Edinburgh and the Lothians Show, Saturday 11th April 2015

[DaveM]

We're looking forward to our show next Saturday for a feast of flowers. The show is being held at its usual venue:

Fairmilehead Parish Church
Frogston Road West
Edinburgh

In addition to the fabulous display of plants there will be the usual home baking (yum, looking forward to that) and plant sales. The following nurseries will be attending:

MacPlants
Kevock
Binney
Hartside
Edrom
Peter Foley (Waddow Lodge Garden)
and of course, the local group stall.

The plant sales area will be open from 10:30 am and the Show from 12:00.

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Dave Millward (the new, and becoming increasingly twitchy, Show Secretary)

[Maggi Young]

Directions to the venue : Fairmilehead Parish Church and Halls are situated at Fairmilehead crossroads where the A702 crosses the City Bypass at Lothianburn and heads into Edinburgh.

The postal address is Fairmilehead Parish Church, 1a Frogston Road West, Edinburgh EH10 7AA

SAT NAV:  EH10 7AA

It  can be reached by Lothian Buses Nos. 11 and 15 from the City Centre and from the west on Oxgangs Road by Lothian Buses Nos, 4 and 18.

If travelling by car from the city, turn left at the Fairmilehead Crossroads, and the church is almost immediately on your left

If travelling by car on the bypass, take the Lothianburn exit and proceed into town.  At the first set of traffic lights, turn right and the church is almost immediately on your left.  The A702 comes into Edinburgh from Biggar/Penicuik/south-west, cross the City Bypass, and turn left at the first set of traffic lights - the church is almost immediately on your left.

Wheelchair access and access for those less able to manage steps is through the church halls.

[Stan da Prato]

this afternoon local members gathered to get the hall ready. It takes remarkably little time for the squad to get the tables into the hall, cover them with cloth and artificial  grass ready for the entries.

[Stan da Prato]

several local growers stage their plants on the Friday evening 

[Derek Davidson]

Looking forward to the show 

[Maggi Young]

Show is going well - judging completed - Forrest Medal winner is .........

Hymenoxys acaulis var. caespitosa - grown by Cyril Lafong
 Well done , Cyril! another triumph!

Pix by Alan Elliott

[Maggi Young]

Alpine Dept at RBGE win another Gold Medal and A Professional Medal at the Edinburgh SRGC show - Well done!






Professional medal was awarded to Erythronium multiscapideum

 pix from John Mitchell

[Maggi Young]

Chris B. is a very busy woman - she is the SRGC  subscription secretary and works very hard all year for the members  - she does, however, manage to have time for some other things - and she likes to enter some plants at the shows - and today at Edinburgh,  Christine has won four first prizes !  Way to go Christine!
Some pix....


Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin'


Primula forbesii


Primula 'Broadwell Milkmaid'

[Maggi Young]

From all I see from photos and comments- I reckon David Millward (Dr Rock) will be well-pleased with his first time as Show Secretary in Edinburgh.  Congratulations to David and his super team - they've done well.








Mikey choosing his favourite plant from RBGE  display - photo from a Tweet  by Leonie Paterson .

[Stan da Prato]

David was indeed pleased with his first show as secretary and revealed a talent many of us were unaware of when he  wrote out all the winning cards in beautiful calligraphy. This show has quite a number of trophies. Besides  the Forrest Medal    class 2 has it own trophy the Henry Archibald rose bowl also won by Cyril for his 3 pan which  included Draba dedeana and Trillium rivale. Second  in the  class were the Bainbridges with their Narcissus Abaleish taking  the best bulb award the Carnethy Quaich. Cyril picked up the Elsie Harvey trophy for class 3  new, rare  and  difficult plants with Primula odontocalyx, Saxifraga felineri and Primula bullata var, bracteata and the Bhutan drinking cup for best Asiatic Primula with P henrici.   

[Stan da Prato]

The Bill Mackie Quaich for best saxifrage was won by David & Stella Rankin- sorry about the poor photo. Tom Green took the Corsar trophy for best European primula with Lismore Jewel. Your reporter won the Midlothian vase for  best rhododendron with Ptarmigan and the Alf Evans quaich for an Andromeda.  In Class 5 for three from seed Alan Furness won the A O Curle memorial trophy with Primula rusbyi, Hymenoxys torryana and Glaucidium  palmatum var. leucanthum

[Stan da Prato]

The Boonslie Cup for a mini-garden again went to Watt Russell's trough. Alison Ward received a Certificate  of merit for her trillium. Christine   Boulby won the Midlothian bowl for best plant in section 2 while Tony Taziker took the bronze medal  for most points

[Maggi Young]

Fancy that - the Farrer Medal winning plant at the Chesterfield AGS show today was an American plant too  -what are the odds  on that?
 See Cliff's photo of Peter Farkasch's  Astragalus coccineus   here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13050.0

[Stan da Prato]

The customary tour of the show benches starting  with Class 1 for 6 small pots. Then classes for new and difficult plants and raised from seed.

[Stan da Prato]

......moving on along the first bench. Primulas were particularly prominent at this show.