4th CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE 2023

[Maggi Young]

 Long awaited news about the 4th CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE from Zdenek Zvolanek:

 "It is my pleasure to send you my evangelium about The 4th International Rock Garden Conference one year ahead together with Oenothera lavandulifolia at our terrace."


4th CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE
5 – 9thMay 2023 in Prague—Pruhonice
CZECH REPUBLIC

On the behalf of the 4th Czech International Rock Garden Conference Committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Conference with attractive lectures and exploring the best local rock gardens plus the May Show of the Prague Club situated in the medieval baroque parts of Prague. The event is planned for 5-9th May 2023 at the Congress and Educational Centre Hotel Pruhonice.
We have prepared for you 8 excellent speakers and 8 large crevice gardens.
Registration will be opened from July 1st, 2022

More information will follow soon on the website: www.czrgs.cz


Oenothera lavandulifolia

[Maggi Young]

There is more information on the 2023 Conference on the website now at www.czrgs.cz
Speakers:  https://czrgs.cz/speakers/#  - who include John Mitchell, an SRGC local group convenor.   
Venue: https://czrgs.cz/conference-venue/    and so on.


There has been ample evidence of the pleasure to be had shown in the Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum, where there  have been many photos  posted of the fine Czech Gardens visited at those events – in 2013 and in 2017.
 See: https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8484.0
 and  https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14036.0
 
Jan Tholhuijsen,  a great friend of the IRG and SRGC, has posted this slideshow of rock gardens in the Czech Republic:


There are also these Bulb Logs, numbers 20 and 21 from 2017 on Czech garden visits - https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017May171495022732BULB_LOG_2017.pdf     and
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017May241495616719BULB_LOG_2117.pdf

If you can attend - I'd highly recommend the trip!  Look out for more information and booking later in the year!

 

[Richard Green]

NOTE:
We have advanced the date of the SRGC 2023 Glasgow Show by one week to Sat 29th April 2023 to avoid a clash of dates.