Early Bulb Day in Dunblane 2009

[Maggi Young]

A VERY important date for your diary: SATURDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2009

This is the date of the  Scottish Rock Garden Club “Early  Bulb Day” to be held in the Victoria Hall, Dunblane. There will be  a colourful display of  spring flowers, lots of plants for sale and super talks to entertain throughout the day. As well as stalls from various specialist bulb and alpine nurseries, there is the temptation of the Club’s own plant stall.  Everyone is welcome to bring along any early flowering bulb or alpine plant to enhance the non-competitive display.

For 2009, there will be four short talks: Rod Leeds ( grower, author and member of the AGS Team which won Gold and Best in Show at Chelsea 2008) will give two talks and Julia Corden (Manager of The Explorers’ Garden, Pitlochry) and Susan Band ( of Pitcairnalpines.co.uk and, of course, an SRGC Forumist) will be the other speakers.

[mark smyth]

I want to be there!

[Susan Band]

Not me Maggie, that was last year
I am not going to be there as I am in Belfast that weekend.
I will see you there Mark
I know that Julia is going.
Susan

[Maggi Young]

GOOD GRIEF! Is nobody going to tell me properly what the heck is going on ?
I aplogise, Folks, presumably  someone will eventually get round to telling me what IS happening that day!

[Maggi Young]

Well, thank goodness, The Wyllie Wifie, Jean, has just telephoned to put me out of my miserable confusion..... it seems that the fourth speaker at Dunblane is to be Michael Almond of Errol.

Many of you will have read Michael's articles in The Rock Garden ....a popular speaker, he travels extensively and takes great photographs ....what more could we ask?

[mark smyth]

Susan I wont be here when you visit or I would have had you and ? stay here. I'll be in England giving a lecture.

[Susan Band]

A pity not to see your garden, you should have a few things flowering by that time. We are staying with a good friend of yours(and mine ).
Susan

[mark smyth]

Susan Tindall? She has a lovely garden. Margaret and Bob wont be here either. They will be in England also.

[Maggi Young]

Susan Band, you're nearly as bad as I am.... in your unedited post you wrote you would be in Germany......even I know that's the opposite direction of travel from Northern Ireland!!!! 

[Susan Band]

I got the wrong weekend, I thought the bulb day was the week before
Mark, It was Margaret we had arranged to stay with, I hope you are wrong about your dates too otherwise there will be no one to hear my talk and I will be staying on the street 
susan

[mark smyth]

Unfortunately we will be away. I'm in Gloucestershire and Margaret, and Bob, will be in Shropshire.

[mark smyth]

so what happened, who was there, who was selling what ...

[David Nicholson]

?? it's not until 21 Feb 2009

[mark smyth]

Thats what I get for watching TV, Dog Whisperer, on Skype and watching the forum

[David Nicholson]

is that 'multi-tasking' ?