Local Group Talks : Recommending good speakers

[mark smyth]

Andrew Fraser was with us today talking about Scottish wild flowers. Most enjoyable.

[Carol Shaw]

Andrew is a superb speaker - we are very proud to have him in our group! On Wednesday we had a slightly different talk Aquatic Plants of Speyside by Benoit Demars of the McCaulay Institute in Aberdeen. I confess when I realised it was purely aquatic plants I got rather worried - there was also the fact that Benoit is an academic BUT he gave an interesting and extremely informative talk to the group, all the feedback I had was that folks enjoyed the presentation and many members went up to talk to him afterwards. All in al a good evening. Next month will be a goody too - Sandy Leven!

[tonyg]

David Rankin (Edinburgh) came to Norfolk AGS this week.  An excellent turnout, nearly 50, rewarded by an entertaining, informative and well illustrated talk ... the good turnout reflecting his previous visit which was well remembered and the prospect of Kevock Garden plants for sale.

[ian mcenery]

Today at the Birmingham Group we had our annual Roy Elliot Memorial Lecture. The main speaker was Robert Rolfe who gave a talk based on some of Roy's favourite plants. Anyone that knows Robert will know that he is both enthusiastic and a most knowledgeable speaker - in fact the word encyclopaedic came to mind. This was further enhanced by superbly taken photos.

[Maggi Young]

in fact the word encyclopaedic came to mind

 Luckily, those of us who know Robert will realise that in this case, Ian does not mean: large, expensive and sitting gathering dust in a corner 

[ian mcenery]

in fact the word encyclopaedic came to mind

 Luckily, those of us who know Robert will realise that in this case, Ian does not mean: large, expensive and sitting gathering dust in a corner 

 

[J.B.Wyllie]

Stirling Groups December talk was on Digital photography by Peter Maguire Excellent pictures and lots of information and tips. Some of it too advanced for me but I have made one resolution to switch off the auto function. Thank you Peter

[mark smyth]

Jean, auto works very well for me but I might experiment

[David Nicholson]

At our Local AGS Group meeting last night the President of the AGS (Val Lee, for it was she!) gave an enthralling talk on her visit to the Pontic Mountains area of Turkey last year. (and she handled a digital projector expertly   )

[Darren]

Fellow forumist Tony Willis told us about his trip to Chile last night at the North Lancs AGS group. A great talk with terrific pictures. It's always inspiring to hear Tony talk about his solo trips out to these places.
The group's new digital projector was having a bad day but Tony coped magnificently and resisted the temptation to give it a good kick, which is probably what I would have done! My lectures are now staying firmly analogue.

[David Nicholson]

Interesting talk at our local AGS Group meeting last night given by Lorraine and Chris Birchall "Plants of the Drakensberg Mountains" following their travels in the area last year.

[Richard Green]

I have just returned from hearing Ian talk to the West of Scotland Group on Erythroniums.  It was a great show and a good test for our new digital projector.  Many thanks Ian!

[Maggi Young]

Nice of you to say so, Richard.... he just phoned, he caught the train he hoped to and is en route home..... I'll tell him when he turns up here at around 1am that you're safe home and happily reporting the evening!

[Richard Green]

Please thank him also for pulling my name out of the Monthly Lucky Dip for one of this month's prizes.  And I was relieved to see that the names he drew out were not all Forumists !

[Maggi Young]

Please thank him also for pulling my name out of the Monthly Lucky Dip for one of this month's prizes.  And I was relieved to see that the names he drew out were not all Forumists !

Maybe not, but I'll bet most were Bulb Log readers and a few were Lurkers  !!