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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 30, 2013, 02:05:53 PM
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Next SRGC event is the GLASGOW SHOW - Milngavie 4th May 11.30 am to 3.30 pm
VENUE:
Milngavie Town Hall, Main Street, Milngavie, Glasgow
LOCATION:
9 miles NW of Glasgow on the A81. The Town Hall is near the town centre, opposite the car park for Milngavie railway station.
ENTRIES: To Show Secreatary John Lee - temporary telephone number 0141 9546497 or
to Assistant Show Secretary, Mr Bill Robinson,
Telephone 0141 883 4539, by Wednesday before the show. Late entries accepted until one hour before judging.
STAGING:
7.30 - 9.30 pm, Friday before the show and 8.15 - 9.30 am, Saturday of the show.
JUDGING: Begins at 9.45 am
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We'll be there with the books - gawd knows what plants we'll have!
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Additional details re the Glasgow Show:
Show opens at 11.30 am. Tearoom will be open from about 10.00 am onwards.
Nurseries in attendance: Ardfearn, Hartside, Kevock, Rumbling Bridge.
Other associated ventures: Bookstall, Club Plant Stall, Seeds, Clothing Merchandise, Anne Chambers' cards, Glassford's labels etc
The RBG will have their usual wonderful display.
We're obviously looking for as many show plants as possible plus any plant donations to the club stall.
All warmly welcome.
Admission is FREE! for everyone.
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And don't forget, folks, the Saturday 4 May is WORLD NAKED GARDENING DAY!!!!!!!
I wonder what surprises the show organisiers in Milgavie have in store for us?
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And don't forget, folks, the Saturday 4 May is WORLD NAKED GARDENING DAY!!!!!!!
I wonder what surprises the show organisiers in Milgavie have in store for us?
I think they're visiting the National Aciphylla collection.
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I think they're visiting the National Aciphylla collection.
;D ;D :o :o :'( :'(
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Your spy on the ground (me) has been helping to set up the Show Hall tonight, and I can reassure the Forum that nobody was spotted practising either in the Hall or in any gardens nearby. Maybe the torrential rain and single figure temperatures were putting us sensible Glaswegians off!!!
We look forward to seeing many members and/or Forumists tomorrow - when I am told the weather is likely to be better.
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The show today saw groaning benches of totally amazing plants! I 'did' mean to write down the names of some of the winners but failed to not which plant wont what :'( Ian Kidman won the Forrest Medal and Lionel Clarkson and Sam Sutherland also did well. Sue Simpson did a pretty good sweep of the board in Section II!
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The first picture shows Ian Kidmans's Forrest medal plant, part of his wining 3 pan in Class 2 for 3 plants of different genera which won the Henry Archibald Challenge Bowl. Alongside is Sam Sutherland's Certificate of Merit Astragalus which was also in the running for the top award. The next photo is Ian's winning big 6 pans which took the Dr William Buchanan Memorial Bowl for Class 1. Then a view of Class A the small 6 pan also won by Ian. Not surprisingly he took the Crawford Cup for most points in section 1. George Young's Primula albenensis took the Joan Stead primula trophy. George also won the Buchanan cup for class 3 for new rare or difficult plants.
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Watt Russell won the Charles Simpson trophy for the best orchid with a Calanthe and the Ian Donald Memorial trophy for the best Scottish native plant with a Paris. John Di Paola took the Edward Darling Trophy for Class4 -3 rhododendrons. Lionel Clarkson received a Certificate of Merit for one of his two very big Androsaces. Dr Davies received the Don Stead prize for most points in the bulb classes.
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In section 2 Sue Simpson took the bronze medal and the James Wilson trophy for most points.
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some general views of the hall
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There were so many entries that we had to bring out more tables to accommodate all the plants. Many thanks to all the extra entries from the north of England. The Club plant sales table and the newly expanded Catering area did a roaring trade, and were both left more or less empty by the end of the afternoon. Thanks also to John and Bill who made it all run well today.
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a tour of the benches - more knowledgeable people can add comments about particular plants.
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and more
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continuing
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yet more
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moving on
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and more
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Only time for a quick peek but what a great show it looks 8)
Congratulations to all concerned ... and to Kidders for his Forrest.
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The show also has some classes for cut daffodils. RBGE again mounted a gold medal winning display - as with every show they have been to this spring
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judges, stewards and calculating. A third judges team was added due to the number of entries.
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The food at Glasgow is first class - just look at the happy eaters and empty plates.
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people at work.
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just people
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.......finally smokers' corner .........caption anyone?
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Nice to see Graham Catlow there not hiding behind his avatar :D
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.......finally smokers' corner .........caption anyone?
Aye and I started 5 years ago but the damn Restio seeds still haven't sprouted...........last time I'll listen to Maggi.
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There were an amazing number of pots on the benches, I wonder if John could calculate just how many. For a start, there were 7 entries in the 'small six pan class' (42) and, I think, 6 in the regular six pan class (36). That's 78 pans in the first two classes alone!!!!!
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I got my own first prize by being the first into the food hall and claiming a meringue before they disappeared !
The number of entries were huge compared to previous years due to the lateness of the season and the contingent from the south.
I remember thinking at previous shows this year, where are all the Frits ? They appeared at Milngavie confirming just how late the season has been.
Congratulations to the organising committee and exhibitors for a great show.
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Aye and I started 5 years ago but the damn Restio seeds still haven't sprouted...........last time I'll listen to Maggi.
;D ;D ;D
Another great report Stan. Thank you.
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Nice to see Graham Catlow there not hiding behind his avatar :D
Yes Shelagh, but surely my avatar is preferable to the real thing. ;)
It actually took me a while before I recognised it was me. ???
I think Stan must have been a Private Detective in a former occupation. I had no idea he was taking my photo.
I see in reply 24 you must have spotted Stan as you are trying to hide from the camera. :)
Graham
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Many atmospheric pics from Snapper Stan, we had a brief chat during the show he said he would do atmosphere leave detail to me!!, doing detail seems to take forever.
I will make a start tonight, add more tomorrow. As folk may have gathered was a really good show, more tables were crammed in to get all the plants on the benches, extra judges commandeered (mid way through coffee I was in the canteen) and by some miracle the show was ready to open at 12, they were lined up at the door waiting to get in, was like a flood when doors opened.
To business...as usual I photograph what I like and what makes a decent picture (for me) within the confines of the hall and trying not to get in the way of the paying visitors. I have tried to lay out the plant identification and exhibitor name where I can and put the class number in brackets after for the folk who like to know such detail.
Class A, the small 6 pan, won by Ian Kidman , this was made up from Narcissus rupicola, Androsace cylindica x hirtella at the back, Primula bracteata ssp dubernardeana, Ranunculus montanus in the middle Draba densifolia densifolia and Saxifraga exarata adenophora at the front. Close ups of two are also shown next.
Androsace sarmentosa 'watkinsii' and
Calceolaria 'Walter Shrimpton' were shown by John di Paolo in his class A entry...could have been a better pic but conveys the cheery plant that it is.
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Class 2 had some seriously heavy stuff...by that I mean in the size and weight of the pots and also the quality of the exhibits.
Iberis pruittii from Tommy Anderson...I really liked this, a pristine exhibit
Androsace villosa taurica from Ian Kidman
Androsace idahoensis x laevigata from Lionel Clarkson...the flower colour variation was the cause of some comment from other exhibitors and as to how it comes/came about as all the flowers looked fresh
Primula limbata from Margaret and Henry Taylor...good to see they still produce class stuff
Anemone vestal from Jim and Janet Paterson....a big panfull
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Continuing on with the Class 2 exhibits
Androsace hirtella x cylindrical from Ian Kidman, the winner of the Forrest Medal in a very tight vote such was the competition.
Astragalus utahensis from Sam Sutherland. another Forrest contender had to be content with a Certificate of Merit, was a lovely plant shown in close up as well
Sam also had a fine
Primula rusbyi in his class 2 entry
Iris afghanica from Brian Burrow (5) was one plant I could have happily crammed into my car to take home
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Continuing my trundle through the show over coffee
In Class 4 from John di Paola with three Rhododendrons, two of which were
Rhododendron 'Princess Anne'
Rhododendron 'Shamrock'
Class 8 for Rock Plants from Australalsia, 2 pans had
Celmisia spedenii from Stella and David Rankin....this used to be frequently seen at shows, now very seldom, possibly because the NZ seed collectors have mostly stopped collecting as not economic they said.
Myosotis pulvinaris from Barry Winter
Lathyrus vernus v albus from Steven McFarlane (14)
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Primula chionantha from Anne & Viv Chambers (14)
Saxifraga marginata v coriophylla won class 15 for Lionel Clarkson
Primula maximowiccii from Henry and Margaret Taylor (16)
Primula bracteata, Peter Hood (17)
Primula elatior, Stella and David Rankin (17)
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Primula calderiana from Alan Spenceley (18)
Primula albenensis from George Young, best primula at the show
Douglasia vitaliana v chinotricha from George Young (20), was in the Forrest selection
Androsace villosa Irik Gorge Form from Lionel Clarkson in 20, was runner up to the Forrest winner. He also had in the same class
Androsace robusta breviscapa
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Just cut the grass and decided that my troughs were badly in need of water, we do not seem to have rain in ages, my trilliums in the garden will not last as long as usual if we don't get any soon...but not according to forecast.
To continue
Androsace x aretiodes (at least I think that's what it was, I missed label for my records...I used to grow it as A. obtusifolia x aretiodes, had a decent seed germination this spring for it so hope they grow on well....this was from Henry and Margaret Taylor in 21, as was
Androsace vandellii from Sam Sutherland.
Ranunculus montanus 'Molten Gold' from Richard Barr (24)
Iris bucharica from Carol and David Shaw (27)
Fritillaria pallidiflora from Peter Semple (29), I see mine is flowering in my woodland garden today
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Also in class 29, shown by Dai Davies was a neat elegant
Fritillaria meleagris, was mostly white but had a hint of red at the base of the petals so was probably a hybrid.
Trillium pusillum from Alison Ward (31)
Ornithogalum nanum from Alan Spenseley (33)
Narcissus bulbocodium v conspicuus from John di Paola (33), my narcissus have been poor this year, the garden ones were late to flower and the pot ones did zippo
Arisaema amurense from Lionel Clarkson (36)
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A 2 pan entry in Class35 from Cath and Barry Caudwell
Erythronium multiscapoideum
Tulipa aucheriana
Erigeron montanensis from George Young (37), bought at this show some years ago
Townsendia condensate from Tom Green, also in 37
There were some huge pans of Lewisia on display, in the main I would have said somewhat overfed so too drawn but a nice plant of
Lewisia cotyledon Hybrid from Brian and Shelagh Smethhurst in 39 was a strong plant as was
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Lewisia tweedyi 'Lemon' from Bob Maxwell in 40 was a clean, fresh looking specimen
Townsendia spathulata 'Cotton Ball' from George Young in 45...this was a very large 2 pan class, probably 10 entries
Lewisia stebbinsii from Brian Burrow also in 45....I had hoped to take my specimen to the show but a hungry mouse ate all the flowers off in one night, the next night it paid the price in a mouse trap spiked with a bit of Mars Bar!
Androsace lehmanniana from Lionel Clarkson, also in 45.
The one pan native to Africa (47) was won by Brian and Shelagh Smethhurst, I took a photo but did not get the name (I might even be spelling their surname wrong too, I have only known them for years
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Hi George, just the one H. The plant is Rosenia humilis.
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I should have been able to check from other pictures but I had taken of the Class Number etc, ie the entry card but I deleted them and finding them in the Recycle bin on the computer is a laborious job, my apologies
Viola bubanii from Henry and Margaret Taylor (56) was well admired, they had some available on the sales tables, were gone by the time I git there.
Viola pedata from Lionel Clarkson (56)
Pleione tongariro from Sheila McNulty (57) was runner up for the best Orchidaceae to
Calanthe tricarinata from Watt Russel....I am sorry the picture is pretty poor
Dianthus 'Conway Star' from Dave Milward in 60, the Class that's for plants that can't go anywhere else
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I realise that I missed out Class 46, 2 pans native to Europe
Androsace vandellii
Saxifraga porophylla, both from George Young
Ranunculus parnassifolius 'Pink Form' from Henry and Margaret Taylor in 61 where
Campanula alpina was shown by Brian Burrow
From The RGB Edinburgh display...Gold Award
Tulipa humilis
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It would seem the Scots have a serious grower emerging from the ranks in the form of Sue Simpson who had the most points in Section 2 with plants such as
Primula marginata 'White Lady' (73) and I thought her
Lewisia tweedyi rosea to be easily the best tweedyi at the show, well in character
Pulsatilla vugaris from Sheila McNulty in 79 also caught my eye.
Another missed from earlier was
Dionysia viscidula x freitagii HZ6 from Ian Kidman in 22
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Final two pictures come from class 3, 3 pans distinct genera, new rare or difficult where the Rankins had
Primula sharmae and
Androsace laxa both of which I liked, I did not take any pictures of the winning three from George Young but Stan shows them off in his picture of the 3 pan rhododendron
I am sure the organisers were delighted by the number and quality of the plants on display, even if John and Bill were having to make last minute alterations on the hoof, extra tables, extra judges etc. The large number of entries from South of the Border made up for quite a number of Scottish exhibitors who were away in Prague, from a personal point of view trying to adjust from an AGS schedule to the SRGC schedule took a bit of getting used to but I worked it out in the end and on the show morning during staging, as it happens I could not have got any more plants in the car, even had one on the passenger seat strapped in with the seat belt!
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WONDERFUL REPORT, folks ... many, many thanks.
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Looks to have been a cracking Show, many thanks Stan and George for your reports.
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There were an amazing number of pots on the benches, I wonder if John could calculate just how many. For a start, there were 7 entries in the 'small six pan class' (42) and, I think, 6 in the regular six pan class (36). That's 78 pans in the first two classes alone!!!!!
There were 355 entries in the Show and 554 pote on the benches! When I come down to earth and get my breath back I'll post a fleshed out account of this wonderful Show.
John
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There were 355 entries in the Show and 554 pots on the benches! When I come down to earth and get my breath back I'll post a fleshed out account of this wonderful Show.
A stonkeringly good Show John - well done to you, Bill and the team ;D
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Sandy's Forrest Medal report here : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GlasgowFM2013.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GlasgowFM2013.pdf)
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Sandy Leven's show reports are all available on this page : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu (http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu)
His two reports from the Glasgow show are : http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/glasgow2013part1.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/glasgow2013part1.pdf)
and
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/glasgow2013part2.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/glasgow2013part2.pdf)