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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on March 07, 2014, 11:55:42 AM
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KENDAL SRGC/AGS SHOW
15th March 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm
SHOW SECRETARY: Alan Oatway, Coulmore, Canny Hill, Newby Bridge, Ulverston, Cumbria. LA12 8NT
Telephone: 015395 30702
email: Alan.Oatway@agsgroups.org
(Please state if a member of AGS, SRGC or both)
VENUE: KIRKBIE KENDAL SCHOOL, LOUND ROAD, KENDAL, LA9
7EQ.
Coming from the North: M6 J37 take A684 towards Kendal. After 5
miles turn left onto Park Side Rd (immediately before 40mph signs).
After 0.8 miles at T Jn turn left onto Lound Rd (A65). School is on left after Shell garage.
From the South: M6 J36 take A590/A591 for 6 miles, then A6 to
Kendal South. In Kendal, right at first traffic lights, then left at
roundabout and immediately right into school grounds.
Kirkbie Kendal School, Lound Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7EQ
https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=utf-8&daddr=Kendal,+Cumbria,+United+Kingdom&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&dirflg=d&geocode=0,54.317446,-2.741242&cid=0,0,10710343699526654199&hq=Kirkbie+Kendal+School
Wide map view :
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Looking forward to this new venue but that raises one question..............has anyone sussed out a good hostelry for lunch?
Got to get my priorities right ;D
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has anyone sussed out a good hostelry for lunch?
Shelagh has researched and found Romneys - 10mins walk http://www.romneyskendal.co.uk/ (http://www.romneyskendal.co.uk/)
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Excellent! I'm feeling hungry already :o
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Shelagh has researched and found Romneys - 10mins walk http://www.romneyskendal.co.uk/ (http://www.romneyskendal.co.uk/)
Heavens, is it time for the Pudsey already? :o
cheers
fermi (PPW 2011)
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Kendal is FULL of good eateries - so nobody is going to go home hungry. In fact we always grumble that Kendal has far more (and better) places to eat than Lancaster, despite being smaller.
Susan and I know Kendal quite well and will be around (Susan on the computer, me probably on the members plant stall) if anyone wants advice or directions regarding specific tastes or dietary requirements.
If headed into Kendal from the show we would strongly advise leaving your car at the show and walking into the town centre as the one-way system is horrible. It isn't a long walk.
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There are lots of nice places to grab a coffee, slice of cake or a meal in Kendal, for vegetarians I heartily recommend the Waterside Wholefood café which is a short stroll from the venue along the river.
http://www.watersidewholefood.co.uk/ (http://www.watersidewholefood.co.uk/)
Susan :)
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I'd be surprised if any of that lot were vegetarians ;D
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There are lots of nice places to grab a coffee, slice of cake or a meal in Kendal,
Including the appropriately named Farrer's tea rooms! Great scones, especially the wholemeal ones with sesame seeds....
Now I'm getting hungry.
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I'd be surprised if any of that lot were vegetarians ;D
That's fine - more room for Susan and I ;) :)
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Heavens, is it time for the Pudsey already? :o cheers fermi (PPW 2011)
Just a practice, Fermi, don't panic, you've time to book your flight over for the main event. ;D ;D
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That's fine - more room for Susan and I ;) :)
Wouldn't bank on it Darren they'd probably clear the decks of anything put in front of them as long as it started with 'f' ended with 'd' and had two 'oo's in the middle.
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Curses - the Lake District is just that bit too far away! I have a feeling this Show might be a good one...
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Just a practice, Fermi, don't panic, you've time to book your flight over for the main event. ;D ;D
;D :D Yes, I think there was a certain note of hysteria in fermi's comment wasn't there ?
Can't help feeling that the Show will be a great success - and not just because Kendal is well endowed with eateries!! 8)
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Just a practice, Fermi, don't panic, you've time to book your flight over for the main event. ;D ;D
No overseas trip this year - house extension is finally going to happen!
I hope to one day return and re-contest the Pudsey! ;D
The camaraderie is wonderful,
cheers
fermi
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Quote from Christine Walkden re Shows :
" You don't see plants like that everyday that is why all gardeners should go to an AGS /SRGC show - it will blow you away "
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Quote from Christine Walkden re Shows :
" You don't see plants like that everyday that is why all gardeners should go to an AGS /SRGC show - it will blow you away "
Quite agree! Kendal and the South Lakes is a great venue for a show as the local population is rich with retired professionals, which seems to be a strongly represented demographic within the SRGC/AGS. Will be interesting to see how many visitors we get through the door. Lots of people have told me they will see me there so I, also, have a good feeling about this show.
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A chum here in Aberdeen, Helen Greenwood (Darren and Susan may know her from Discussion Weekends) is heading down to Kendal for the weekend so she can attend the show. She's even looked out her life membership card so she can prove her id!
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Locating membership cards can be a problem, especially if they were put away carefully.
Maybe for life membership the SRGC might consider a tattoo option ;) ;D
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Locating membership cards can be a problem, especially if they were put away carefully.
Maybe for life membership the SRGC might consider a tattoo option ;) ;D
I don't think that Council would approve that - the aim is to provide pleasure and education, not pain - on the other hand - finger-printing may be an alternative....... ;)
My chum is a life member of so many organisations she could end up with more tattoos than a footballer or pop star...... ::) :P
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I don't think that Council would approve ...
Although it might help keep us at the bleeding edge :-X :o ;)
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Although it might help keep us at the bleeding edge :-X :o ;)
You hooligan - anyway - shouldn't that be the "cutting " edge we want to be at?
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Here's a moral question..........would it be appropriate to have a Caesar Salad for lunch?
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... shouldn't that be the "cutting " edge we want to be at?
Isn't bleeding edge a step beyond cutting edge? Out in front anyway ;D
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Here's a moral question..........would it be appropriate to have a Caesar Salad for lunch?
Why, you slimming or something? You could be in for a yellow card and a final warning though.
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Here's a moral question..........would it be appropriate to have a Caesar Salad for lunch?
... But would it sit comfortably with the beef and ale pie, chips and double sticky toffee pudding? ;D (ftp://;D)
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Judging by posts it won't be sticky toffee pudding but a cultural dessert....boom boom ???
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Looks like it's going to be a fun day see ya there folks coming with the Dales - Pearl and Mike...
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Will you have a few plants to show, Christine?
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Hope so Maggi Fingers crossed.....
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The Kendal SRGC/AGS show is under AGS rules this year so the best plant in the Show was eligible for a Farrer Medal . It has been awarded to a fine plant of Cyclamen pseudibericum shown by Frank and Barbara Hoyle - congratulations to them!
A photo of the Hoyles and their winning plant has been posted to Twitter - see here
https://twitter.com/JimMcGregorAGS/status/444885257461198848/photo/1
Hope everyone enjoyed the day!
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Hope everyone enjoyed the day!
I certainly enjoyed the day, though I barely got chance to wave to people let alone say Hello, so apologies to everyone I didn't manage to speak with.
The show was very well attended by members of the public as well as SRGC and AGS members and the benches were groaning under the weight of the exhibits ;D There were lots of cameras in the room so I imagine there will be plenty of photos appearing in due course.
There was a lot of interest shown by the locals, many of whom were amazed by the miniature gems they saw, with plenty of enquires about the plants on show, their cultivation and recommendations for 'starter' plants.
The new show secretary Alan did a fantastic job organising the event, so a big thank you to him and all the people who helped to make it such a great day.
Susan (and Darren - who is currently putting the kettle on for a well deserved cuppa tea) :)
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Sounds super, Susan - especially good to hear that there was a good turnout from the public. We really need the local folks to get behind shows wherever they are held - makes a huge difference to success rate for organisers and nursery people alike.
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An EXCEPTIONAL show in an interesting new venue … a plethora of potential Farrer Medal winners; an abundance of enthusiastic visitors; beautiful displays of images at either end of the main hall; an incredible array of plants and a fine local pub for our lunchtime get-together. Well done, many thanks and hearty congratulations to everyone involved.
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A photo of some of the primulas at Kendal .....https://twitter.com/mooslybut/status/444919780202409985/photo/1
A miniature rock garden - a Dower effort, I think:
https://twitter.com/mooslybut/status/444939279232290816/photo/1
Hepaticas: https://twitter.com/mooslybut/status/444938102247682048/photo/1
https://twitter.com/mooslybut/status/444922465970429952/photo/1
https://twitter.com/mooslybut/status/444920304641396736/photo/1
These pictures from Vivien Self in County Durham on Twitter
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First some snaps of the Farrer cyclamen on its own, in a very good three pan class and being photographed. The Tommy Anderson AGS medal winning big and small six pan classes - he also took the trophy for most points in the Open section.
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Ivan Betteridge had the best plant - Narcissus cantabricus-in a 19cm pot while Carole & Ian Bainbridge took the trophy for the best foliage plant with their Shortia. A Certificate of Merit went to Mark Childerhouse for Saxifraga Coolock Gem and the Alpine 2001 award which moves round the shows to Chris Lilley's Androsace. The Hoyles were awarded a Merit Cert in the small pan section for Primula allionii Eveline Burrow and another for a Dionysia. Cyril Lafong received a Merit Cert for the unusual Iris pamphylica which I failed to photograph properly but I think it is the Iris at the end of one of Cliff's posts.
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Tommy Anderson must be one of those living most close to the new venue - handy for him!
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Among the nurseries attending the Kendal Show today was Kevock Garden Plants (http://t.co/h23AwtoNWt) - they've tweeted these photos and comments:
"Great day at Kendal show in their new venue. Well organised and lots of people attending. Good to see the growing popularity of alpines. "
"Stunning hepaticas "
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"Even a few placings for our own pots in the show"
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Just some random shots from Kendal Show today ...
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New show secretary Alan Oatway shown arranging some pots kindly provided some figures. There were 376 entries totalling 525 plants in the Open section, 99 entries and 121 plants in section 2 Intermediate and 24 entries of 28 plants in section 3 Novice from 83 exhibitors. Some extra table were brought in. The turnout by the public was also impressive and it was difficult take photos or get to the nursery stands right through the afternoon.
At the start of the prize giving all were pleased to see former show secretary Lionel Clarkson receive a box of plants from Christine McGregor who seemed to be overwhelmed by being in the presence of the great man.
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Five more images ...
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more snaps starting with the large pots mainly of colourful cushions.
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and more ......
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and even more....
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A small selection of the many smaller -19cm or less -pots on display.
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.............and some more
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Hepaticas and their relatives are popular these days,
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Bulbs in profusion
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more bulbs
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a few foliage plants
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The mini gardens are always popular with the visiting public. Here are the first and second from section 1 , the 3 entries in section 2 and one in section3.
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Section 2 had many good entries - the Michael Roberts Trophy going to Tony Stanley from Darlington while Elizabeth Dodds came down from Carlisle to take the Reginald Kay trophy in section 3.
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Fantastic report, Stan - and I know how much work goes into producing it.
More cushions on display than at the Ideal Home Show !!
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.....as always I look to others to provide more in depth coverage of the plants.
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Another excellent report, Stan … many thanks for posting. Our cameras passed like ships in the night … but my mind was on the pub … as always.
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Wow aren't we lucky all Vivien's Hepatica pictures were our plants. Don't think we've ever been TWITTERED before :D
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Wow aren't we lucky all Vivien's Hepatica pictures were our plants. Don't think we've ever been TWITTERED before :D
I'm sure Brian has! You can tell by the way he walks! ;D ;D :-*
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People among the plants-these shows are social as well as horticultural events
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and others
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more
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last batch
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to finish the caption competition then a look at the messages on the displays as well the school walls - both very apposite - and time to pack up and drive home.
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Here's my few contributions from the show, really had a nice day out there. Thanks everyone for making it work so well!
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More Darren's orchid was wonderful, I've tried to photograph it but failed miserably...
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More
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I'm not sure why the genus Tulipa is always ignored by the judging fraternity. That tulip was such a stunning pot full, and its so hard to get them looking like that too. So I'm posting it again just for the heck of it!
Cyril's Frit. was super, it was a shame the three pan class here had to be so scrunched up because all three pots were well worth looking at. I know the tables were full to bursting, but its still such a shame.... Bravo Cyril!
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Many thanks to all the photographers for their good work at this splendid show.
It is so good to look at all these fine plants!
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Really great pictures and so nice to know the show has got off to such a rousing start. I hope Kent next week will also discover a whole new lot of visitors to alpines - quite a bit of emailing and twittering has gone on and a few people down in Faversham yesterday said they might come along; it might be hard pressed to have such a comprehensive range of plants though.
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A few pics. George will hopefully have a more comprehensive set later.
Saxifraga Leonardo da Vinci
Primula allionii Eveline Burrow
Iris nusairiensis x aucheri Olof
Fritillaria ariana x bucharica sown 250910
3 pans small
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Evaline Burrow was probably the best staged allionii I have seen to date. It beat a lot of larger pots and we'll deserved its 1st!
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Prompted by Cyril I had better I thought I had better add a few close ups from the show, as has been well documented it was a really fine show both in number and quality of plants on display and by the number of people through the door...they were waiting in line in the outer corridor up as the judging had run through till nearly 12 and from then until well past 3pm it was jammed solid...made photography difficult however. I judged the Large Open section with Margaret Taylor and Jim Almond and we were a remarkably harmonious trio on our thoughts when it came to red stickers and we were also fortunate that in our allotted section no less than 4 plants went up for the Farrer Medal, I was not so lucky as I was 'volunteered' to carry three of them up to the judging table for the final votes, arms were several inches longer by the time I had carried them there and back.
As usual for me I just took pictures of what caught my eye and when there was a space in the crowd to take them so in no particular order
Primula allionii 'Fritz Kummert' from Frank and Barbara Hoyle (13)
Trillium nivale Barry Winter (69), one of quite a few on display, is the time of year, the one I had been going to take had the flowers eaten by slugs on the Thursday night before the show...slugs now been fed to our hens!!!
Fritillaria hermonis, Mala Janes (71) is an old cultivar, not so flashy as some' but still stood out well on the day
Iris 'White Caucasus' from Ivor Betteridge (67), new one for me, there were a few on the bench
Fritillaria aurea Don Peace (23) he keeps on producing this fine plant year after year, always really top notch
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I'm always banging on about Iris 'White Caucasus' being misnamed as 'White' and you picture yet again upholds my view George.
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Had my usual struggle with pic sizes, nearly gave up but might be sorted now so more
As might be expected there were Primula of all shapes and sizes so a run through a few of these
Primula 'Arduaine', Alan Oatway (115)
Primula bhutanica 'Sherrifs Form' from Henry and Margaret Taylor (49)
Primula megaseaefolia Terry Mitchell (9)...I always like this, for me don't find it so easy
Primula x meridian 'Miniera', Peter Hood (11)
Primula davidii Stella and David Rankin (50), definitely a new one for me, liked it
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Frank and Barbara Hoyle had a fine range of plants on the bench, had two go up for the Farrer Medal, the winner being
Cyclamen pseudibericum (4), part of a fine 3 pan which also had
Primula 'Pink Aire', a huge pan
Elsewhere they had
Dionysia aretiodes (2)
Primula allionii 'Eveline Burrow' that also was given a Certificate of Merit (54)
Dionysia 'Eric Watson' (8)
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Continuing on with Dionysia and Class 8 I photographed the three entries so the remaining two were
Dionysia 'Ludwig Jahn' Ian Kidman (8)
Dionysia viscidula x freitagii Mark Childerhouse (8)
Elsewhere
Dionysia bryoides Derek Pickard (58) had several on the bench all in very nice condition
Dionysia 'Manuella' from Ian Kidman (59)
Dionysia lycaena from Tony Stanley (114) also caught my attention
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I suppose that if you take pictures you are bound to take a few of your own plants so here is a selection
Anemone caucasica (20)
Iris winogradowii (73), I took a large pan and a small pan, both got red stickers was pleased as they had been in flower for over a week and still looked good
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Not quite sure what happened there but
Crocus vernus albiflorus (26) nearly got left at home but there was just enough space to jam it in, glad I did now
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Happened again!!
The Primula allionii small pans in the Open section were fiercely contested. Geoff Rollinson won the class (53) three pan with the following
Primula allionii 'Mrs Dyas'
Primula allionii BB98-1-1
Primula allionii 'Lepus'
Primula allionii 'Lacewing' was one of my 3rd placed three pan.
An oldie but goody
Primula clarkei came from Tom Green in (50)
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One of the Farrer Medal candidates was a massive (I know I carried it up for inspection)
Saxifraga 'Coolock Gem' shown by Mark Childerhouse (23), was awarded a Certificate of Merit however I was particularly impressed with
Saxifraga georgeii from Geoff Mawson (23), has to be one of the best I have seen
Tommy Anderson made the most of not having far to travel, winning the most points in the Open Section and also both six pan classes, examples from him are
Corydalis 'Frodo' (1)
Pulsatilla vernalis in his small six entry (45)...I thought that this plant opened up very nicely for him during the judging as early in the morning the flowers had a little way to go
Primula bracteata ssp dubernardiana from Peter Hood (50)
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Two from Cyril Lafong
Dionysia aretiodes T4Z (3)....I know I have already posted another aretiodes but this does differ from the other when you see them in the flesh
Iris pamphylica won the Rare in Cultivation class (sorry its a really poor picture but could not get it right on the day) and went up for the Farrer Medal...quite why, with the benefit of hindsight it did not therefore win the best plant in an <19cm pan I cannot explain
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Last but by no means least
Narcissus bulbocodium conspicuous from Jim McGregor
Narcissus alpestris from Alan Furness (72)..he had hard luck with this entry as by the end of the day it was fully in open flower when it had not been during judging.
Hepatica japonica from Brian and Shelagh Smethurst (62)
All in all a very fine show, much enjoyed by exhibitors and the paying public, next year I think the Nursery folk will need to bring more plants in bigger vans such was demand.
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Great photos form the show.
Sandy Leven's report of the Medal plant is online now - see it here (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/1stKendalFarrer.pdf)