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SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« on: February 08, 2014, 06:49:58 PM »
The SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014 will again be held in the highland town of  Grantown on Spey.
Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
Following last year's very successful event, early bookings have been made and already there are no more single rooms available for the Discussion Weekend :  there are guest houses in Grantown and people could attend as day delegates, though even this too will be limited.

Book soon to be sure of a place!

SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014

Programme
The 2014 Discussion weekend programme’s two themes intertwine the Himalayas and the Americas. This year’s speakers include some weel-kent faces and four speakers new to Scotland.
On Friday, John Amand will give the bulb lecture, talking on woodland bulbs and the route from nursery to garden. The talk will be followed by the small bulb exchange.

Saturday starts with optional woodland walks and the show. After lunch, Ian Christie begins our talks by describing the new developments with Meconopsis.
Kit Strange is on the alpine staff at Kew and will talk on the joint Kew¬Falklands native conservation project.
Nicola Ripley is Director of the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail, Colorado, and will talk about their development and their interesting features. Saturday evening comprises the reception, dinner and plant auction.

Sunday starts with Arve Elvebakk, Director of the Tromsø Botanic Gardens in Norway; Vail and Tromsø are respectively the highest and northernmost botanic gardens in the world.
Michal Hoppel, from Poland, is a keen grower of alpines, with a special interest in crevices and Asteraceae.
Stephanie Ferguson gardens in Calgary, Canada, using crevice garden techniques to grow a wide range of rare plants.
For each of the four latter speakers, this will be their first speaking engagement in Scotland, so their talks promise us interesting new viewpoints.
Finally, Tim Lever will round off the weekend with the tale of his expedition to Arunchal Pradesh.

We are delighted to keep the cost to £198 per person for the weekend for two persons sharing (see the below for full price details and booking form).
Thursday night or Sunday night or both are available at £65 DB&B per person per night. Outside this period the Grant Arms will welcome your company at its normal rate.
We look forward to seeing you all in October.
If you have any questions or queries please contact Carol Shaw (srgcsec@googlemail.com).
Beware! Last year the Discussion Weekend was very quickly fully booked; please make your reservation as soon as you decide to come.

* DWE booking form 2014.pdf (109.22 kB - downloaded 341 times.)

Notes from the DWE Team:

After the success of last year’s excursion to North Scotland, the organizing team once again invites you to Grantown on Spey for yet more Highland hospitality. The planned town, built in 1766 by Sir James Grant of Castle Grant, features a broad High Street with the town square and our hotel at its northern end. Almost unique amongst Scottish towns, it has no chain stores, just a range of independent shops, cafes and bars. It is a small town and, having suffered little from modern housing developments, still enjoys its peaceful location amongst woodlands alongside the River Spey.
It must be good for the spirit because locals still smile at strangers in the street!
Last year’s participants were delighted with the Grant Arms Hotel, built as part of the original town and located in the middle of the square. Recent refurbishments ensure a very high standard of comfort. As well as being guests of the Grant Arms we are also guests of the Bird Watchers and Wildlife Club (BWWC, www.bwwc.co.uk) and all of their facilities are available to delegates. The hotel is cosy, having forty-eight rooms, two of which have been converted to suit disabled guests, while six are available as single rooms. When all the rooms in the Grant Arms have been filled, delegates will be placed in the equally pleasant eighteen bedroom Garth Hotel just a hundred metres away across the square.
Delegates arriving by car should leave the A9 at Aviemore and follow the A95 to and through Grantown. The hotel is on the right of the square. If you are coming by public transport we recommend the scenic train journey through the Grampian Mountains to Aviemore and then onwards by the frequent bus service to Grantown square.
Saturday morning is, as usual, free time for delegates and organizers to enjoy arranged visits. At Grantown we have a problem – there is just so much to recommend! Firstly, the Grant Arms is the base for Bird Watchers and Wildlife Club which will provide guides to take you on a wildlife walk in the neighbouring Anagach Woods and by the River Spey. Both long and short walks are planned. Did you know that there is a native plant garden located at 600 metres on Cairngorm mountain? The gardener will be waiting at Cairngorm to tell you all about his garden, after which you might like to ride the funicular to the Ptarmigan Station to see the views and enjoy the world famous hot chocolate.
We suggest that Grantown is a place to come for a longer break, with the Discussion Weekend as the ‘jewel in the crown’; there is just so much to see and do. If you interested in fishing, we can arrange a day on the River Spey -but remember that the season ends on 30th September. If golf is your or your partner’s secret vice, Grantown has its own magnificent eighteen¬hole course; or you can drive up to Nairn to try the two links courses. Even if you don’t spend your extra days at the Grant Arms the BWWC people will gladly help you plan your time up here in the Highlands.



For a flavour of last year's Show etc  at the DWE - see here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10060.0

« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 06:54:36 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2014, 01:29:43 PM »
Places are VERY limited  for the Discussion Weekend  - if you wish to attend I suggest you apply NOW!!!
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2014, 08:30:58 PM »
There are literally a handful of places in the extremely salubrious Garth available! If you have been havering then I suggest you need to book now!
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SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014 - Autumn boost opportunity!
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2014, 10:46:25 AM »
Do you need a boost  in October to get you prepared for the winter?

Find yourself getting moody in autumn about the darkening days?
 The SRGC can help!!
Only two rooms left now for the SRGC Discussion Weekend - book now for weekend of fun with the Scottish Rockers and painless learning from our excellent speakers.

 
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2014, 12:19:21 PM »
 Reminder about the weekend programme .......
The 2014 Discussion weekend programme’s two themes intertwine the Himalayas and the Americas. This year’s speakers include some weel-kent faces and four speakers new to Scotland.
On Friday, John Amand will give the bulb lecture, talking on woodland bulbs and the route from nursery to garden. The talk will be followed by the small bulb exchange.


John Amand in the Wisley camassia meadow - photo by  Colin Crosbie


Saturday starts with optional woodland walks and the show. After lunch, Ian Christie begins our talks by describing the new developments with Meconopsis.


Cyril Lafong with Ian Christie in Tabor at Czech Conference


Kit Strange is on the alpine staff at Kew and will talk on the joint Kew-Falklands native conservation project.


Kit Strange - she has recently returned from an expedition to Tajikistan with RBGE



Nicola Ripley is Director of the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail, Colorado, and will talk about their development and their interesting features. Saturday evening comprises the reception, dinner and plant auction.



Sunday starts with Arve Elvebakk, Director of the Tromsø Botanic Gardens in Norway




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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2014, 12:25:11 PM »
Michal Hoppel, from Poland, is a keen grower of alpines, with a special interest in crevices and Asteraceae.





Stephanie Ferguson gardens in Calgary, Canada, using crevice garden techniques to grow a wide range of rare plants in a quite extraordinary garden



 What a line up - how could you miss it?


For each of the four latter speakers, this will be their first speaking engagement in Scotland, so their talks promise us interesting new viewpoints.
Finally, Tim Lever will round off the weekend with the tale of his expedition to Arunchal Pradesh.

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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2014, 02:46:17 PM »
What a fantastic line up! We have booked to go to the Great Dixter event that weekend (and need to sell plants) but otherwise... oh, I would love to hear those speakers  :( :)
Dr. Timothy John Ingram. Nurseryman & gardener with strong interest in plants of Mediterranean-type climates and dryland alpines. Garden in Kent, UK. www.coptonash.plus.com

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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2014, 03:30:31 PM »
You would be more than welcome to attend some other year, Tim - and bring plants to sell, too .
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2014, 10:14:11 AM »
Sounds like a grand weekend, Maggi.
Such a pity we can't get there, but the travel budget has been spent on extending our house this year :(
It would be good to get over for one of these in the future, so we'll keep an eye on your notices! And we hope the Forumists who attend will remember their cameras and get some time to post pics,
cheers
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NEWS FLASH - SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2014, 08:11:33 PM »
NEWS FLASH 8th August 2014

 Good news! There is still time to book for the SRGC Discussion Weekend. Due to the delay in your journal being delivered you can book up to 28 August! Currently there are four rooms available if you are interested email Carol Shaw findhorncarol@icloud.com
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2014, 06:39:57 PM »
NEWS FLASH   30th August 2014

There  are no residential places left for the SRGC Discussion Weekend, all rooms are fully booked.

There may be the chance of a late cancellation - so if you are interested email Carol Shaw findhorncarol@icloud.com
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2014, 03:47:52 PM »

Aquilegia triternata (Barrel Columbine) at the BFAG in Vail


Interested in seeing some more about the Betty Ford Alpine Garden where  DWE Speaker Nicola Ripley works?

 See their facebook photos : https://www.facebook.com/BettyFordAlpineGardens?ref=stream


"Nick and our two interns, Montana & Madra, adding new plants to our Tufa Garden. Tufa is a form of porous limestone that can easily be drilled to accommodate alpines."


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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2014, 01:11:21 PM »
Can anyone tell me if the show is open to the public this year, and if so what time please.

Thanks
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2014, 01:23:40 PM »
Hello Ivan,

The show will certainly be open to the public from 10.30am - 12.00noon on Saturday - it says that in the programme we've been sent : 10.30 - 12.00 Show and Plant sales open to public

In the Show Schedules  - see here : http://files.srgc.net/show_info/ShowSchedules2014.pdf

it says DISCUSSION WEEKEND SHOW GRANTOWN- ON-SPEY
 4th and 5th  October 2014
SHOW SECRETARY:
VENUE: GRANT ARMS HOTEL

ENTRIES :
To Show Secretary, by Wednesday before the show.
Late entries accepted until 1 hour before judging
STAGING:3.00-5.30 pm, Friday before the show and 8.00-9.00 am, Saturday
JUDGING: Begins at 9.00 am
SHOW CLOSURE: The Show closes at 1.45 pm, Sunday


 - but I am not sure exactly what times the show hall will be open outside the main time given.
Thisis because those staffing the room will have other duties during the weekend and the room is likely to be closed during the talks etc.  It might be better to contact John Owen or David Shaw, their phone numbers and emails are in the show schedules.  (page 43)
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Re: SRGC Discussion Weekend 2014
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2014, 01:29:44 PM »
So it might not be open to the public on the Sunday, which is more when I was thinking.

I'll send them a quick email and ask - thanks Maggi.

Ivan


 


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