SRGC SUMMER EVENT - 20th August 2016 - Dunblane

[Maggi Young]

20th August  SRGC Summer Event in both Victoria and Christian Fellowship Halls, Dunblane
SRGC SUMMER MEETING
Flowers of the Hills and Mountains
20th August 10.00am to 4.00pm

Talks by Willie Campbell, Bob Mitchell and Elspeth Mackintosh

11am Willie Campbell : Botanical travels in search  of plants in wild places.
12.15pm  Bob Mitchell : Alaska
3.15pm  Elspeth Mackintosh: Looking after bulbs  at the RBG Edinburgh

Show Secretary
Sandy Leven, 2, Leighton Court, Dunblane FK15 0ED
Tel 01786 824064 sandy.leven@btinternet.com

Venue
Victoria Hall & Dunblane Christian Fellowship Hall, Station Road, Dunblane
Opposite the railway station

Staging 8.30am till 10.00 am on Saturday 22nd August

A summer event to celebrate rock gardening
This event celebrates the fact that the SRGC is a garden club and the plants which members grow. It will
illustrate and the beauty, diversity and garden worthiness ofplants, bulbs, shrubs and trees, to encourage their cultivation in gardens and to encourage the exchange of plants and knowledge among gardeners. The display is not intended to be floral art.

Talks by Willie Campbell, Bob Mitchell and Elspeth Mackintosh

A display of rock garden plants, flowers, foliage and fruit

Contributions are invited for a 50:50 plant sale

Space will be available for Display Exhibits of photographs etc – contact Sandy Leven in advance, please.

[Maggi Young]

The Stirling Group has recently enjoyed a very successful visit to Gargunnock House - where they were  shown round by  the man in charge - Willie Campbell, SRGC stalwart and Rhododendron enthusiast - Willie is to be one of the Speakers at the SRGC Summer Event, of course - read Sandy Leven's report on the Group visit HERE

[Maggi Young]

[TC]

When I clicked on to your reference for the Gargunnock house visit, this is what I got..  Every picture had a coloured box somewhere in it.

[Maggi Young]

Sorry to hear that Tom - it's okay here and when I download it  from the site it is fine too.  Sandy does use a lot of text boxes etc in his pdfs  - have you got the latest Adobe Reader  installed? That may make a difference.

[David Nicholson]

Same problem in mine Maggi and my Adobe Reader is upto date

[Matt T]

I just tried the link and got the same as you guys, just scrambled text. Closing the window and clicking on the link a second time it has worked and the text is there and readable. Perhaps try again?

[TC]

Tried it there and it worked this time.  I use Foxit pdf reader.  When I tried the link originally I could not get anything.  All I had was the cursor arrow on the word HERE.  I fiddled about and then tried again.  The word HERE had now been underlined I clicked on and it took me to the site but the pictures filled with blank boxes as per my last post.
Whatever it was seems to have sorted itself.

Spoke too soon !! I tried it again and it is back to the empty boxes !

[Maggi Young]

It is a large file - over 10MB, if I remember correctly - so if there is any hiccup in downloading it that might be  corrupting it.  Once you have downloaded it successfully to your machine  it should open correctly every time.
Sorry folks, not a lot I can do about  individual probs in opening files.

[Maggi Young]

Hope you have all got this date firmly in your diaries and are looking forward to attending the super SRGC Summer day in Dunblane - 20th August??!!

[Maggi Young]

Tweets from folks attending Dunblane event reassure me that all are having a great time there! Displays  and talks exciting and  informative;  plant sales tempting and much enjoyed.  Excellent news!

From Facebook - some  photos from Matt Topsfield..... from early on.....

benches filling


plant stalls- to the left, Ardfearn with Sarah and Ali;  to the right, Sue Simpson chatting to Graeme Butler of Rumbling bridge


 getting ready to begin


Mike Dale's  display of hardy ferns -  SRGC Hon. President Bette Ivey to the right of shot

[Maggi Young]

next batch.....


Eucomis vandermerwei


Cyclamen mirabile from Roma Fiddes


Trough of Sempervivum


Saxifraga 'Silver Velvet' - for sale!



Clematis species and cultivars- from Sue Simpson - Sue says not as many as last year!

[Maggi Young]

and

Display of assorted Quercus foliage - with notes - which George Watt was up late to prepare!! 


Cyclamen form Jean Wyllie


Streptocarpus flowers - just some from Sue Simpson's large collection


Summer flowers


Trough with  Gentiana

[Maggi Young]

Bob Mitchell waiting to start his talk on his travels in Alaska - not sure whether it is the bongo drums  beside him   or squiffy image on screen which is the most alarming! 

[Matt T]

Not one for the rock garden, but this plant was brought along to Dunblane for ID. It is Pelargonium 'Urchin', a miniature stellar with distinctive leaves derived from P. 'Formosanum'. They're sometimes referred to as 'finger flower' because the leaves are hand-shaped. Bonny wee plants for a windowsill.