David Boyd Event - 2017

[Maggi Young]

David Boyd Day - Grantown on Spey

Rock Gardening from the Ground Up 8 July – Grantown-on-Spey

9:45am Registration, tea coffee
10:15am Growing Alpines in Inhospitable Places Neil Huntley
11:10am Basic Needs of Growing Alpine Plants Ian Christie
Noon Lunch, tea, coffee
1:00pm Designing a Rock Garden Carole Bainbridge
1.50pm Bulbs in the Rock Garden Susan Band
2.40pm Comfort break
2:50pm Growing Rock Garden Plants in Containers Ian Bainbridge
3.40pm Open Question Time
4:00pm Tea, coffee and depart

Thanks to the extremely generous bequest by David Boyd the SRGC is organizing a
series of out-reach events.
The first of these will take place on 8 July in Grantown-on-
Spey. The talks will be on a practical ‘club’ level and will be open to both local
gardeners and members of the SRGC with weighting given to those who live in areas
where there is no local group. There will be five speakers all talking on practical
elements of rock gardening.

The cost for the day is £12.50 to cover teas, coffees, soup and sandwiches. There is
plenty of accommodation in Grantown if you are coming from out with the area
including camp sites, B & B’s and the Grant Arms Hotel itself, where you will receive
a special rate of £75 for DB&B if you quote Grantown Event when you make your
book.
The day will start at 9.45am with registration along with tea and coffee and will end at
4pm, again with tea and coffee.

Space in the Osprey Suite at the Grant Arms is limited to 70 people, plus the speakers,
so if you are interested in attending either phone me on 01309 641405 or email
findhorncarol@icloud.com to reserve.
Carol Shaw

[Maggi Young]

Hope folks are getting organised to attend this event -  July 8th will be upon us before we know it.

[shelagh]

Wish it was closer looks like a good day.

[Maggi Young]

There will be plant stalls  from Hartside, Christie's and Pitcairn.

[Maggi Young]

Photos from the day, from Julia Corden who says :" SRGC - David Boyd Event at Grantown on Spey. Great to meet up with members and non members. First lecture by Neil Huntley from Hartside Nursery second talk by Ian Christie."

 The object of the day is to encourage  those beginning an interest in alpines and to enthuse those  "not sure" about them but keen on gardening!


Neil Huntly of Hartside nursery 




Ian Christie  introduces the late, much missed, David Boyd - who was a super grower as well as being a really  good person!c

[Carol Shaw]

We all had a wonderful day at the Grant Arms in Grantown, five excellent and very different speakers talking on aspects of growing rock garden plants and the delegates throughly enjoyed themselves! The whole thrust of the David Boyd Events is outreach and we had 13 local folk along, well some not quite so local, none of whom were part of the SRGC and all of whom went home with a gleam in their eyes. We also had folk like the SRGC member who lives in Banchory who had never been to any talk or event by the club and thoroughly loved it all! Right now the cogs in my brain are clicking away as I have a very strong sense that we could do more in the Grantown area and also spread the net wider. When I've got the bones of an idea will sit down with a few folk and start talking through.

Jimmy MacDonald at David's request took lot of photos and we'll get some of those up on the forum later today. 

[Carol Shaw]

Just a few photos from yesterday... Many thanks to Jimmy MacDonald who took masses of pics. for us!

[Maggi Young]

I see some Aberdeenshire folks!  Just a shame to see you in a wheel-chair, Carol - we're hoping you will soon get a date to rejoin the mobile brigade!

[ChrisB]

I know David would have been very proud to support such events, was nice to see his pic on the screen!  Don't know who came up with the idea, but it's a very good one. Just wish I could have been there, but a wee bit too far for me.  Looks like it was well attended though, that's the objective satisfied.  Thank you Carol and other organisers!

[Carol Shaw]

Hi Christine, Ian C. used David's photo as part of his talk... I found that very touching too!