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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 21, 2014, 01:44:05 PM

Title: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Maggi Young on April 21, 2014, 01:44:05 PM: What's on - weekend 26th -27th April

The SRGC Highland show takes place in Nairn on 26th April 10.30am to 3.30 pm (Show Opens 12.30 pm)

....also on Saturday 26th, our friends in Ireland will be heading for the Dublin AGS show at Cabinteely Community School, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin . Show open: 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm

On Sunday 27th April Jon Evans will again be organising the AGS London show at the RHS Halls - as well as the show, there is also a series of talks - strangely there seems to be no mention of this on the AGS site but the RHS has all the details :
Venue for the day is RHS Lindley Hall, VINCENT SQUARE, Westminster, London SW1P 2PE
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-London-Flower-Shows/pdf/2014/talks (http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-London-Flower-Shows/pdf/2014/talks)

Features include: alpine plants from Alpine Garden Society (AGS) members, UK nurseries, and Wisley Alpine section ; RHS Wisley and AGS advice desks ; an AGS photographic exhibition and mountain paintings from Sam Gare .
AGS Members have free entry. Tickets sales here : https://www.theticketfactory.com/rhs/online/ (https://www.theticketfactory.com/rhs/online/)

TALKS
12:30 Alpines in the garden - Jim McGregor
13.30 Alpines in the wild and in cultivation - Diane Clement,
14:30 Alpines in the eastern cape of South Africa Cara Smith, Team Leader Wisley Alpine Section, RHS
15.30 Photography in the garden - Doug Joyce, photographer

A busy day in store for those attending!
Title: Re: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Maggi Young on April 22, 2014, 07:47:07 PM: More about the the RHS Lindley Hall eventon Sunday 27th April :
Features include: mountain paintings from Sam Gare ..... RHS have tweeted (https://twitter.com/The_RHS) a photo of one of Sam ( Samantha) Gare's (http://www.paintplane.com/about-me/4578962667) paintings

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Title: Re: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Jon Evans on April 22, 2014, 08:42:38 PM: Hi
I have put a little more detail about the London Show on 27th April on the AGS discussion forum now, including details of nurseries.

http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/London+Alpine+Garden+Show+SUNDAY+th+April+/18535/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/London+Alpine+Garden+Show+SUNDAY+th+April+/18535/)

Hope to see lots of you there
Jon
Title: Re: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Maggi Young on April 22, 2014, 09:03:33 PM: Well done, Jon - these things deserve proper publicity.

I note that there will be an AGS plant stall for the first time as well as nursery stands from Evolution Plants, Wildside, Jacques Amand and Trewidden.

Have a great day!
Title: Dublin AGS Show 26 April 2014
Post by: Martinr on April 26, 2014, 09:13:36 PM: Some pictures hot off the press at

http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Dublin+Show+/19555/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Dublin+Show+/19555/)
Title: Re: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Maggi Young on April 26, 2014, 09:17:56 PM: In Dublin today the charming Paddy Smith has won a Farrer Medal with a superb pan of Gentiana verna. Many congratulations, Paddy !

Just been told that Martin Rogerson has got some photos posted to the AGS site - and there was I thinking he only left the country to shimmy up alps! Here's the link :
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Dublin+Show+/19555/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/atshows/Dublin+Show+/19555/)
Title: Re: Dublin AGS Show 26 April 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on April 26, 2014, 09:19:09 PM: I just said the same thing Martin, here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11728.msg303864#msg303864 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11728.msg303864#msg303864) ;D
Title: Re: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Maggi Young on April 26, 2014, 09:43:40 PM: I've been enjoying Martin's pix - Paddy Smith's Farrer plant has got both white and blue G. verna - a perfect seedling mix - so pretty.
Great to see so many friends in Martin's photos enjoying the day.
Title: Re: What's on - weekend of 26th -27th April
Post by: Maggi Young on April 28, 2014, 12:50:49 PM: Don Peace has posted this cheery photo of Paddy and his Farrer winning Gentiana verna on his twitter page : (https://twitter.com/DonPeace)

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