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SRGC Shows and Events => SRGC Shows Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 02, 2017, 06:09:18 PM
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Edinburgh and the Lothians Show Saturday 8th April 2017
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Looking forward to welcoming you all to the show in Fairmilehead! Do please come, bring your friends, and enjoy the spectacular display of rock garden, bog, woodland and bulbous plants. There are also plants for sale - this part will be open from 10.30. There will also be delicious home baking - why not make it a day out.
See you there then
DaveM
Show Sec
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The Alpine Dept. of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh mounts a wonderful display at several SRGC and SRGC/AGS shows - they are always interestingly full of the most delightful plants!( The other week both a Gold Medal for the whole display and a Professional Medal for a pot of Narcissus was awarded to them at the SRGC Kincardine Show.)
We are indeed fortunate - these displays add a great deal to our shows. Looking at these photos the display at the show tomorrow from RBGE Alpine Dept. tomorrow will be even more beautiful than ever! Good luck to Elspeth Mackintosh ( seen in these pix) and her team!!
photos from Twitter by Richard I Brown
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A few snaps as the hall was got ready -in remarkably quick time- and local members began bringing in plants. Unusually there is a snap of myself taken by JW Russell in a pause from steering his famous plant trolley into the hall.
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Sam Sutherland won the Forrest Medal with Primula rusbyi. This plant also took the Corsar trophy for best European or American primula. The show secretary's calligraphy is worth a photo on its own. The Bhutan Drinking cup for Best Asiatic primula was won by Jim Watson, one of a contingent of NE England growers who contributed to the show today. Also from the North -east Alan Furness brought several fine Cassiopes one of which won the Alf Evans Quaich for best ericaceous plant other than a Rhododendron. It also received the Kilbryde trophy or best plant in a 19cm max. pot. Sue Simpson-Watt's Rhododendron megeratum Bodnant took the Midlothian vase for best rhodo.
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Cyril Lafong had an excellent show. He won the Henry Archibald rose bowl for class 2: 3 alpines different genera, the Elsie Harvey memorial trophy for class 3: 3 pans rare or difficult plants which included the best saxifrage in the show so also received the Bill Mackie cup, the AO Curle memorial trophy for class 5: 3 pans grown from seed as well as the Henry Tod Carnethy trophy for best bulb with Erythronium helenae
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Margaret & Henry Taylor took the Boonslie cup for a miniature garden. I received the Reid rose bowl for bringing most plants. In a very good section 2 Mala Janes took the Midlothian bowl for best plant while Tony & Margaret Taziker took the SRGC bronze medal for most points. RBGE mounted their customary display of bulbs which was awarded a well deserved gold medal.
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round the benches
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some details of the plants
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more
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and more
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yet more
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even more info
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along the first side into primulas
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more primulas then foliage
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end of bench 1 mini gardens then bench 2 cushions, ranuncs, then bulbs
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more mainly bulbous
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round corner of middle/second bench still bulbs
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onwards into shrubs
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finish of middle bench
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towards end of open section
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last few
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Section 2
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Judges
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People among the plants
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more
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and others
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and more
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yet more
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most people did not notice the presence of a ghost in the hall-obviously enjoying the plants
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people
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nurseries
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Last nursery and two of local group plant stall then members on door duty
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group members at work and play
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Finally the tables are all cleared away and the secretary contemplates the empty hall.
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Much discussion!
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Sandy Leven's Edinburgh Forrest Medal Report, about Sam Sutherland's Primula rusbyi, is now online HERE (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/EdinburghForrest2017.pdf)
Remember - Sandy's show reports are all online on this page of the main site (http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/shows/sample-menu) - and go back in many cases to 2001.
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Sandy Leven's Edinburgh Show Report for 2017 is online now -click the link to download:
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Edinburgh2017report.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/Edinburgh2017report.pdf)
:) :) :)