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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on March 07, 2019, 07:31:57 PM
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N. B. ! This year's joint AGS/SRGC Spring Flower Show at Hexham is in a new venue -
the Hexham Auction Mart NE46 3SG
AGS and SRGC Members free entry ..... non-members £3 - better remember your membership cards!
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Note AGS rules for the show this year.
Nurseries attending Hexham this year ...
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Last year's Best in Show at Hexham was Saxifraga retusa augustana shown by Alan Furness - winnin Forrest Medal under SRGC Rules. This year the Show is under AGS Rules - any predictions as to what the winner might be tomorrow?
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Cliff Booker's Shortia uniflora won the Farrer medal. Don Peace took the AGS medal for 6 small pans as well as a merit certificate for a nice little Woodsia fern he had raised. Due to having so many fine plants he received the RB Cooke plate for most firsts in the open section . Dave Millward 's pot of N obesus Lee Martin won the Sandhoe Trohy for best plant in a 19 cm pot and the David Boyd award given this year for a narcissus.
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Saxifraga Bridget also won a merit cert for David Charlton. I received an AGS medal for 6 large pots in class 1 . Jeannie Jones took the Gordon Harrison cup for most points in section 2 and an SRGC bronze medal while in section 3 Michael Osborne received the Cyril Barnes trophy .
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RBGE received a gold medal for another fine bulb display while Mala Janes from the local group received a large gold for an exceptionally informative display on woodland plants'
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Two main benches held the open section and part of section 2.
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The rest of section 2 and section 3 were on a narrower bench by the windows.
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now walking round bench 1.
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onwards
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posting in fours as problems with fives
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and on
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an d more
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still on bench 1
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end of bench 1
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second bench
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in fives after compressing photos
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moving along bench 2
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plants with info
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end of open section
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into section 2
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My word, what a superb show! Many congratulations to Cliff Booker on his lovely Farrer winning Shortia. 8)
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along window with rest of section 2 then section 3
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end!
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people among the plants
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snappers
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more - I hope we shall see some of their photos on the forum.
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nurseries
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more and the local group's stall
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last but most definitely not least some of the workers -Angus and his team put on a first class show in their new venue.
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Stan has done a very comprehensive run through the show at its new venue which, as far as I am concerned, was a huge success with good entries, good exhibitor access, good sales area, good cafe and loads of free parking which meant many visitors through the door. The plant sales appeared to go very well with many stands nearly empty by the close of play. I feel that the huge effort put in by Show Secretary Angus Thompson to the show publicity, the show set up and organisation reaped the rewards this effort deserved so thank you Angus.
My own day went ok from the show plants point of view but sadly my digital camera decided to pack up right at the start (memory card problem, now sorted) so I had to rely on my rather old mobile phone which eventually ran out of storage space (yes it is that old) so there is not the usual number of pictures and some are not too good...sorry
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Class 1, the Big Six shown by Stan da Prato
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finally the end of the show
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Not sure what is going on, my posts are not coming through as they should even though I am doing it my usual way, if it happens again this time that will be me finished posting
It won't accept my pictures so finito, won't now even accept a post with no pics
Class 2, a three pan from Don Peace
Primula petelotii is back right
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Not sure what is going on, my posts are not coming through as they should even though I am doing it my usual way, if it happens again this time that will be me finished posting
It won't accept my pictures so finito, won't now even accept a post with no pics
It’s accepted this is OK George, must be a problem your side?
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David I have had a problem in the past when I used pictures from my mobile as their size is quite large 5-6mb as opposed to 3-4 from my digital camera and I suspect that is what is wrong, even using the SRGC downsizer on these mobile pics does not reduce them to below the 200 required, I did try to post the downsized images, which were around 300, using the in line image approach which has worked of late for my digital camera pictures. the 3-4mb ones, but the site would not accept these pictures either. I do wonder if the web site was busy at that time as Stan was posting his pictures and ? the site could not cope.
I will give it another go to see what happens
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Primula petelotii from Don Peace in 2[attachimg=1]
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Graeme Butler from Rumbling Bridge must nearly have sold out on his trade stand and he also has to have been pleased with getting a PC from the Joint Rock for
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Better not make any comments!!
Androsace laevigata from Chris Lilley (8)[attachimg=1]
Draba 'Buttermilk' from me in 12 [attachimg=2]
Townsendia rothrockii from Tom Green (13)[attachimg=3] He got the red sticker while my
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Two variations of
Corydalis solida 'Penza Strain one from Clare Oates (14), the other from Jim Watson (67)
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Anemone pavonina ocellata from me in 15, originally grown from Archibald seed [attachimg=4]
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Saxifraga 'Marco Webr' from Tommy Anderson (16), did not do anything but I liked it [attachimg=1]
Saxifraga 'Bridget' from David Charlton (3) earned a Certificate of Merit[attachimg=2]
Pleione 'Ueli Wackernagel from Don Peace, (19) an Award of Merit from Joint Rock [attachimg=3]
Erythronium helenae from Carole and Ian Bainbridge (21), it was good to see Ian well enough to get to the show
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Narcissus bulbocodium 'Lee Martin' from David Millward 81) won him the David Boyd award
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Dionysia khuzistanica from Don Peace (63), he again had the most points in the Open Section of the show
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Soldanella carpatica from Clare Oates (55)
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Primula henrici from Peter Hood (82), he had a few at the show
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Class 58, 3 pan Primula allionii was won by Ian Kidman with
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From the small to the large
Rhododendron Lucy Lou from Stan da Prato
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From the large to the small
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Primula x 'Miniera' from Christine Boulby
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Primula rusbyi from Mala Janes, she had a spledid photographic display at the show, winning a Large Gold it was so good (See Stan Picture)
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Ipheon Albert Castillo@ from Jim Watson (85)
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Dave Riley showed a lovely compact Tulip in the Rare in Cultivation class 102 so I attach both its picture and his notes
for Tulipa ulophylla
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The Farrer Medal plant was shown by Cliff Booker, a really lovely
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Saxifraga 'Coolock Gem' from Andrew Ward in 138 caught my eye
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Ozothamnus coralloides from me in 37
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Coronilla emerus glauca from Tom Green (32)
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Two from Alan Furness
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Most Points in the Intermediate Section was won by Jeanie Jones with the likes of
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The Most Points in the Novice Section was won by Michael Osborn, well done but he can be assured that next year the schedule will be changed so that he cannot show two plants of the same cultivar as he did in class 160, even though they were nice
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I am sure I was not the only one to show covetous eyes at yet another plant from Clare Oates which received a PC from the Joint Rock
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Asarum maxima from Ian Instone (27)
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Draba cappadocica from Chris Lilley (27)
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That is all I managed to get before the mobile phone decided to die as well so that will have to do.
As I have said already it was a splendid start for the new venue, some 'tweaking' will be done for future shows there but in the main a roaring success, it will be interesting to see what the visit numbers turn out to be, I spoke to all of the trade stand folk and they were happy and I also spoke to a number of visitors who all expressed a favourable opinion of the show and the venue.
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Good that you solved your posting problem as your comments on plants are always worth a read. I have always found the SRGC downsizer works but it gives quite a small picture even after the viewer clicks on it. I've switched to the new system where one adds square brackets but that definitely has trouble with big files either taking a while or sometimes aborting the post so I compressed all the sets of five using Office and the system then accepted them very quickly.
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I see I don't know my Hapatica from my Soldanella so from Clare Oates
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Stan on what was going to be my final attempt at posting pictures everything went as expected, no problems, even though I was posting the non reduced in size pictures from my phone, they all went through first time. I suspect that when others are posting images in, as you were when I had my first try, the web site does not cope so well but later this afternoon when little or no posting was going on it all went smoothly. Thanks again for your show coverage, even though the picture of me not too flattering!!!
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Magnificent AGS/SRGC Show at Hexham on Saturday ... many thanks to Stan and George for their comprehensive photographic coverage and to Angus and his superb team for such an enjoyable and trouble-free event. My only (very slight) reservation is with the relatively poor lighting in the show hall (reflected perhaps in many of the terrible images that I'm about to post), but quite a number of show venues suffer this affliction, so not too much to worry about. The new venue was large, welcoming, comfortable, easily accessible and suited the needs of all our varied users. Parking was excellent and the catering area was particularly good. I'm afraid my images are unlabelled and not in any particular order ... much like my life. They are simply being posted to give you a flavour of the event and I apologise in advance for the poor quality and the lack of any commentary. Now to see if this download system will let me play ... ?
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So, to sum up, this was a wholly enjoyable experience in a new and vibrant venue ... congratulations to everyone involved. Of course my rose tinted views may have been swayed by the fact that I managed to (finally) achieve a long held ambition to win a third Farrer Medal (after getting numbers one and two in 2000 and 2003 respectively) with a nice, challenging pan of Shortia uniflora ... as my dear friend Brian Smethurst generously pointed out; "You brought ONE RUDDY PLANT to the show; you got ONE RUDDY FIRST with it ... and then had the temerity to get ONE RUDDY FARRER with it!!!!"
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Congrats again on your win, Cliff!
Thanks to all those posting photos - I know there are sometimes problems posting but the time and trouble taken is very much appreciated to all those around the world who never get a chance to see these shows in person.
The latest system where photos are automatically resized usually works - and I'm grateful to those who persevere and do not give up when faced with a temporary problem to continue their posts.
I repeat previous advice - though I am aware that temporary hitches can occur - please be patient!
A reminder about posting photos
the SRGC Forum has undergone some changes recently and if using the (attachimg=1) code ( " inline full-size image option" ) - with the square brackets (rather than the ones I've used to allow you to see without confusing the system with code) it is possible to attach larger photo sizes which will be automatically resized to the page and open in the text box.
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This screengrab shows what a post will look like when this method is used to add photos in the text - using pretty much any device it seems, i-pad, smartphone, whatever!
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I arrived at the show early, at about 9:45 and was pleased to find I could walk straight in to see the sales area, even though this was a bit earlier than the advertised start time. You can see me in side view amongst Stan's pictures of the sales tables. The sales area was only this quiet right at the start; please don't get the wrong impression, for the rest of the day it was much busier with too many people milling around to get good photos.
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Sandy Leven's report on the Farrer Medal winning plant at Hexham from Cliff Booker -
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/HexhamFarrer2019.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/HexhamFarrer2019.pdf)
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Maggi, are you brave enough to tell Sandy that it currently says 'Kendal' in the headline banner? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Oh crikey! Missed that ! !! I've told Sandy and made a wee comment in the text to say about the error! I'll get the proper one loaded when Sandy can fix it!
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All fixed now, Cliff! Hexham it is!!
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Brilliant doesn't cover it, Maggi! Well done!
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Saxifraga 'Marco Webr' from Tommy Anderson (16), did not do anything but I liked it
I think this cultivar may be correctly called S. 'Mirko Webr' - http://www.saxifraga.org/plants/saxbase/taxon.asp?Taxon=2868 (http://www.saxifraga.org/plants/saxbase/taxon.asp?Taxon=2868)
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Sandy Leven's report on the 2019 Hexham Show - http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Hexham-show-2019.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Hexham-show-2019.pdf)
Thank you, Sandy!