SRGC "Glasgow" Show - Milngavie 7th May 2016

[Maggi Young]

GLASGOW SHOW
7th May 11.30 am to 3.30 pm
SHOW SECRETARY: Mr John Lee
25 Douglas Drive, Glasgow G15 6SW
Telephone 0141 944 2411
VENUE: Milngavie Town Hall, Main Street, Milngavie, Glasgow
LOCATION: 9 miles NW of Glasgow on the A81. The Town Hall is near the town centre,
opposite the car park for Milngavie railway station.
ENTRIES: To Show Secretary (or Assistant Show Secretary, Mr Bill Robinson, Telephone
0141 883 4539) by Wednesday before the show. Late entries accepted until one
hour before judging.
STAGING: 7.30 - 9.30 pm, Friday before the show and 8.15 - 9.30 am, Saturday of the
show.
JUDGING: Begins at 9.45 am
RHS JOINT ROCK GARDEN PLANT COMMITTEE: will meet at 12.00 noon.
Plants for consideration must be registered by 11.00 am.

All details of shows, including venues etc can be found in the SRGC SHow Schedules 2016 -
http://files.srgc.net/show_info/SRGCShowSchedules2016.pdf

[johnny-l]

Thanks Maggi for your introduction. The Show Season has rumbled on to Glasgow's turn on Saturday 7th and we are obviously so looking forward to welcoming everyone.
The 4 nurseries are as mentioned viz. Ardfearn, Hartside, Kevock and Rumbling Bridge.
The tearoom will be rising to the occasion with its usual range of mouth-watering delights.
Hopefully, the benches will be groaning with a late season bounty from exhibitors "frae a' the airts".
Weather prediction looks good. Some optimistic (or deranged) soul even suggesting that the warm weather starts on Friday. Oh aye! Heard it! See you all on Saturday, I'll be the one with sunglasses.
John Lee

[johnny-l]

NOTE TO EXHIBITORS.
On checking your Show schedule you'll see that there is a typing error at class 33. An indented line there has, unfortunately and erroneously, been numbered and wasn't spotted at the time. The effect is threefold (a) Classes 34 to 63 in Section1 have all been moved 1 forward; (b) There are two classes 63, one at the end of Section 1 and one at the beginning of Section 2; (c) classes whose wording refers to another class (ie class 54, 60, 61,96) might cause a litte confusion. Thankfully, it is not too problematic:
(a) Just enter classes as they appear on the Schedule: if you have 1 pan Lewisia you simply enter class 41 etc.
(b) Re class 63, I'll ensure at telephone stage that it's the "correct" 63.
(c) Again, commonsense will dictate that the wording for,say, class 54 should read "...as in class53". And similarly for the two others 60 and 61 should read "....for classes 15-59". Class 96 should read "... as in class 63 (Section 1)".
All of this might sound a lot but it is not. Really , it's just commonsense.
John Lee

[johnny-l]

At the risk of over-kill can I just re-inforce that exhibitors should enter classes as they appear on  the Show Schedule. No adjustment is required on your part. If you have i pan of Gentian just enter it in class 39 and so on. Thanks.
John Lee

[David Shaw]

7 May is Nude Gardening Day - will Glasgow exhibitors step up to the challenge!!!!!

[Maggi Young]

So far no word of  locals or visitors to Glasgow show at Milngavie  celebrating World Naked Gardening Day - but news has arrived of the Forrest Medal winner!

 Great pic from Alan Gardner of the winning plant- Ranunculus parnassifolius,  a beauty grown by Sam Sutherland

[Maggi Young]

Sounds from his Tweet like Peter Moore isn't going to make it to Aberdeen SRGC Show next Saturday - but he's had a good day at Milngavie with four firsts !
Show is open till 3.30 at Milngavie Town Hall today

[Stan da Prato]

A very fine show indeed with notable contributions from both sides of the border. Starting with Sam who brought  a few plants but all of excellent quality so besides the Forrest medal took the trophy for best Primula and a merit certificate for his large Androsace. These and some other plants also received  awards from  the joint rock committee but I don't have all the details.  Ian Kidman took the Diamond jubilee award for the best 6  small pans and the Henry Archibald Rose bowl for 3 pans different  genera in class 2.

[Stan da Prato]

Another of our friends from  Northern  England Lionel Clarkson won the Buchanan  memorial rose bowl  for class 1 with 6 large pans; one of these also received a merit cert. George Young  took the orchid  trophy with an Anacamptis. Back with Scottish growers Watt Russell won the trophy for a Scottish native plant with Paris quadrifolium, David & Stella Rankin won the William Buchanan Challenge cup for class 3:  3 plants new rare or difficult. Sue Simpson - Watt had a merit certificate  for a fine Lamium.

[Stan da Prato]

Two primulas were awarded certificates, one from  Graeme Butler and one from Henry & Margaret Taylor. In section 2 club treasurer Richard Green had the most points so won the Wilson trophy as well as a Bronze Medal.

[Stan da Prato]

Back in the open section I received  the Crawford challenge cup for most first points by bringing   most plants, the Don Stead prize for most bulbs and the Edward Darling  trophy for a group of rhododendrons.

[David Nicholson]

I still don't understand merit certificates or the need for them.

[Stan da Prato]

7 May is Nude Gardening Day - will Glasgow exhibitors step up to the challenge!!!!!

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 As the snap  shows  no one did- to the considerable relief of the public. At one point young  Brian threatened  to remove his kit but was restrained  by Shelagh

[Maggi Young]

Well done Richard Green!   Richard is the SRGC Treasurer - lovely to see him having success with his plants!
A goodly number of very fine plants there - seems to have been a nice distribution of the silverware around the exhibitors, too, which is good to see. You'll have the Edward Darling Trophy for the 3 rhodos, eh, Stan?  Well done to you and your heavily loaded vehicle!   
And George Young will have won the most hideous trophy in the club for the  best orchidaceae!   Commemorating a  fine  person, in Charles M. Simpson but the trophy itself is  huge and  "nae bonnie" !! 

 Watt Russell's big pot of Paris is a corker - I remember Margaret and Henry  winning the Scottish Native plant class with a similar, if smaller pot, of that plant some years ago in Aberdeen. I hoped they would "forget" it when they left- but no such luck!

[Stan da Prato]

starting the tour with Bench 1 Class A without some winning  plants shown before