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Specific Families and Genera => Meconopsis => Topic started by: Maggi Young on November 16, 2013, 04:25:09 PM

Title: Evelyn's Meconopsis article honoured by AGS
Post by: Maggi Young on November 16, 2013, 04:25:09 PM: Dr Evelyn Stevens has been honoured at the recent AGM of the Alpine Garden Society with the
Clarence Elliott Memorial Award for her article for the bulletin 'Sorting out the big blue poppies'

Congratulations to Evelyn, for this award.
In the AGS web report (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/AGM+Report/406/) of the awards made at the AGM you will see that many prominent SRGC members are among those being honoured - congratulations to them and to all those receiving awards.

( edit: Hyperlink under AGS web report )
Title: Re: Evelyn's Meconopsis article honoured by AGS
Post by: Stan da Prato on January 10, 2014, 01:42:25 PM: I see several forumists have also been successful in the AGS online show http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/competitions/online-show/2013/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/competitions/online-show/2013/)
Title: Re: Evelyn's Meconopsis article honoured by AGS
Post by: Maggi Young on January 10, 2014, 03:20:04 PM: Indeed Stan, these forumists- all very clever growers - are some of the most successful in the competiton :
Paul Ranson
Kirsten Andersen
Kris De Raeymaeker
Roma Fiddes
Ken Curtis
Graham Catlow
Hilary Birks
Eberhard Proessdorf
Fermi de Sousa
Rudolf Weiss
Peter Clarke
Luc Scheldeman
Graham Nicholls
Peter Hood
Sven-Eric Nygren
they have all made a huge contribution to the competition and have been rewarded by lots and lots of prize stickers !
There are quite a few other SRGC members among the entrants too - an excellent representation to cheer the winter season!