a couple of Scottish gardens - did someone mention a yellow snowdrop?
cheers
fermi

[ichristie]

Hello all, we have just come home from the Prague conference which was superb such a great bunch of people who organised it and we enjoyed meeting up with friends old and new from around the world. I have limited time just now so am going to post some pictures, I am sure many more will come later. Most important is to say a huge thank you to all the team who organised the event we will remember it for a long time,  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[ichristie]

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[ichristie]

even more, I have a hundred p[ictures but will not post all Ian

[ichristie]

Last few for now will post more plant pictures from Jiri Papouseks garden and the show in Prague, Ian I am getting problems with posting more pictures will come back later, Ian.

[ichristie]

Hi again hope this works, Ian

[ranunculus]

Excellent images, Ian ... can't wait for more ... please.

[Brian Ellis]

Super pictures Ian, and what beautiful looking food...

[David Nicholson]

Looks as though Angie found something she liked

Thanks for posting Ian, looking forward to more.

[astragalus]

Beautiful food presentation.  Can't wait to see the plants and especially pictures of Jiri's garden.