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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 24, 2017, 12:06:45 PM
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GARDENING SCOTLAND
The SRGC is building its own stand again this year. Help is needed in setting up the stand, loaning plants and shrubs and being present at the actual event to sell seed, talk to visitors and generally promote the Scottish Rock Garden Club.
The Show itself runs from 2nd to 4th June , but of course help is needed in the run-up to the show as well.Any help you can offer will be gratefully received.
For further information please contact Richard Green 01360 440701 treasurer@srgc.net
Find details about attending the Show as a visitor: http://www.gardeningscotland.com/ (http://www.gardeningscotland.com/)
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Brightwater Holidays again support the SRGC in this event
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Some of the 2016 team are not available this year and as those who were at any of the shows may have noticed I have a mobility problem. We have had to go for a smaller stand. The reduced stand means we can start later than in the past. Two big free standing wooden boxes from the set of three used in earlier years have been checked over by Rob Graham and will get to the show ground by Tuesday. On Wednesday 31st we will set up the display so anyone who wants to help, contribute a plant or two and who hasn't yet been contacted should arrive that morning. Ian Christie is bringing the bulk of the plants. A series of fish box troughs are being filled by Sandy Leven who will bring them to the hall on Wednesday. Trina Rogerson and I will label again. On Thursday 1st June, Carole and Ian Bainbridge will lead the customary final tidy. Richard Green is organising the members who will man/woman the stand on the three days the show is open to the public. On Sunday evening it should be much easier to dismantle than before.
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Stan, I hope all SRGC members feel as I do - that we are immensely grateful for all the work the GS Show Team has put in over so many years - to such great effect - and will be pleased that we are able to mount any display to delight the public as usual, regardless of size. (Which isn't everything, as we all know!)
I send my best wishes to all involved in the display and communicating with the public. I hope there will be a good number who see the display who will be moved to join the Club to learn more about these fascinating plants. As usual at this time of year, there is, of course the chance for those joining as postal members to have their subscription run until October 2018, which is a great "deal" in anyone's language, let alone taking into account all the great resources provided by the Club via the groups and, for free, on the website.
The very warm weather here in Aberdeen seems to be changing to cooler and very windy - who knows what it will be for the show - good enough to entice out lots of visitors, I hope!
Good luck!!
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Ian the Christie kind is off to Ingliston with plants for the SRGC display ...
"Away to Edinburgh with a load of plants for SRGC display hope the Polis do not see me hope you can all come to support our efforts not so much this year but be sure to come cheers."
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Picture from Richard Green at the set-up for the wee SRGC display at GS - Trina labelling with Ian Christie and Stan da Prato- who is on crutches and so much restricted in what he can do. Still there, though. bless him!
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More snaps. The two blue boxes installed by Rob then repainted by Richard and Sandy gradually filled with plants by Ian who brought many of them and top dressed by Richard. One is a woodland mossy habitat the other sunny and gravelly. Trina sorted out our labels while Peggy did a lot of work adding moss around the plants. Sandy has made a series of excellent troughs which will go on the other part of the stand tomorrow -each has a theme eg miniature hostas, dwarf ferns, lewisias, sempervivums etc.
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Trina Rogerson has been making a great job of the plant labels for the SRGC displays at GS for quite a few years now. Peggy Anderson, former SRGC Hon. Treasurer, is another who has helped out for ages - and Richard Green, present Hon. Treasurer for the Club is involved too. Stan da Prato, Rob Graham and Ian Christie are ever present with these things - more members will be involved as the show progresses. Sandy Leven's trough already look good - just sitting about the place! What a lot of work, even for a pared down size of display like this years - I'm so proud of all of these great folks doing this superb work!
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From Hartside Nursery - Neil and Sue Huntley....
"All set up at Gardening Scotland. Come and see us over the next 3 days. Lots of Roscoeas in flower."
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Looks good, eh?
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From Colin Crosbie comes this photo of Big John - of Jacques Amand International ar GS.
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Brian Cunningham talking to camera at the SRGC stand this morning. This week the Beechgrove programme goes out on Friday not Thursday. Richard and Peggy continued to finalise the stand joined by Carole and Ian Bainbridge. Sandy's series of troughs look very smart on the black background of the second part of our stand each with one of his informative labels. snaps in a moment
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From Colin Crosbie comes this photo of Big John - of Jacques Amand International ar GS.
Good shoes ;D
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see above for words
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some of the troughs and labels
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more
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and more
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Oh, my word - that all looks terrific!
I think there is again sponsorship from Brightwater Holidays?
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Gold for sure.
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Looks superb guys, well done to all who helped create this display and to those who shared the pictures so we could all enjoy the vision, I am looking forward to seeing it on Saturday.
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Gold confirmed
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Hearty congratulations to the team, very well done!!!
I shall look forward to seeing this tomorrow
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Gold confirmed
There you go, I was right. Very well done everyone.
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Such good news from Edinburgh- thanks to Richard Green for this photo
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Great to hear that Hartside won Gold too.....
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as did MacPlants... this photo from an official RCHS (Caley) post of congrats
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SRGC has more than a passing interest inthe garden which won Gold and Best in Show at GS for the main outside gardens too! This garden is dedicated to the memory of Scottish Plant Hunter George Forrest, for whom, of course, the SRGC have named their premier Show Award!
RBGE is very proud of Aberdeenshire student, Ruth Howell who designed the garden - as well they might be! Some more info:
“Chinese Hillside Garden”
This garden, enclosed by a giant plant hunter’s sample case, represents a fragment of Yunnan Province (SW China) as explored by George Forrest, an Edwardian plant hunter employed by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
A rocky pathway meanders between lush green slopes, crossing a small ravine by rope-bridge. The plants encountered are all connected to Forrest; most are plants which Forrest brought to the West, such as candelabra primulas, giant cardiocrinums and many rhododendrons.
The enclosing box represents the RBGE’s safekeeping of collected specimens, and – where they are now endangered in their natural habitat – the return of these plants to their homeland.
Designer: Ruth Howell
Theme: A celebration of the curiosity, courage and tenacity of the plant hunters.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1252517/green-fingered-ruth-wins-spot-in-major-festival/ (https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1252517/green-fingered-ruth-wins-spot-in-major-festival/)
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Ruth Howell on her garden
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The Chinese Consul General visited the stand today
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Rope bridge in the display garden
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Another RBGE student,Jane Eckersall, won Silver Gilt for her garden too. A good day all round!
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Good news that Kevock has won a Premier Gold Medal again - SRGC President David Rankin must be pleased!
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Super coverage of the SRGC stand tonight on Beechgrove Garden TV programme from Brian Cunningham and also of MacPlants, with interviews with both Claire and Gavin McNaughton, a glimpse of Kevock, and also the containers of Darcy and Everest. Plus coverage of both the RBGE gardens mentioned above.
Better coverage than usual, I thought.
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Some photos from the stand yesterday:
Ian Bainbridge holding one of the polystyrene troughs, the leaflets on how to create these went like hot cakes. People were telling me they were going to use them for roof gardens, small urban gardens and many other locations.
The SRGC stand.
View of some of the planting. Wonderful display and very deserving of the Gold Medal.
Richard Green on the seed area, these also sold like fury. Richard also provided an invaluable technical consult via his phone with photos and colours of the more obscure plants, when Helen & Jacky were rarely stumped!
More shots of the seed area.
Super time on the stand, huge fun and many thanks again to Helen and Jacky!
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Not sure what sort of medal Jacques Amand won - but the stand looks good!
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The Meconopsis Group stand won gold! The new "Meconopsis for Gardens" book is getting its Scottish launch at GS .....
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Congratulations to all involved at Gardening Scotland a well deserved Gold medal. Sad to see Stan the Man on crutches though :(
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Better coverage of alpines than chelsea.
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So proud of our SRGC volunteers!
These from Ian the Christie Kind ....
"A few pictures from the Gold medal stand for SRGC. Richard Green masterminded the display; lots of interest with a different way to show Alpines, cheers."
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Richard Green by the display
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In the various photos you can see the super new information banners of the SRGC.
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Some more shots from GS from Ian Christie...
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:)Reports from Sandy Leven on the SRGC display at gardening Scotland -
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/SRGC-GardeningScotland (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/SRGC-GardeningScotland) 2017.pdf
and some notes about other nurseries and displays...
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GS-some-other-nurseries2017.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GS-some-other-nurseries2017.pdf)
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More from Sandy Leven on some other exhibits at Gardening Scotland 2017.....
http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GS-more-exhibits2017.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/Showreports/GS-more-exhibits2017.pdf)