Gardening Scotland 2012

[Carol Shaw]

It's projects like this that make me hope that the wider membership realise how much work is done behind the scenes by so few to further the interests and aspirations of the Club as a whole and indeed alpine gardening as a whole. Many congratulations to all concerned.

Whilst there is life there is hope David but when we struggle to get folk to come on to Council I sometimes become a little despondent - well done the new Gardening Scotland team!

[Maggi Young]

Sneaky Sneaky Stan. Not impressed with me looking glaikit.

Tee Hee! He does sneak up on a lot of us!
But I didn't think you looked glaikit... I was just impressed that the Team had you and Lesley who were lithe enough and light enough to be able to mountaineer over the rocks to place the plants!

You've all done a great job!

[ronm]

Are there Medals awarded at Gardening Scotland ?

[Maggi Young]

Yes Ron, there are medals awarded there in the same way as for the likes of Hampton Court, Chelsea etc.  There are medals for stands like the SRGC is building, commercial displays and there are outdoor gardens too.

[ronm]

Thanks Maggi.
All fingers crossed for the SRGC team for Judgement Day,  on ......?

[Maggi Young]

I think the judging has been going on today, the show opens to the public tomorrow......   

[David Nicholson]

"glaikit"

[ronm]

Scottish word meaning: stupid, foolish, not very bright, thoughtless, vacant

Guess we'd say "not reeight breight" ( esp.when I look in the mirror each morning ), gormless.

[ronm]

This can be a very useful tool David when operating in various multi lingual environments, 

http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/

[David Nicholson]

This can be a very useful tool David when operating in various multi lingual environments, 

As we do! Thank you Ron.

My Grandma used to say "As daft as a posser 'yed"

"Posser": metal, funnel shaped implement on the end of a straight wooden handle used to agitate washing in a dolly tub, prior to washing machines.
"'yed"  head

[Maggi Young]

Some  assorted GS news... A total of 17 Chelsea medallists have headed straight to Ingliston for Gardening Scotland.

Amongst them will be Bowden Hostas, Chrysanthemums Direct, Craig House Cacti and Jacques Amand who have all struck Gold.

SAC Edinburgh will be recreating the ‘Plant Explorer’s Garden’ for which they have just won a silver-gilt medal at Chelsea.
Gardening Scotland 2012 will take place from tomorrow until Sunday at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston.

Tickets cost £16 for Friday, and £14 for Saturday or Sunday. Children under 16 go free.

The show will open on Friday and Saturday from 10am until 6pm and on Sunday from 10am until 5pm.

Parking is available at the showground for visitors with cars.

Lothian Buses will provide a dedicated bus service to and from Edinburgh city centre. The number 98 will pick up from South St David Street (Jenners), Lothian Road (opposite the Caledonian Hotel), Haymarket Terrace (west of Haymarket station), and a further 31 stops en-route.



I have asked to be sent a list of medal recipients as soon as possible ..... it remains to be seen how quickly this arrives..... in previous years it has proved very hard to extract the info from the organisers!

[Liz Mills]

The display is now finished and the last of the team left the hall shortly before 4 o-clock when the judges were due to start work.  Bad news is that Stan forgot his camera and delegated the taking of photos to me.  I did take quite a few but have failed miserably to work out how to re-size them so that I can either post them or e-mail them to Stan.  Many humble apologies to everyone - and much grovelling.  I have a horrible feeling that Stan will be thinking up a nasty punishment for me tomorrow.

The whole display looks stunning (to my eyes at least) and some of the plants are to die for - Meconopsis punicea Sichuan Silk (perennial from seed collected by Ian Christie in 2003), Lilium lophophorum, Celmisia stricta, Eriogonum ovatifolium, Pleiones, Cypripedium, Androsace bulleyana - and lots and lots more.  Photos will appear (eventually).

All of the team are on tenterhooks, waiting to see what the judges think - and we'll only find out when we arrive at the hall tomorrow morning.  Wish us luck.

[Tim Ingram]

Really nice to see all these preparations going on from the other end of the country. We have just done a small and much simpler display at the Kent Garden Show (for the Kent Hardy Plant Society). Now if just we had a few of those meconopsis it would definitely stop people in their tracks! These wonderful specialist displays of plants should be de rigeur at Garden Shows everywhere to show how beautifully plants can be combined and yet retain their individuality.

[Maggi Young]

Hurrah! Well done to the Team... the SRGC Stand has been awarded a Silver-gilt medal!



I'll get the other results on soon.

[ronm]

Thats fantastic !!

Congratulations to everyone concerned, a wonderful effort,