Dunblane SRGC Early Bulb Day 20th February 2010

[Maggi Young]

Advance Notice.... to cheer you through the winter.......

This next  SRGC Early Bulb day will again be held in the Victoria Hall, Dunblane, from 10 am to 4.00pm on Saturday 20th February 2010.

Display plants of flowering bulbs and alpines are invited. There will be plants for sale from the Club Plant Stall and various Nurseries.
The highlights for the Day will be two talks, one at 11am and one at 2pm by DAVID VICTOR, the subjects will be the Bulbs of South America and the Bulbs of South Africa.  

Edit 31/12/09  change of programme, see later post!

[angie]

Yes Yes Yes
Cant wait Maggie book me a front seat please, a talk on South African Bulbs amazing, roll on the 20th February all I need now is to get more of these bulbs and I will be happy.
Angie

[art600]

I wonder if I can pull out of our snowdrop day 

Do you mean the Gala     I thought you were one of the speakers

[mark smyth]

No Arthur, the N Ireland snowdrop day with 4 gardens open. Tea/coffee on arrival at the second one, then lunch in a hotel and tea/coffe and home made cake at the fourth garden. Already one forum member, not me, is attending

[Maggi Young]

Well, there has been a change to the Programme for the Dunblane early Bulb Day: now the talks will be as follows:

TALKS:
11.00 am
Ron MacBeath       'Down Under '
 
2.00 pm
Robert Rolfe  'Crocus and Iris - Iridaceae's Twin Peaks'

[Lesley Cox]

I'dove to go to one of these days but alas...

I presume Ron's "Down Under" is about what's happening under the surface rather than in NZ and OZ since bulbs are not prominent in either of our Floras, totally absent in ours.

Now I think about it, Down Under could also be South Africa or South America, but never seems to be, somehow.

[Carol Shaw]

We'll be there as will John & Helen Amand... David will have the books and I'll have a cheque book

[Maggi Young]

The coach is booked for the Aberdeen Gang's trip.....  

[ichristie]

Yes we are all getting excited already about Dunblane, hope Ron will talk about some South African bulbs but spoke to Susan Band last Monday who thinks all her new collection will be frosted. Susan have you managed to have a look or is everything still solid it is here but I risked watering some bulbs this week maybe wrong but things were dry.

[angie]

Roll on Dunblane . Looking forward to the day. I always think that when this day comes around its not long after that the garden shows all its hidden treasures.  I wasn't sure if it is better to hold off with the watering when it was so cold. I did give things a small amount of water as like Ian's plants mine were really dry. I hope the nurseries bring along plenty of plants as I think lots of us will have lots of holes to fill.
Susan I hope your bulbs will be okay.
Angie

[Anthony Darby]

"Down under" only ever means Australia to me, but I suppose that could include New Zealand?

[Lesley Cox]

Of course Anthony. We are even downer and underer than the Aussies.

[Anthony Darby]

 

[Maggi Young]

Of course Anthony. We are even downer and underer than the Aussies.

..... in the week that Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi were at Buckingham Palace to be given awards (OBEs) by the Queen..... you might even say the Kiwis are ..."down, down deeper 'n down...."



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8513192.stm



 I don't think that Status Quo ever played the Victoria Hall in Dunblane, but if they did, they won't have had a better audience than the one which gathers for the SRGC Events there!

[Maggi Young]

Plant stalls expected at the Dunblane Early Bulb day will be..... as  far as I know...   Amands Bulbs; Christies ; SRGC Club plant stall; Beryl and Gavin McNaughton of MacPlants,  the Rankins of Kevock and the Sutherlands of Ardfearn....