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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Stan da Prato on November 04, 2021, 04:12:20 PM
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Yesterday Borders and some Lothian members met up in socially distanced fashion in the customary venue of Bowden village hall. Congratulations to convenors Margaret and David Thorne and . secretary Roberta Carruthers for all their organisation. Everyone agreed that it was good to meet up in person again. We usually have a table display of members' plants. Thanks to Elspeth Ditcham for the photos.
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After the talk is the raffle and Jim's sales table of bargain plants that does so much for group funds. The Borders branch is justly renowned for home baking. The final photo is of myself after several cakes. The group policy of bring your own cup is pre- covid to reduce the use of disposable ones.
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Excellent to see SRGC Members meeting again face to face - and I have no doubt you gave them a truly excellent talk, Stan!
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Looks great Stan. Unfortunately our usual venue is being used as a Vaccination Station so we are still using Zoom but hopefully in the New Year we may get back together again.
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It was great to be together again and Stan's talk 'Wildflowers and other wildlife of our local coasts' was absolutely excellent and enjoyed by us all.
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The Borders group indoor progamme continues. Yesterday c 30 members enjoyed a very well illustrated talk by Dave Binns on a six week trip to trek to Nanda Devi -the highest mountain in the Indian Himalaya. All had taken a lateral flow test at home. it is ironic that these tests are being made presumably for profit in China where the virus originated.
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Organisers David & Margret Thorne signing members in . Jim & Margaret's sales table. Bargain plants £1 each. Raffle table bulding up -so many prizes I think everyone won something. The home baking is now socially distanced. Plant display of dwarf conifers, two Petrocosmeas, Skimmia Little Ruby and Rhododendron lapponicum Siberian form.
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Yesterday over 30 enjoyed another sucessful socially distanced meeting of the Borders branch. Skilled botanical artist and Meconopsis enthusiast Sharon Bradley talked about her craft and brought along some examples of her work. Two fortunate members won mec paintings in the raffle. Seasonal snowdrops were on Jim and Margaret's sales table for branch funds. The plant display was mainly of early bulbous iris. As usual the superb home baking rounded off the meeting.
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oh, it's so nice to be able to have face-to-face meetings like this again.
I wish I could teleport there!
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Another well attended and succesful Borders branch meeting. Recently retired RBGE alpinist Elspeth Mackintosh gave a most entertaining account of her 30 plus years in the garden.
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After the talk a socially distanced queue forms for the renowned home baking then a look at Jim's sales table and the bulb display. The last pic shows the bulbs back in their crates for the journey home.
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Everyone is welcome to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 4th May 2022, at 2pm at Bowden Village Hall for our last meeting of the spring. Stan will demonstrate planting up an alpine trough while Cath and Terry from Edrom Nursery will have a good selection of plants for sale. Admission is £2 which includes tea or coffee and home baking at the end of the meeting, as well as a ticket for the raffle. The star raffle prize will be Stan’s completed trough, an opportunity not to be missed. We look forward to a record turnout, do come if you can!
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Well, we did get a record turnout in May and now the summer has flown by and we are starting our autumn programme tomorrow, Wednesday, 7th September 2022. Beryl McNaughton will be presenting her talk ‘Ian McNaughton and the Autumn Gentians’ which explains how Ian went about selecting his prize-winning plants and the purpose of his breeding work.
The meeting will take place as usual at 2pm at Bowden Village Hall. Admission is £2 (no inflation there) which includes tea or coffee and home baking at the end of the meeting as well as a ticket for the raffle. Everyone welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.
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We are pleased to present the Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group’s new programme of talks to be held at 2pm in Bowden Village Hall on the first Wednesday of each month from September 2023 until April 2024 (with the exception of the January 2024 meeting on 10th). Our thanks to all the speakers for accepting the invitation to inform, educate and entertain us and to all attendees who contribute to keeping our Group vibrant.
Admission is still only £2 which includes a ticket for our raffle as well as tea or coffee and home baking, courtesy of Alice’s team from Gattonside. Group plant sales at every meeting and show plants on view too. Everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.
David & Margaret Thorne, Joint Conveners
6th September 2023
Frazer Henderson
It's not all sand – The mountain flora of Yemen
4th October 2023
David Millward
Gardening a legacy- plants in our gardens from around the world
AGM
1st November 2023
Brian Whitton
Corydalis from mountain to garden
6th December 2023
Aaron Marshall, RBGE
Launching a Horticultural Career
10th January 2024
Carol and Ian Bainbridge
Starting out again – Planning and building our Galloway Garden
7th February 2024
Jeanie Jones
Primula I have seen in the Wild
6th March 2024
David and Margaret Thorne
The Snowman's Flowers - botanising Bhutan's toughest trek
3rd April 2024
Neil Huntley, Hartside Nursery
Roscoeas and other woodland plants
Plants for sale
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After a stunning run down the Tweed on Wednesday, with spectacular views to the snow capped Lammermuirs and Cheviots, we arrived in Bowden to find the surrounding area still shrouded in freezing fog. Despite this, 30 stalwart members were treated to a superb talk by Aaron Marshall, describing the various horticultural projects in which he had been involved before and during his present employment at the RBGE. Stan had brought plants to admire, Jim’s were for sale, nearly everyone won a raffle prize and there was home baking for all. Thanks to everyone for attending and contributing to another enjoyable meeting of the Scottish Borders Rock Garden Group.
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