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Administration => Notice Board => Topic started by: Maggi Young on January 25, 2018, 04:32:20 PM
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SRGC Discussion Weekend 12 - 14 October 2018
See more here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=16033.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=16033.0)
The 2018 SRGC Discussion Weekend will take place in Pitlochry , perhaps the most popular visitor destination in Perthshire.
Speakers will include ........Larz Danielsson a nurseryman and explorer with a particular interest in unusual plants from Hammarstrand, Jämtland, Sweden http://www.spezialplant.nu (http://www.spezialplant.nu)
John Mattingley, who runs the wonderful Cluny House Gardens with his wife, Wendy. They were recipients in 2016 of the Queen Mother Memorial Medal from the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. http://www.clunyhousegardens.com/ (http://www.clunyhousegardens.com/)
Matt Topsfield who will also be the Show Secretary for this event, fresh from the organisation of the SRGC David Boyd event in the Western Isles.
Gerben Tjeerdsma, the man from the Netherlands, transplanted successfully to Sweden - another plant hunter and nurseryman who has had long experience at the Gothenburg Botanic Gardens. http://www.gerbianska.com/ (http://www.gerbianska.com/)
David Sellars from Canada, an award winning photographer and writer. Together with his wife ( another Wendy!) he is developing an extensive alpine and woodland garden in coastal British Columbia which won a NARGS award in 2012. http://www.mountainflora.ca/ (http://www.mountainflora.ca/)
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Only a few days now, till the SRGC Discussion Weekend in Pitlochry - sending good wishes to all those attending - and hopes that all your travel arrangements go well and you arrive happy for a wonderful weekend with this dazzling array of speakers - Enjoy!