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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Philip Walker on April 25, 2016, 05:33:52 PM
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For any body that may be in the Essex area on Saturday.
At the New Village Hall,Church Road,Rawreth,Essex.This is off the A1245,south of Chelmsford and between Rayleigh and Wickford.
Free entry.Open to the public from 12-4pm.
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For those of you with SAT NAV systems, the postcode of the venue is SS11 8SH - happy visiting!
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Hopefully there will be some camera-happy people there. :)
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There may very well be one.
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There may very well be one.
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Oh goodie. ;D
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A lovely day in Essex.The number of plants on display was disapointing ,but was to some extent expected,echoing the two national shows held here in the South East.
I was very lucky to get to "help" our judge,Ray Drew.I wrote down the placings while trying to take in what was being said about the plants and how they are displayed.Hopefully it's all gone in and remembered.
Kath Dryden award for best plant in show
Best plant in intermediate section
Best plant in novice section-mine!
Open 1 pan rock plant in flower
Open 1 pan Primulaceae-also best Primulaceae in show
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Open 1 pan Lewisia
Open 1 pan Saxifrgaceae
Open 1 pan Orchidaceae
Open 3 pans bulbous in flower,distinct pics 39 + 41
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Cor! A good fat Lewisia tweedyi there!
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Intermediate 1 pan bulbous
Intermediate 1 pan Primula in flower
Novice 1 pan Primula in flower-mine
Novice 1 pan bulbous in flower-mine
Intermediate 3 pans distinct-mine second from right
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A few more later after work
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Ray Drew knows his plants, for sure - lucky you! Looking forward to seeing more later - thanks Philip.
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Open 6 pans,distinct
Novice 3 pans,distinct
From the winning entry-Gentiana verna
From my 2nd place entry-Iris babadagica
Open,any plant for foliage,exc Coniferae
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A few other entries
Trillium rivale
T.albidum and T.flexipes
T.chloropetalem
Iris sari
Allium elburense and Pleione 'Volcanello'
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Some Erythroniums-oreogonum,'Joanna' and helenae
Some non competitive plants
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Last few,non competitive
I hope these have shown the quality of some of the plants grown at local group level.
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Thanks from me too Philip. A good show it seems, The whole UK in the thick of Showtime. wonderful plants to see.
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Many thanks for posting Philip, looks to have been a good day. I liked your iris babadagica, I bought one at the South West Show on Saturday so I know what to expect next year (if I don't kill it in the meantime)
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Ray Drew did a wonderful display of erythroniums and other plants a couple of years ago when I came with Mike Brett - I remember Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin' in particular. Such a lot to be said for local events like these (he says, also thinking that I need to grow more plants to display locally in Kent too to back this up :)). Mann's wholesale Alpine nursery is just across the way from the Rawreth Hall and when we went recently they were more bouyant about the general interest in alpines from Garden Centres and their customers, so that is a good sign even if it seems less easy to encourage more gardeners to the Shows at times.
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You can still take a stroll around Mann's on show day.They are garden centre plants but I still bought some nice ones.Our group also hold a plant swap there in the Autumn.
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I hope these have shown the quality of some of the plants grown at local group level.
They certainly have, Philip - thanks again!