SRGC West of Scotland Discussion Weekend 5th - 7th October 2007

[David Shaw]

Discussion W/E 2006 is on the old Forum so I will hijack this thread for a couple of minutes to show some Planthunters garden pics from yesterday.
You will remember that Peter Korn constructed a peat and crevice bed at the gardens as a W/E workshop in 2006 and this is illustrated in Sandys Show Report (site home page - hurry, it will soon be replaced with the 2007 report). Here are one or two pictures to show how the beds are settling down after a year and with some planting having taken place.
To come back to this thread proper: it is nice to see that Julia is preparing for the dwarf conifer class in the show with this Sciadopitys verticulata (it says) .

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi David,
good of you to post some pics of this wonderful project and a garden I hope to visit again and again (time and travel money permitting!).
cheers
fermi

[mark smyth]

I just booked the ferry for the discussion weekend. Scandelous fare. They should be encouraging people to travel by boat rather than fly

Who's attending?

[Anthony Darby]

Alas, I'm busy all weekend and haven't been able to fiti it in.

[Maggi Young]

When is your Trinidadian tattie holiday, Anthony?

[Anthony Darby]

A week tomorrow.

[mark smyth]

tattie holidays! I dont think we do them anymore.

How long are you away for?

[Anthony Darby]

Back the following Thursday (18th).

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Sadly I couldn't make it to attend the discussion weekend 
Going to the AGS show in Gillingham tomorrow seems a rather nice alternative though, from here it's only a small pop-over the Channel 

[Ian Y]

Hi All,
First report from the Discussion Weekend here in sunny Glasgow.
Yes the sun is splitting the sky - most unlike the West Soctland - and everyone is arriving in good sprits determined to have a good time.
I do not have a cable to connect my camera to this PC terminal so no pictures yet, if I can find a way to down load the pictures I will.
Looking forwarrd to Chief Croconut's (Tony Goode) talk this evening.

[mark smyth]

yes met the Croconut, Ian, Maggi, the Shaws, Susan, Julia, Big John, Ian of the Christie kind ..... if I missed you sorry

The food this evening um umm ummm! Thyme chicken and rock salt crushed tatties 

Tony's on in an hour better go, bulbs to pack for the sales table.

You really should consider attending in 2008

[mark smyth]

I should tell you what goodies you will miss from me
Rhodohypoxis Kiwi Joy - pot of
Galanthus Castlegar
Galanthus elwesii early Broadleigh form
Galanthus Marks Tall 2 bags of 4
Tulipa saxatalis or bakeri

[David Shaw]

Great talk from Tony. Wonderful slides and enough info to make us all experts. No excuses any more.
This morning Jim Jermyn presented a selection of Anne Chambers photos of Mecs and associated plants in the Himalayas. Just fantastic. And it is still only Saturday morning!

[mark smyth]

even more Crocus I want

[David Nicholson]

Any of you popping down to Craiglang to see Jack and Victor before you wend your way home?