SRGC Glasgow Show 4th May 2019

[Maggi Young]

Coming up - 4th May 2019 - Glsgow  Show  at  Milngavie  Town Hall .....

[Maggi Young]

In spite  of a  fall, a visit to the hospital Accident and  Emergency dept. and  a  problem with the  window  of the  RBGE van,  Elspeth Mackintosh tells  me that RBG Edinburgh are  planning to take a display  of  bulbs  and alpines to the  SRGC Show  in  Milngavie  on Saturday 4th May.   Made  of  stern stuff these  gardeners!   

[TC]

Too true. I banjoed myself taken the wheelie bin round the front.  Off to the A&E on Thursday evening, given two co-codomol tablets and told to wait  One and a half hours later I gave up and went home. Next day I went back up for X-rays -bruised rib cage, grazed and bruised knee and my thumb in a splint.  Seemingly the last evening had been bedlam according to the Doctor - people deciding to crash their cars everywhere.  She said that if I hadn't had a good layer of fat around my middle, I would have broken my ribs.  So, stuff the diet and bring on the meringues.
Gardening continues apace but bending is not an option!

[Maggi Young]

The Rock and Alpine team  from RBGE  are getting ready for another superb #flower show by ScottishRockGC tomorrow at Milngavie, Glasgow.  Petra reports they are bringing a colourful display with an interesting mixture of plants and some treasured specimens......








 Thanks to Petra Palkova  for the  photos!

[Maggi Young]

Now a couple  of  photos  from Alpine Alex of the  RBGE  preps ....

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And this  posted  by  Sue  Simpson....



"Choices, choices! It doesn’t get any easier and Dave Millward will have a bigger better one anyway!😂 "

[Maggi Young]

This  photo from Richard  Green of the  Milngavie  show  hall last  evening ....


and this  from Julia  Corden of the part of the hall today ....


Rumbling  Bridge  Nursery do not  only  have  plants  for  sale - Graeme  has also provided this  Auricula  display ...


and the  Rumbling  Bridge sales  plants ...


Graeme and  Hillary  have  got  extra  staff  in training to help today ....

..and to the   left rear  of the  pic- Sue  Simpson Watt, getting a  little  retail therapy !

[Maggi Young]

One  of the  plants  that Ali and  Sarah at  Ardfearn had  for  sale was  this  lovely  gentian ....

 -wouldn't that make a  lovely  emblem for  an  alpine  plant  society?!!

[Maggi Young]

Superb display from Alex O'Sullivan at today's @SRGC Show at Milngavie - Alex works  for RBGE and is also an AGS member. He has visited  South America, too.
 Alex wrote : "Very proud to have received a gold award for my exhibition of South American Alpines @ScottishRockGC Glasgow show today."     





Alex also entered some plants in the show  - " Two first with: Nassauvia lagascae ssp lagascae, Dionysia sarvestanica ssp spathulata @ScottishRockGC Glasgow show today. A really excellent show as well! Well done to Richard and his team."


Nassauvia lagascae ssp lagascae


Dionysia sarvestanica ssp spathulata

[Stan da Prato]

David Millward took the Forrest medal with Saxifraga pubescens Snowcap which was  part of his class 2 winning three pan that took the Henry Archibald rosebowl. Local group member John di Paolo took the jubilee prize for best plant in a small pot with another  Snowcap. David & Stella Rankin won both the Buchanan rose bowl for class 1 six pans and the Buchanan challenge cup for class 3 three  new or rare plants

[Stan da Prato]

Glasgow always attracts several  friends from  the north  of England. George Young had  the  best orchid while Ian Kidman won the Joan Stead prize for  best primula and Lionel Clarkson  received a merit cert for his gesneriad Jancaemonda vandedemii. Back in Scotland Watt Russell again won the Ian Donald cup for best Scottish plant  with Paris quadrifolia.

[Stan da Prato]

Missed  at Perth due to George's accident the Drongan duo brought  a car full of  fine plants. Sue won the Diamond Jubilee small six pan against  very stiff competition, had another merit certificate for Anisotome imbricata as well as one for a very good Benthamiella patagonica. Edinburgh group treasurer  Peter Moore was the most successful exhibitor in section 2. 









 edit  by  M : Peter  Moore  also  won  the  trophy  for  most  points  in Section 2 (Peter's  photo)



 

[Stan da Prato]

Your reporter  retained the  Crawford  cup for most first points in the open section, the Don Stead bulb prize despite the tulips going over in the car and the Edward Darling trophy for class 4 three dwarf rhodos.
Graeme  & Hilary from Rumbling Bridge received  a gold medal for their very attractive auricula theatre.

[Stan da Prato]

Alex with his gold medal display  and he and Petra with the RBGE display

[Maggi Young]

Sandy Leven's  report  on  Saxifraga  pubescens 'Snowcap' - the  Forrest  Medal plant  from today's  show - grown by  David  Millward  ( Dr Rock)  http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GlasgowForrest2019.pdf

Thank you  Sandy!