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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on March 29, 2009, 09:48:51 PM
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EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS SHOW
4th April 10.30 am to 4.00 pm
(Show opens 12.00 noon)
SHOW SECRETARIES: Drs Carole and Ian Bainbridge
3 Woodhouselee, Easter Howgate, Midlothian, EH26 0PG.
Telephone 0131 445 3268
E-mail: bainbridi(AT)aol.com
VENUE: Fairmilehead Parish Church, Frogston Road West, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh
LOCATION: At City Bypass, Lothianburn Junction, A702; go into city. Turn right at first traffic lights (Fairmilehead) and church hall is first left.
ENTRIES: To Show Secretaries by Wednesday before the show
Late entries accepted until one hour before judging.
STAGING: 6.00 - 8.00 pm, Friday before the show and 8.00 - 9.30 am, Saturday of the show
JUDGING: Begins at 9.45 am
PRESENTATIONS: Trophies will be presented at 3.30pm
Plant sales area opens at 10.30am
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See you all there - watch out for the rugby scrum in the plant sales room. David & I will be sitting in the entrance foyer with the books, at least one of us will :) We take it in turns...
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Just back from a well attended show at Edinburgh. No surprises as to who won the Forrest medal - Mr. Lafong . The value of his Pleione exhibit would probably pay off the national debt!
The pictures will give an idea of what the event is like for those who cannot attend.
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I must say I am always jealous of the opportunities you have for plant purchases. We simply don't see this selection here in Ireland and getting plants is always a challenge.
Is the green colour of the table coverings a bit strong? It seems to be too dominant for the flowers.
Paddy
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Paddy
As an Irishman you will be an expert on green ! It is probably more accentuated in the pictures. Some more
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Last batch
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Forgot the most important one !
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Great show, Tom.
Is that a young dog in the last shot?
Paddy
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Wonderful images from a super show Tom ... many thanks for posting.
Congratulations to Cyril (yet again)!
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.....and to think I was there at last year's show......
Stella and Ron: suppliers of fine primulas.
Anne: supplier of fine primula cards.
....it must be a dream.......
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Lots of photos from Edinburgh for you.... both Ian and I were snapping away..... but too much to do here tonight to catch up on 30 hours away before work at the BBC tomorrow ( how does it pile up so??)
Ian will be watching Malaysian Grand Prix, so you'll likely not get much sense out of him! ::)
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Great show, Tom.
Is that a young dog in the last shot?
Paddy
Which one ? Ask Maggi Young.
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Great pix, Tom..... well, some of them, at least! :P
I have to tell you folks that Tom said the "untitled group" picture was of a witches coven ....... we wouldn't have minded but Sandy Leven had not 2 minutes before said the same thing! Tom and Cindy went off looking happy enough so I don't think they were too worried about any curses from our cauldrons!
Paddy, the wee dug is our westie, Lily .... she's ten years old. She will be very tickled that you thought she might be a youngster! Jean Wyllie will be less impressed that I took my wee dug to be "the most important one" rather than her!! ;D ;)
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Great show, Tom.
Is that a young dog in the last shot?
Paddy
Which one ? Ask Maggi Young.
I thought I recognised the dog in that pic? Young at heart.
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Paddy, the wee dug is our westie, Lily .... she's ten years old. She will be very tickled that you thought she might be a youngster!
Wasn't Paddy asking whether she was a Young dog, not a young dog ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks to all for the super pictures, we came home completely Christmas crackered. I must thank Ian and Carol Bainbridge not only did they and the team organise this super show but they fed a multitude of people afterwards. I would also thank John Mitchell and Elspeth RBGE i have never seen the skills at buttering rolls so well performed thanks to everyone else who worked so hard in the kitchen, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Looks like it was an excellent show, thanks for the pics so far.
We might manage a caption competition for the Witches coven shot - any ideas? ;)
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Some super plants there. Wow, those pleones! And Lily looks very much a part of the show too. She deserves a prize, so well behaved!
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Wonderful pictures Tom !! Thanks for taking us there !
Congratulations to all winners of yet another great show !
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Good stuff Tom ,thanks for posting.
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Looks like it was an excellent show, thanks for the pics so far.
We might manage a caption competition for the Witches coven shot - any ideas? ;)
"A drum, a drum, MacBeath doth come"
Looking at the picture again, this is probably more apt.
Eye of newt and wing of bat !!!!! I still think chocolate is a better ingredient.
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Looks like it was an excellent show, thanks for the pics so far.
We might manage a caption competition for the Witches coven shot - any ideas? ;)
"A drum, a drum, MacBeath doth come"
so he did.............
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Ron McBeath that is ;D
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Eileen Goodall, a registered forumist and Edinburgh Group Member has provided a delightful display of her flower paintings in the foyer of the halls for the last few years at the Edinburgh Show..... here are a few samples from this year......
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Fritillaria aurea
Gentiana 'Devonhall'
A group of Narcissus blooms
Picotee poppies
Snowdrops
Part of Eileen's display
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Looks like it was an excellent show, thanks for the pics so far.
We might manage a caption competition for the Witches coven shot - any ideas? ;)
"A drum, a drum, MacBeath doth come"
so he did.............
Ron McBeath that is ;D
So he did - along with a lot of other enthusiastic folk and we had a fantastic day' perhaps we could charge folk to come and enjoy the fun - oops we DO charge folk to come and enjoy the fun! One elderly lady appeared with her shopping trolley and used a walking stick to get around the plants sales room to make her purchases... another I observed had one of those motorised zimmers... which I for one avoided getting in the way of!
It was a fab. day - oh and the 'coven' was quorate so our decisions are binding :) [Maggi what were our decisions ??? ::) ??? - for a start there was no walnut and coffee cake that is a hanging offense in my book!]
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Definite curses flying around for the lack of coffee walnut cake... though it must be said everyone seemed to cope pretty well with the umpteen others on offer! Carrot, Lemon Drizzle, chocolate, apple cake.... any number of speciality gluten free and/or dairy free goodies.... all sorts of other yummies, great freshly made filled rolls .... the egg mayo rolls were scrumptious ..... ::) 8)
Not too sure we managed many spells errrr, decisions.... free eye tests for judges, I think...... ::)
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I know that the shows are about plants.... but I cannot help feeling that the Teas are the backbone of the operation.... therefore that makes the kitchen the engine room.....
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Mary, Kathleen, Eileen and Elspeth
Mary Pryde is a great cook, by the way, as well as a keen member and wife of Ian Pryde, who was busy stewarding in the show hall ,many of you will know that Ian is is charge of SRGC Seed Packeting.
Elspeth works at the RBGE and was responsible, with John Mitchell for the Botanic Gardens' display in the show hall as well as working all day in the kitchen. Her daughter Eloise did sterling service taking the tea money! Eileen Goodall is the artist whose work I showed earlier. Kathleen is a former Edinburgh Group Treasurer.
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John Mitchell, also from RBGE and serving as a judge shows his culinary talents with some other skilled helpers .... Elspeth is in the background and, to my shame, I forget the name of the other member, who was busy all day.... I'll find out... :-[
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Joint Show Secretary Carole Bainbridge washes her hands... but not of the whole affair ;D
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Early snackers.... visitor from Tyneside, accompanying Tom Green who was exhibiting very successfully and Susan McBeath
plus, click the following pix to enlarge..... some of the table decorations for the tea room, done by "Georgie" from the Botanics... bless her!
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The chaming table decorations put me in mind of this sculptural Salix from the Show bench...
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and the name is here.... Salix nakmurana var. yezoalpina
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....more tomorrow!
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Not too sure we managed many spells errrr, decisions.... free eye tests for judges, I think...... ::)
Isn't that a standard agreement of the coven ;D ??? ;D
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And... which Dutch member of the forum was at the show ??? Ian B. told me today that a Dutch forum member was at he show...
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And... which Dutch member of the forum was at the show ??? Ian B. told me today that a Dutch forum member was at the show...
Really? I have no idea... he must have been keeping a low profile......I'm very sorry to hear that someone visited without making himself known to us :'( :'(
......did he spot the coven and flee in fear? ::)
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Must look again at the pics to see which witch is which? ::)
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I think someone from Holland bought a sweatshirt from our SRGC stand at the Hexham show, Ann will maybe know who it was. Perhaps he's going to a number of shows do you think?
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On now to some shots to give a flavour of the sales area..... early in the day with only one or two folks about and also when the crowds were really in full retail therapy mode and some of the plnats on sale.....
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Ardfearn Jim gets ready
First Lady gets shy
Gavin of MacPlants
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Rob gets going
whose birthday was it?
Rob P is the birthday boy
sales hall Stella
shopping at Christie's
shopping at Potterton's
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The SRGC's own Club Plant Stall is very important to raise money to support the Show.... lots of busy members worked hard all day to make it a busy as the Trade Stands.....
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Scott Cook givesa friendly welcome to the club plant stall
show hall behind First Lady Ann Christie
the crowds thicken
yet more plants for sale
Hannah P's choice
fuzzy aliens on sale
sales hall Hector,buying from Beryl and son Gavin MacNaughton of MacPlants
plants for sale
Julia Corden makes an early buy
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Again a mix of quiet and busy times.....
Kevock prepares.
plants for sale 4
Ron and Susan McBeath
sales begin
sales hall 1
sales hall 2 crowd
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plants for sale 4
Ron readies himself for the fray while Rob celebrates turning 50
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I'm reading and opening as you are posting, Maggi ... keep up the excellent work please!
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Out in the Foyer the Club boards had been set up by Anne and Sandy Leven .... photo of those is last!
Also in the main foyer were the paontings of Eileen Goodall, shown already, the Club Book sales, Anne Chambers with her beautiful cards, reproduced from her own paintings.... Anne is an RHS gold medal winner, you know.
Glassford Sprunt had plant labels and Journal Binders....
Anne Leven had the range of Club Clobber for sale ( tasteful garments embroidered with the SRGC logo !!)
This all proved a handy meeting point for associated interest groups.... or witches' coven meeets, as some would have it ::)
Thanks, Cliff for your encouragement.... I'm slogging away here!!
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Those gatherings I spoke about were rife, I tell you.....
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Meanwhille, back in the show hall, there appeared to be some conversation, or even competition going on......
What are John Mitchell and Ian Y. comparing...... is it their photos..... is it their equipment :o
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ah, well, whatever the answer, they seem happy enough with the outcome.....
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Alan Thomson and Ian Pryde are straight-faced as they keep up with their duties as Stewards :D
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Maggi, it says on the promotion boards; 'Scotland's friendly garden club'. Have you been taken over? ;D ;D ;D
Head down Booker ... behind the battlements!
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We've had an offer of Leadership from Sir Fred Goodwin, late of RBS, Cliff, but we thought we could do better without his help!
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A wise move Maggi ... there is bound to be a lack of interest if he is involved!! ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Quite so, Cliff! Actually, this is a good point to say we are more than delighted to have Mrs Elizabeth Mills, a charming lady more well known as "Liz" as our next nominated President.
Many will know Liz from her days as the SRGC Secretary and we are delighted she has accepted the nomination as our President to follow Ian the Christie kind.........no shortage of friendly and capable help to keep the SRGC to the fore, I think! 8) :)
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Maggi, it says on the promotion boards; 'Scotland's friendly garden club'. Have you been taken over? ;D ;D ;D
There's a difference between a friendly club and a "friendly society", Cliff, as I learned last week with the troubles at the Dunfermline Building Society :o A lucky escape for my nest-egg!
( for those reading outside the UK, a Friendly Society is another name for a Building Society.... which is a financial institution,( but not a bank) run for the benefit of its Members .... many of these are in trouble now, as are Banks here and abroad :'( Sir Fred Goodwin is the disgraced head of a failed Bank. I hope overseas readers can follow our British humour here? :) )
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Now, what about the show hall and exhibits...... I'll post pix in blocks .....
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First the benches filling up as plants are staged....... you'll see some familair forumist faces..... and in poc 4, Cyril Lafong, our dear "Secret Squirrel", grower extraordinaire, with Jim Paterson.
A digression here..... Cyril will be featured soon in an episode of the BBC TV programme, The Beechgrove Garden".... I'll let you know when I find out when exactly.
Jim Paterson and his wife, Janet, are keen growers from Invergowrie, home of the Taylors and Mr and Mrs Fred Hunt...... they had a fabulous little Arisaema on the bench which some of us found utterly bewitching, if I may use that expression.... :-\
The Arisaema was a tiny A. omiense.... seen here alone and with another in its class, A. nepenthoides from Anne and Viv Chambers
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Going to continue with pix from staging or judging......
The Judges were Julia Corden, Ian Christie, Harley Milne, Sandy Leven, John Lee, Barry Caudwell .
Reserve judges were David Millward and John Mitchell . Show Secretaries are the Doctors Carole and Ian Bainbridge, of course.
Stewards were Alan Thomson ( whose wife , Jane was equally busy through at the Club plant stall), Ian Pryde, Frazer Henderson and Struan Harley.
Tallying the points were Ken East and Stan da Prato ......
Ian Y and I were taking photos.....
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on with the hall and judging......
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a few more till we get to more plants!
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I'm still going....... finishing with the judging.... later in the day came the presentation of trophies......
stewards Alan Thompson and Ian Pryde
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stewards Struan Harley and Frazer Henderson
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Ed. group Treasurer , Mike Hicks
Pres. Ian gets a cup
presentation to Squirrel
Stan da Prato prize.jpg
Sue and Hector Riddell
Tom Green wins prize
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Excellent pictures all, I feel as though I was there with you ;)
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keep clicking those pix to see the enlarged versions....
Sorry if some of these are duplicates of the earlier posting of others but it is hard to keep a check! :-\
3 Trillium rivale forms
a narcissus class
across the bench
Androsace baltistanica
Androsace muscoidea
Androsace vandellii
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bench 3
3 pan class
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keep clicking those pix to see the enlarged versions....
Some Ranunculaceae.....
and some exibitors have different ideas about what to call the same plant.....
Anemone thalictroides Oscar Schoaf
Ian and Carole Bainbridge's Adonis
large flowered Paraquilegia anemonoides grown by Sam Sutherland
ranunculaceae
Ranunculus abnormis from Henry and Margaret Taylor
Ranunculus crenatus
Androsace laevigata GBG form
Douglasia laevigata
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Lovely pictures and very interesting to see so many persons where already heard or
read about. Almost like being there, which reminds me of the beautyful flower paintings,
very good I was not there ;D ;D
We've had an offer of Leadership from Sir Fred Goodwin, late of RBS, Cliff, but we thought we could do better without his help!
Where did I hear about RBS ?? Cannot remember, must be senior moments.. ??? ;D ;D ;D
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and still they come.....
Arum creticum
bench2.
bench Frit tubiformis
bench Primula 'Stuart Boothman'
bench view.
bench view 2.
bench view trillium.
more Trillium.
large trillium.
Trillium 1
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keep clicking those pix to see the enlarged versions....
Benthamiella patagonica close up
Cassiope lycopodiodes
catching the sun
Cyril LaFong three pans
Celmisia hookeri
New Zealanders including Aciphylla hookeri .... from Jean Wyllie
now for.... Erigeron hookeri
conifer corner
Draba bertolonii bench
'Dyke' with rose gold ooffle dust
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keep clicking those pix, Folks!
A sweet Corydalis angustifolia alba from Section 2
Erica 'Wintersun' and Prunus
frit and tulip colours
group in the sunshine
Haquetia epipactis 'Thor'
Haquetia epipactis
Jeffersonia dubia alba.... truly pristine and very beautiful
A three pan entry from the Taylors
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Thank you everyone for these wonderful show reports :-*
They are greatly appreciated by those of us at a distance.
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You'll see that there were a LOT of bulbs at the show ....... not all bulbs though.....
minigarden Stan da Prato
minigarden Watt Nicholl...silly me that's a folk singer... I mean Watt Russell :)
frit and tulip colours
more daffs
more narcissus
N. 'Twin Stars' shown by Jean W and raised in New Zealand!!
narcissus bench
tulip bench
tulip close
Sarcocapnos enneaphylla
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next a Saxifraga or two.......
A lovely Saxifraga georgei from Sue and Hector Riddell
Saxifraga ' Redpoll' ... I think this from Tom Green?
and
Sebaea thomasii
Santolina 'Lemon Fizz'
and some rhodos......
R. cephalanthum crebrifolium
R. dendrocharis Glendoick form
R. 'Snipe'
rhodos
Pulsatilla pratensis... a lovely plant
Pulsatilla vulgaris
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muscari now.......
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some pleiones......
Pl .bulbocodium x versailles from Section 2
Pleione ' Zeus Weinstein'
Pl. 'Vesuvius'.
Pl 'Shantung Ducat'
LARGE pleione..... another shot of this giant of Cyril's
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what's next.... some tulips .....
Tulipa urumiensis
T. kaufmanniana
T. clusiana
Brightest red tulip
and a few lewisias.....
plus a GIANT Lewisia tweedyi Lemon form from, who else, Cyril!!
some more trilliums... including T. pusillum
a nice Tecophilaea cyanocrocus
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Thank you all for these super show with so many interesting plants and super pictures. The report becomes each year better.
I like and enjoy it very much.
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still finding some more.....
more rhodos
Primula elatior
Primula 'Pauline Ann'
P. 'Pink Aire'
4 various primula selections....
Townsendia rothrockii... again from Tom Green, I believe.
Scoliopus bigelowii from Mr President Ian
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just a few more pix of various classs of smaller pots.....
starting with the small six pan entry from Section 2 8)
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Okay, we'll on the home straight now......
On to one of the tremendous highlights of the show, a superb exhibit from the Alpine section of the Royal Botanic Garden , Edinburgh.... staged by those handy kitchen helpers, Elspeth Mackintosh and John Mitchell..... these folk are truly multi-talented, I promise you! Their efforts were recognised by the award of a Gold Medal for this really fine display 8)
click the pix to enlarge, of course...
Erythronium multiscapoideum
F. acmopetala wendelboi Gothenburg form
Frit. affinis
N. bulbocodium obesus
Scilla reverchonii
Erythronium helenae
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Thank you so much Maggi - you're really spoiling us all ! :D
My best in show medal goes to that stunning giant Lewisia tweedyi - lemon form ! How on earth does one achieve such perfection ??? ???
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some shots now to try to capture the whole of the RBGE exhibit..... not easy!!
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Thanks for sticking with me on this marathon of around 225 pictures. ::)
I hope you all enjoy it as much as those of us who were there.... your kind comments make me think that is the case! Thanks!
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BRAVO
... AND MANY THANKS.
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And the winner of the Marathon IS.......?
Our wonderful Maggi. Humbly she accepts her trophy then sinks exhausted (though gracefully) into a bed of thick chocolate sauce.
A million thanks Maggi. A marathon indeed. Was there anything there you DIDN'T photograph? ;D
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That was such a splendid guided tour around the Show. Thanks as ever.... :)
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And the winner of the Marathon IS.......?
Our wonderful Maggi. Humbly she accepts her trophy then sinks exhausted (though gracefully) into a bed of thick chocolate sauce.
A million thanks Maggi. A marathon indeed. Was there anything there you DIDN'T photograph? ;D
David & I were trying to decide if there were any plants Maggi hadn't taken a photo of... very few we reckoned! Not every SRGC member present at the show had the photo taken - Maggi I suggest in future years we insist that they all have their photo taken as they arrive, this will save considerable time and allow for more coven conventions erm... meetings!
Frankly if, after this plethora of pix you do not make it to the 2010 show I will be totally amazed!
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Fantastic account & photographs of the show on Saturday Maggi. Thanks for the birthday greetings and the spontaneous rendition of the "Happy Bithday" song by all those in the room at 8.30am!! You thoroughly embarrased my daughter Hannah and i hid behind the balloons. Couldnt think of a better place to spend my 50th birthday. Thanks to all.
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Ian and I were mindful of the fact that even some of those who attend the show venue might not get much chance to see the show.... folks like Rob, busy on his stall all day, for instance, so we did try to snap as much as we could!
Rob, glad you enjoyed the tuneful ( not!) singing for you in the morning......I beg to differ with you on Hannah's reaction..... she looked pretty chuffed to me to see her Dad so embarassed. ;D 8)
It was a pleasure to meet her .....( but before everyone starts asking where the pix of the sweet Hannah are, Rob asked that her photo not be taken for the web.)
She's a little sweetie, for sure!
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Excellent report. ;D Beautiful plants. 8) Now we just need Sandy to post a pic of his Chillean flame tree. His house looked as if it was on fire when I walked up the hill with Heidi last night!