Newcastle AGS/SRGC Show at Ponteland 6th October 2018

[Maggi Young]

Newcastle Plant Show in Ponteland  - hosted by AGS in conjunction with Scottish Rock Garden Club.
This year under AGS  rules

Saturday 6th  October 2018  from 11:00-15:30

Ponteland Memorial Hall
Darras Rd, NE20 9NX Ponteland

See an array of finely-grown alpine plants and pick up a few for your own garden from the specialist nurseries.

NURSERIES ATTENDING
Hartside
Aberconwy
Edrom Nurseries
Choice Landscapes
Buried Treasure
Ryal

More info: http://bit.ly/ags-newcastle


 Best in Show in 2017   winning the Forrest Medal at  Ponteland  Show under SRGC Rules -  Crocus banaticus 'Snowdrift'  grown by Alan Furness  - pic by Alan Gardner

[Maggi Young]

Remember - Ponteland Show is this coming Saturday 6th October .....






 in the show  hall, 2017

[shelagh]

A bit late to remind folks but Maggi's pictures may whet your appetite.

[Stan da Prato]

Far from sure that  this lot will survive  the drive  to the  show tomorrow morning !

[Maggi Young]

hmm, some very careful cornering  is called for there, I think Stan!   Go safe and enjoy the show!!

[Maggi Young]

A few Gentiana photos from Ponteland  from  Ian Smith.... three Scottish bred plants and one from Wales! Sorry- no idea who they belong to.


'Saltire'


'The Caley'


'Oban'


'Gorau Glas'

[Maggi Young]

A few photos  taken by Alan Gardner.....


Cyclamen from Peter Hood


Cyclamen graecum candicum from Bob and Rannveig Wallis


Another from the Wallis  team   - Cyclamen hederifolium crassifolium


Lovely three pan bulbs from Don Peace


Tommy Anderson's  cyclamen

[Maggi Young]

Alan's eye was taken by the  super gentians, too!

[Michael J Campbell]

Maggi, can you put a like button on the forum,? I keep looking for the symbol to click.

[Stan da Prato]

The first exhibit to  strike the eye on entering the  hall was a very large  floral version of the North Coast 500 mounted by Mike Dale. it received a well deserved large gold medal.

[Stan da Prato]

The Farrer  medal was won by Bob &  Rannveig Wallis with Empodium flexile. They also  won the EB Anderson prize for 6 small pots an exhibit which included a floriferous Cyclamen maritimum -back right - which  won the Ewesley salver for best cyclamen in a 19cm pot. Bob & Rannveig also received  a merit certificate  for Galanthus peshmenii.
Ian & Maria Leslie received the Patricia Furness Vase for a well flowered  Sternbergia  and the David Boyd award for best gentian in  a 19 cm pot with one of several examples of The Caley in the show.

[Stan da Prato]

George Young took the award  for best foliage plant with an Ozothamnus while Ian Instone received a merit certificate for his immaculate Arenaria. David & Liz Livermore won the Inner Eye for the Intermediate section as well as another  SRGC bronze medal while Maggie Duguid won  the Newcastle  Bowl for Section C and the Newcastle Trophy for her Saxifraga Fumiko.  By bringing   rather a  lot of foliage plants and a few gentians your correspondent won the Ponteland  Bowl for most first points.

[Stan da Prato]

Some general views. I'm told there were 272 entries totalling 395 plants from 37 exhibitors in  the Open section

[Stan da Prato]

round the benches with a failing camera battery-its a nice old hall but the natural light is not great, artificial lights are on  and colours can be different to daylight.

[Stan da Prato]

still on bench 1 side1 then ono side 2 with foliage plants