Rainham Autumn AGS Show - Saturday 27th September 2014

[Tim Ingram]

Here is a picture from 2013 - an arrangement of flowers by Lee and Julie Martin... all gardeners know that autumn is an ideal time to plant as well, and here is a nice picture of the season from the American poet Helen Hunt, courtesy of Allen Lacy ('The Garden in Autumn'):

  The lands are lit
With all the autumn blaze of Golden Rod
And everywhere the purple asters nod
And bend and wave and flit.

Look forward to welcoming visitors who discover the Show in Kent this autumn.

[Maggi Young]

The RAINHAM Show  is at   Rainham School for Girls, Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX

Hoping for a very successful day all round, Tim.

[Maggi Young]

For those who can't get to Kent for the Rainham Show tomorrow, here are a couple of alternatives :
Bristol AGS Conference Sat Sept 27 David Haselgrove Kevin Hughes John Good Martin Sheader contact  Peter Bird (phone 0117 9682782) or  Sheila Ashby (ian_sheila@hotmail.co.uk or phone 01275 851254) to see if there are spaces left.

Ashwood Nurseries :  John's Garden Open Day  tomorrow 10am-4pm. Entrance £5 proceeds to Stroke Support West Midlands. http://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/events/johns-garden-open-day-6/

Whatever you're doing, have a lovely weekend - best of luck to all show exhibitors!

[Yann]

And for those who're in Kent next week end there's the Great Dixter plant fair (Tim, Peter Korn, Jurgen Peters for the alpine lovers)

[Maggi Young]

And for those who're in Kent next week end there's the Great Dixter plant fair (Tim, Peter Korn, Jurgen Peters for the alpine lovers)

What lucky people  those attending will be.........

[johnralphcarpenter]

Too much going on this weekend! Rainham Show - a few random pictures follow culminating in the Best in Show and Farrer Medal winner. Then on to Canterbury Food and Drink Festival - http://www.canterbury.co.uk/canterburyfoodfestival.aspx - which seems to get better and better every year, and features the unique Kent Green Hop Beer tent - http://kentgreenhopbeer.com/ - leaving no time to visit Folkestone Beer Festival - http://folkestonebeerfestival.co.uk/ - maybe tomorrow!

[johnralphcarpenter]

The final four pictures (add your own captions!) including best in show.

[Martinr]

I hope your nose didn't get too close to that second last picture (the Biarum)...truly disgusting

[johnralphcarpenter]

Yes, I know many people like them but I just don't get it myself. I have enough trouble digging up Arum maculatum from all over the garden every year.

[Maggi Young]

I hope your nose didn't get too close to that second last picture (the Biarum)...truly disgusting

I suppose sometimes the slowness of Fred to get that scent button working is a blessing!  The velvety  textured red  looks  very  glamorous though, doesn't it and does not look stinky!!

[Tim Ingram]

Rannveig and Bob had to drive all the way there and back (to South Wales) with this plant, plus another equally fragrant one - wonderful dedication! Their plants are just so beautifully grown, and this one extraordinarily interesting if smelly.

This Sternbergia wasn't even on the showbench, but displayed with the plants Rannveig had for sale - I think Bob said it was over 20 years old. It really is amazing to see plants like this!

We could have done with a beer tent at the end of the show after clearing up! A lot of tired thirsty people. A nice day though, and quite a few new faces looking through the nursery plants and the displays. Aim to write a bit more about the day in the other place - some fantastic cyclamen but a notable absence of autumn gentians. Some scope for a new lot of plants next year.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Indeed a fantastic day and good to see and speak some friends again. It was really hot inside and I surely could use a Belgian beer .........
We did see some wonderfull Sternbergia's and Cyclamen , Biarums but we did not see many Crocus and Colchicums. And as Tim says the gentians where a bit absent. Here they where flowering a bit early , could it be a reason ?   
 

[Yann]

It was a nice day, good to speak to friends there.

[Yann]

The Cyclamens are always eye-catching, some cse hederifolium are particularly beautifull

[Yann]

No words for these pans