Show dates and schedules- SRGC 2012

[Maggi Young]

Provisional Show Dates for 2012

Dunblane Early Bulb Display 18th February

Blackpool 17th March

NEW VENUE "STIRLING" SHOW IN KINCARDINE    24th March      


Northumberland (Hexham) 31st March  :This is the 40th Anniversary Show

Edinburgh 14th April

Perth 21st April

 NEW!!Highland Show (Nairn) 28th April

Glasgow (Milngavie) 5th May

Aberdeen 19th May

NEW!! SRGC SUMMER MEETING Dunblane :  Flowers of the Hills and Mountains  18th August 10.00am to 4.00pm


Late Bulb at RBGE 8 September
This is a ticket only event with two talks by Tony Hall of the Royal Botanic Garden Kew on the topic of
‘Natural Relationships within the Juno Irises: A Review’. For further information contact Barry Caldwell
01828 686709 e-mail f.b.caldwell@fireflyuk.net




Discussion Weekend (Dumfries) 29th September

Newcastle (Ponteland)  13th October

[Maggi Young]

First event in the SRGC Calendar....

DUNBLANE EARLY DWARF BULB DISPLAY
18th February 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
 
SHOW SECRETARY:        Mr Sandy Leven, 2 Leighton Court, Dunblane,
Perthshire FK15 0ED Telephone  01786 824064
VENUE:                                  Victoria Hall, Stirling Rd, Dunblane, Perthshire
LOCATION:                           Opposite the railway station.
ENTRIES:                               To be staged on the day.  Queries to the Show Secretary
STAGING:                              9.00 - 10.00 am, Saturday of the show
 
RHS JOINT ROCK GARDEN PLANT COMMITTEE: will meet at 12.00 noon.  
Plants for consideration must be registered by 11.00 am.
 
TROPHIES & PRIZES
BROOKFIELD PRIZE   one pan Crocus grown from seed by the exhibitor.
First prize £10   Second £5   Third £3
 
CYCLAMEN DAY
 
Melvyn Jope and Martyn Denney Chairman and Secretary of the Cyclamen Society will share the lectures with presentations on Cyclamen in Greece in Turkey and in Cultivation.
 
Lectures at 11.00 am and 2.00pm
 
They will talk about the Cyclamen Society, probably the most active and successful society devoted to one Genus that there is and the Society’s expeditions to see and record plant populations in the wild. This promises to be a fascinating insight into the genus cyclamen and its  species with something for all SRGC members.
 
Members are invited to contribute to the day by bringing as many pans of dwarf bulbs and early flowering alpine plants as possible.  Every contribution increases the value of the display for others. Please bring as many pans of bulbs and alpines as possible. Plants will be grouped into `classes' on the morning between 9 am and 10 am.  The usual rule of one pan per class per exhibitor will be waived.  No prize money or points will be awarded.  Space will be available for cut flowers of plants which members do not want to disturb in the garden.  Please bring your own vases for cut flowers.  Members may also stage small exhibits of several pans to show variation in species etc. Contributions are invited to the 50:50 plant sale, which will be held to cover expenses.
Members are asked to help with the teas and plant stall as this day is organised by the Bulb Group rather than a local group, and the Bulb Group’s activities benefit all members.

[Maggi Young]

 Here are the SRGC Show Schedules in pdf  for 2012

If anyone would prefer the shows individually, please let me know.

 Show Schedules 2012 webpdf.pdf (197.42 kB - downloaded 640 times.)

[Maggi Young]

The 'Stirling' Show in Dunblane is no more.... but it is re-born as the 'Stirling' Show in Kincardine!
So there remains a competitive show in the area. 

"STIRLING" SHOW IN KINCARDINE
24th March 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm

**NEW VENUE**: Kincardine Community Centre
Anderson Lane, Kincardine Fife, FK10 4SF

 Stirling Show in Kincardine2012.pdf (18.37 kB - downloaded 217 times.) Stirling Show details and Schedule

[Maggi Young]

Another NEW SRGC EVENT!

SRGC SUMMER MEETING
Flowers of the Hills and Mountains
18th August 10.00am to 4.00pm
Venue Dunblane Christian Fellowship Hall, Station Road, Dunblane

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

Event location : Opposite the Railway Station
Staging 8.30am till 10.00 am on Saturday 18th August

A Summer Event to Celebrate Rock Gardening
This new 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 of the widest range of rock and
woodland garden plants, 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.
‘Flowers of the Hills and Mountains’
The event is in FOUR PARTS

Four short talks on 'My Garden'. [c 30 min]

Barry & Cathy Caudwell ‘Creating a garden by the Tay Estuary’ in Abernyte, Perth
Bette Ivey ‘Transforming my Garden’ in Cupar, Fife
John Owen, Askival - Trials Tribulations and Joys in Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire
Ian Bainbridge on creating a ‘Crevice Garden’ at Easter Howgate, near Edinburgh

In these short talks these enthusiasts describe the development of their beautiful gardens and some of the plants that they grow and propagate.

A display of rock garden plants, flowers, foliage and fruit featuring:
 rock plants in pots,
 bulbs,
 cut stems of flowers,
 cut stems of shrubs,
 cut stems of trees
We want a much wider range of exhibits than the usual shows allow for, celebrating plants in
flower, using cut stems, as well as plants in pots. We want members to show plants suitable for
most gardens, as well as any special plants or plants for special situations.

Seedling and plant exchange
 Members can donate pots of seedlings of which they have enough transplants for their own
needs to share with other members
 Pots to be labelled- variety, sowing date, source and number eg SRGC 2011 No. 1234

Plant Sales
 50:50 PLANT SALE A members’ summer plant sale featuring many of the plants in the
displays and any other plants. All plant sales on a ‘50:50 basis’.



 Full details :  SRGC Summer Meeting2012.pdf (24.4 kB - downloaded 211 times.)

[Maggi Young]

'Late Bulb Day' at RBGE 8 September
This is a ticket only event with two talks by Tony Hall of the Royal Botanic Garden Kew on the topic of
‘Natural Relationships within the Juno Irises: A Review’.

For further information contact Barry Caldwell
01828 686709 e-mail f.b.caldwell@fireflyuk.net

[Maggi Young]

The 'Stirling' Show in Dunblane is no more.... but it is re-born as the 'Stirling' Show in Kincardine!
So there remains a competitive show in the area. 

"STIRLING" SHOW IN KINCARDINE
24th March 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm

**NEW VENUE**: Kincardine Community Centre
Anderson Lane, Kincardine Fife, FK10 4SF

After it was mentioned ( thanks, Maureen) that the notes in the show booklet give  directions only from the south of Kincardine... Show Secretary Sam  Sutherland has sent this:

 ....."here are some more directions that might help....
from the north (ie perth dundee or further)    M90 SOUTH TO JCT 6 KINROSS west to A977 signposted 17 miles to Kincardine Bridge when you come into village at traffic lights turn 45 degrees left entrance gate to community centre facing you - do not turn sharp left you will miss entrance

from the east (dunfermline or forth bridge) jct 2 M90 head west for A 985 TO KINCARDINE at roundabout just before Kincardine take 3rd exit into village at traffic light turn right then immediately sharp right entrance to community centre facing you"


Thanks Sam!

[Maggi Young]

SRGC Shows still to come this Spring:
Edinburgh 14th April

Perth 21st April

 NEW!!Highland Show (Nairn) 28th April

Glasgow (Milngavie) 5th May

Aberdeen 19th May