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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on September 20, 2017, 07:41:51 PM
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Nearly time for the Ponteland Show - SRGC rules this year so a chance to win a Forrest Medal....
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Show schedule here : http://files.srgc.net/show_info/Newcastle2017.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/show_info/Newcastle2017.pdf)
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Whilst I was on holiday in Northumberland earlier this year I went to a Plant Heritage meeting in the Memorial Hall in Ponteland. It's obviously the venue for plant-related meetings.
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It certainly is a very good venue - nice space - car park quite large - easy to find - not much more one can ask for, really. Some areas of plant sales are upstairs still, I think but you cannot have everything!
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Maggi I think the only thing upstairs now is the café and there is a stair lift available.
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That's excellent news, Shelagh - clearly too long since I visited!
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News from Ponteland - Best in Show winning the Forrest Medal at Ponteland Show 2017 under SRGC Rules - Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' grown by Alan Furness - pic by Alan Gardner
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This AGS/SRGC show is open till 3.30 this afternoon - so still time to visit!
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News from Ponteland - Best in Show winning the Forrest Medal at Ponteland Show 2017 under SRGC Rules - Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift' grown by Alan Furness - pic by Alan Gardner
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This AGS/SRGC show is open till 3.30 this afternoon - so still time to visit!
Waw, wonderful.
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Just got home from the show. Only took a few pics and sorry didn't get names of show-ers
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Arisarum vulgare
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Grevillea lanigers prostrata - shown by Robin Pickering
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Large Cyclamen hederifolium
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Oops, all coming through sideways so I won't upload any more ...
edit by maggi - fixing for you, Christine!
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pictures from Christine Boulby ......
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Aruncus aethusifolius - Alan Newton
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Aslpenium ceterach - Ian and Marie Leslie
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Celmisia semi-cordata aurigans hybrid - I'd guess at this being Alan Furness' plant, but I'm happy to be proved wrong!
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Correa sp. ?
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Cyclamen 'Bowles Apollo' - Alan Newton
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Cyclamen hederifolium with great leaves - Tommy Anderson
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Cyclamen hederifolium - grown from seed
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Cyclamen hederifolium 'Ivy Ice Rose'
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more cyclamen with fancy leaves!
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Draba longisiliqua - Alan Newton
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again... Alan's Draba - winner of the Ponteland Bowl award.
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ferns
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Gentiana rhodantha
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Autumn Gentians
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green plant - Cotoneaster or something fancier? It's something fancier - Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido' grown by Lawrence Peet!
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Liriope muscari
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mini garden
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Petrocosmea with perfect rosette - grown by Christine Boulby
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Tanacetum leontopodium
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Christine has a soft spot for Saxifraga fortunei, it seems - some of these are her own!
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Saxifraga fortunei - pink
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Saxifraga fortunei - red - one of Christine's - Sax. f. 'Eiga'
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Saxifraga fortunei 'Fumiko' - one of Christine's
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Saxifraga fortunei
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The " green plant, Cotoneaster or something fancier " 😜😄is Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido' one of my plants Maggi
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The " green plant, Cotoneaster or something fancier " 😜😄is Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido' one of my plants Maggi
OOPs! Sorry, Lawrence!
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This photo from the show day is from Ian Christie - if I'm not mistaken, this is the Super Snapper Stan - in which case we may be fortunate enough to have some more photos in the pipeline!
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Ian Christie's pic of Alan Furness with his Forrest Medal winning Crocus banaticus ' Snowdrift'
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few more from Ian Christie - people.....
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Brian Smethurst and Sandy Leven
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Brian gets in this one too ....
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- a busy day can lead to fuzziness... Alan Newton, right
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"Jock" Richards, Lawrence Peet and Brian Burrow
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Arriving at the show the first thing to strike the visitor was the superb display on woodland plants mounted by Mala Janes.
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Regular visitors to both the autumn and spring shows organised by this group will be familiar with Mala's work but this one seemed even more comprehensive than usual. It received a very well deserved gold medal.
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Now what I hope is a complete summary of who won awards. Some duplication with earlier posts will be apparent. Alan Furness with his Forrest medal crocus and its two companions as it was in a three pan class. Then Alan Newton's Draba just one of the plants that won him the Ponteland Bowl for most first points in the open section. Bob & Rannveig Wallis took the AGS medal for 6 small pots and also had a merit certificate for their very large Cyclamen hederifolium and an award of cultural commendation for Empodium flexile and another merit cert for Hyancinthoides ciliolata in their 3 pan entry
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Ian & Maria Leslie took the Browne trophy for the best Gentian with The Caley. Don Peace won the David Boyd award for best Amaryllidaceae in a small pot with Galanthus peshmenii, The Leslies also won the Millenium trophy for best foliage plant with a Celmisia. The Ewesley Salver for best cyclamen went to Bob Worsley with C. mirabile. The Levers won the Patricia Furness vase for best plant other than cyclamen with Gentiana Silken Star group.
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Ian Kidman received the AGS Ulster Group Quaich for Crocus mathewii part of a 3 pan entry. Lawrence Peet won the Inner Eye trophy for most point in the Intermediate section while David & Liz Livermore took the Newcastle trophy for the best plant in that section with a Correa. There were no entries in the Novice section. Joint Rock also made awards to Gentiana Big Diamond and Christine Boulby's dwarf Clematis.
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Bob & Rannveig also received a joint rock award for their Arisarum in class 1
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Views of the hall
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A very quick tour of the benches -have not had time to improve these photos
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more
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and more
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continuing
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and onwards
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and others
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educational classes
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Classes for cut flowers and berries . seeds etc are a feature of this show
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nurseries and club plant stall
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people
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more folk
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and more
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others
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Within half an hour of the show closing group members have things cleared away - but there is next year to look forward to thus the notice.
edit: note that date for Ponteland show in 2018 is now 6th October 2018
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I'm not sure that the autumn show date in the previous post is correct. The October date given is that of the Discussion weekend in Pitlochry. The date I have for the Ponteland Show in 2018 is 6 October. I will investigate what is happening here.
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Wonderful to have you back with us, Stan!
I'll turn your errant photos for you.
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Thanks Maggi - it was a very enjoyable day out and as always after my quick gallop round the benches I look forward to more thoughtful contributions from others.
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A lot of very good plants on the benches in Ponteland - and Mala Janes does indeed seem to have exceeded even her own very high standards in that wonderful display about David Boyd and woodland gardens. A powerful amount of work put into that for sure, and with a most attractive result. 8)
A great shame though, that there were no entries in the novice section. :'(
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Thanks so much Maggi, you are a star! Yes, very good show again. Some newbies too, that's always really nice, the beginner benches were full to overflowing, something I've not seen for a while.
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Late as usual, really good to see we are on page 4 already, had a good browse through all the posts which do give a good view of the show and the plants on display. I am glad to say the Alan Newton and Alan Furness organising team were well rewarded, Alan N having the most points in the Open Section and Alan F winning the Forrest Medal.....have to say they deserve it (in my humble opinion) as the Show ran well with decent entries in all but the Novice section but I did notice some new enthusiastic exhibitors which was very pleasing. Just as pleasing was that at the end we were all done and dusted by 4pm in clearing up, very nice. I did not contribute much in the way of entries, quite how Alan Newton could produce so many exhibits, run the show and keep folk happy I don't know, glad his family are there to help in out when he gets in a fankle.
Not many pictures, mostly repetition but might add a few plant I/Ds and put in a few folk.
Alan Newton, as already mentioned had an OK day, some of his plants were
Tanacetum leontopodium (90), one of my favourite foliage type plants, he says it seeds into his benches, keep asking for one, not arrived yet!!!
Aruncus aesthulifoliius .... was a fantastic colour, to me this seemed a bit different from other specimens exhibited, especially in its colour, so I wonder if he has got hold of a good form (being Alan is quite likely) must ask him. I did by two on the sales tables so watch this space
Alan Furness, as I have already said, won the Forrest with
Crocus banaticus 'Snow Drift', I know plenty of pics already and I have not edited it from the flash but thought it did the job
Crocus mathewii 'Dream Dancer' from Ian Kidman
Cyclamen mirabile from Bob Worsley won the Ewesley Salver as the best Cyclamen in a <19cm pot
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Christine Boulby, who has already posted some nice pictures was a bit reticent when she posted a picture of
Clematis heracleifolia 'Pink Dwarf' as photo only did it win its class but it also was awarded a PC by the Joint Rock. My photo is a bit on the pale side. She also had
Saxifraga fortune 'Fumiko' with a Red Sticker as well.
David Boyd will long live in the memory off all who new him and he had an award at this show for the first time, The David Boyd Award for the best pan of Amaryllidaceaea in a less than 19cm pot and this year it was won by Don Peace with
Galanthus peshmenii
Gentiana farreri 'Silken Star Group' from Keith and Rachel Lever (sorry to here Keith has been 'under the weather, to put it mildly' so all our best wishes to him)
Grevillea lanigera prostrata was a lovely exhibit from Robin Pickering
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The Millennium Trophy for the Best Foliage Plant at the show was won by Ian And Maria Leslie with
Celmisia philocremna, I doubt there are many of this plant being grown in GB now. They also won the LW Browne Memorial Trophy for the Best Gentian with
Gentiana 'The Caley'
Bob and Rannveig Wallis, as is their usual, long may it continue, had some nice plants as exhibits, among which were
Empodium flexile, awarded a Certificate of Merit
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Cyclamen rohlfsianum, also from the Wallis clan
Petrocosmea minor Dark Form from Alan Newton
And finally, keeping the Forrest Plant to the end
Crocus banaticus 'Snow Drift' from Alan Furness
As already said was a good day, blessed by some decent weather down here for a change, and even more of a change, ,have not felt, from my point of view, 'cream crackered' today.
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Sandy Leven's Forrest Medal report is now online : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/newcastlepontelandforrest2017.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/newcastlepontelandforrest2017.pdf)
Thanks, Sandy!
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Thanks so much Maggi, you are a star! Yes, very good show again. Some newbies too, that's always really nice, the beginner benches were full to overflowing, something I've not seen for a while.
Really? I understood from one of Stan's posts that there were no entries in the novice section? :-\
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This lovely photo of Christine's Clematis was posted elsewhere by Peter Maguire....
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Celmatis heracleifolia 'Pink Dwarf' shown by Christine Boulby
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Sandy Leven's report of the Ponteland Show is now online : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland2017.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Ponteland2017.pdf) :)
All show reports from the current year, and a great many more from previous years, can all be found here in the main SRGC Website : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu (http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu)