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3rd International Saxifraga Seminar April 2008
« on: September 29, 2007, 09:43:38 PM »
3rd INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR: The Cultivation and Conservation of Saxifrages
STIRLING, SCOTLAND
APRIL Thursday 3rd – Monday 7th 2008

Time is running out very fast for those wishing to book for this exciting seminar, to be held in Stirling next April. See the Saxifraga Socirty Website here http://www.saxifraga.org/news/items/sax2008.asp for Conference details.
The programme is this:
Saxifrage Society  --  3rd International Seminar
"Conservation and Cultivation”

Conference Programme

Thursday, 3rd April

16.00         Delegates arrive and Register

 Friday, 4th April       Chaired by David Victor

                             Opening Session

09.30 – 09.45           Rick Lambert, Chairman Saxifrage Society:

                                 “Welcome to the Seminar”

09.45 – 10.15           Ian Christie, President Scottish Rock Garden Club:

                                 “A welcome to Scotland”

10.15 – 10.30           David Victor, Conference Organiser

                                 “Administrative arrangements and programme”

 10.30 – 11.00           Coffee

                                 Session 2

11.00 – 11.45           “Growing Saxifrages in Tromso Botanic Garden”

                                 Part 1 -- Arve Elvebakk

11.45 – 12.30           Part 2 -- Kristian Nyvoll

 12.30 – 14.00           Lunch

                                 Session 3

14.00 – 14.45           Ger van den Beuken

                                 “Promising Porphyrion hybrids in focus”

14.45 – 15.30           Petr Hanzelka

                                 "Saxifraga breeding in the Czech Republic and conservation in the Prague Botanic Garden"

15.30 – 16.00           Tea

                                 Session 4

16.00 – 16.45           Beryl Bland

                                 “The UK National Collection of Silver Saxifrages”

16.45 – 17.30           Adrian Young

                                 “The UK National Collection of Porphyrion Saxifrages”

17.30 – 18.00           Break

 18.00 – 19.00           Saxifrage Society Annual General Meeting


Sunday, 6th April     Chaired by Ger van den Beuken

                                 Session 5

11.00 – 11.45           Dr Tim Upson

                                 “Some issues with National Collections”

11.45 – 12.30           David Millward

                                 To be announced

 10.30 – 11.00           Coffee


                                 Session 6

09.00 – 09.45           Workshop 1 & 2

                                 Ian Bainbridge on “Making a fish box trough”.

                                 Adrian Young on “Propagating Saxifrages”.

09.45 – 10.30           Workshop 2 & 1

 12.30 – 14.00           Lunch

                                 Session 7

14.00 – 14.45           Vojtech Holubec

                                 “Saxifrages in the wild”

14.45 – 15.30           Tim Roberts

                                 “Saxifrages from the Himalaya”

15.30 – 16.00           Tea

                                 Session 8

16.00 – 16.45           Kees Jan van Zwienen

                                 “Saxifrages from Southern Italy, Greece and Turkey”

16.45 – 17.30           Malcolm McGregor

                                 “Developments in the genus Saxifraga”

 
 Evening:                           Seminar Dinner

Sounds like a promising line up , don't you think?

In addition to the formal conference sessions, there will be visits to the Alpine Department of the Royal Botanic Garden and the Scottish Rock Garden Club’s Edinburgh show. A partner’s programme is currently being planned.

The seminar will be held at the King Robert Hotel, a three-star hotel with 53 bedrooms in Stirling.
All details, booking forms etc can be found at the Saxifraga Society website, as shown above.





Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

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