"Stirling" Show in KINCARDINE 21st March

[Stan da Prato]

Last year Beechgrove TV filmed at Dunblane and this became  part of their first 2014 broadcast in April. This gave the club useful publicity and went so well they have asked to film at another SRGC show so  will be at Kincardine. The presenter will be George Anderson who did the interviews at the club stand at Gardening  Scotland over the last three years. As show secretary Sam and his team will have their hands full with the show I am acting  as liaison person and will be with the film crew  throughout the day. Obviously the prize wining plants will be filmed as well as other interesting items e.g. alpine  troughs. If anyone has a plant with an interesting  story e.g. where it was collected from, how it was bred,  please let me know either in advance or on the day. Similarly with any other questions. The programme is again likely to go out in the first week of April. 

[Maggi Young]

"STIRLING" SHOW IN KINCARDINE
21st March 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm
SHOW SECRETARY: Mr Sam Sutherland

Telephone 01259731695 (scsutherland@hotmail.co.uk)
VENUE: Kincardine Community Centre
Anderson Lane, Kincardine Fife, FK10 4SF

Click for  location of venue

Show Schedules click here

Fun to see that the Beechgrove Team will be there too - thanks Stan for your  help 

[Maggi Young]

Next SRGC Show : "Stirlingshire Show " in Kincardine on Saturday 21st March

Kincardine Community Centre
Anderson Lane, Kincardine Fife, FK10 4SF
LOCATION: From the south, cross Kincardine bridge, turn left into village, turn left at the traffic lights and then sharp right into Kirk Street, immediately turn right into Anderson lane, the gate for the community centre  is facing you.

See here for a map of the location.

All details can be found  by clicking  HERE for 2015 SRGC Show Schedules  and all show  details. 

[Maggi Young]

Al Elliot has tweeted this pic of the RBGE display ready to go to the Kincardine Show tomorrow  - looks good, doesn't it?


 Hope it's a good day for everyone!

[Maggi Young]

Congratulations to Cyril Lafong for  winning another Forrest Medal with this fine pot of Trillium rivale 'Purple Heart' at the SRGC Show in Kincardine  - and thanks to  Alan Gardner  for this photo

[Maggi Young]

As we could imagine from the photo yesterday, the RBGE display was well received - Narcissus bulbocodium received a Certificate of Merit
Photos  from John Mitchell



and the display as a whole was awarded a Gold Medal



Congratulations to the RBGE's Alpine Department!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Congratulations to Cyril Lafong for  winning another Forrest Medal with this fine pot of Trillium rivale 'Purple Heart' at the SRGC Show in Kincardine  - and thanks to  Alan Gardner  for this photo

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Goodness me, what a plant !
Cyril has magical skills !!! Many congratulations !

[Maggi Young]

   

"George Anderson (Beechgrove Garden BBC Scotland) talking to Nick Courtens (left) from Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail, Colorado,  who is on a study tour of the UK sponsored by The Diana Aitchison Fund SRGC."  photo from Julia Corden

Nick Courtens  ( see his blog here) attended the SRGC Show at Kincardine today - here he is chatting with George Anderson
( formerly of  RBGE) now a presenter of the Beechgrove Garden TV programme - the show was being filmed for a future  programme.

[Maggi Young]

Julia Corden was interviewed on camera - she was explaining about the George Forrest Award

[Maggi Young]

Julia and George  with  the TV crew



 SRGC Grant recipient Nick Courtens from Colorado - with the film team

[Maggi Young]

Alan Gardner won the Bronze medal for most points in Section II - the Fife County Trophy for Section II and here is his winning six pan Jubilee B class entry  - what a successful day for Alan - congratulations to him!

[Maggi Young]

Thanks to Alan Gardner for another pic- this time of Cyril Lafong's  Fritillaria gibbosa which was awarded the Glassford Sprunt award (for the best pot of  bulbs in a 19cm pan)



Glassford Sprunt is a former SRGC President who has had numerous show success himself over the years. Glassford gives freely of his time to the Club in many capacities such as preparing the Index not only for 'The Rock Garden' journal, but  also for the IRG each month.

[Stan da Prato]

.....was it not F. gibbosa seen here as part of the wining  small six pan. Cyril's Trillium won both the top award and the trophy  for best non European plant. Best European plant and runner up for the Forrest was Tom Green's impressive pot of a red form of Corydalis solida. Show secretary Sam again took the best Primula with P. allionii Mary Berry.  Your correspondent won the Carnegie trophy for  most points by bringing   most plants.

[Stan da Prato]

another view of Alan's successful entries  in Section B. Then  a view of the RBGE display, the gold medal   as well as individual merit awards  for Narcissus bulbocodium and a very attractive white Narcissus x munozii garmendiae. Frazer Henderson  mounted a display about hyacinths which  was awarded a silver medal card.

[Stan da Prato]

Watt Russell received a merit certificate for Asarum splendens. His fish box trough is a regular  at the early shows and a good example  of how to do these.  Then a snap  of the man himself with two more of the colourful bulb  benches.