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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: Blonde Ingrid on May 29, 2018, 10:58:08 AM
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Dates for the diary:
‘CELEBRATION OF SNOWDROPS’ SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY 2019 10AM-2.00PM
Roger Harvey's snowdrop day next ear will be one week ahead of Myddelton House, in common with the last few years.
Myddelton will therefore be on 26th January 209.
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I had already started a topic with the same name, minus the comma. But I might as well repeat my earlier post:
I'm told that the HPS Snowdrop Study Day and AGM will be on Sunday 10th February 2019 and the venue will be in Somerset. That will presumably place it on the day after the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Study Day, although I don't think that event date has been formally announced yet.
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Thanks Alan and Ingrid - I know you folks like to make early plans!!
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The AGS Snowdrop Day will be held on Saturday 2nd February, 2019. The venue is the same as for the last few years, Lilleshall National Conferencing Centre near Newport in Shropshire. Speakers will be Richard Hobbs, Jim Almond and our own regular contributor, Anne Wright. AGS members can book now but non-members have to wait until 31st October. I have attached a copy of the flyer, sorry about the poor scan quality. [attachimg=1]
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The first Snowdrop- and springflower- Exposition in East Germany starts in the Weekend 9. and 10. march 2019 in Torgau/Elbe.
The socciety for supporting the 9. Saxonia Garden-Show LAGA 2022 in Torgau/Elbe (April till october 2022) starts with his work and one of the Projects is the Organisation of a pre-opening Weekend in march 2022 only for springflowers - SNOWDROPS, crocus, leucojum, winteraconites, chionodoxa and others! This will be first time for German Garden Shows!
In this weekend we invite to visit the natural flowering places of springflowers in and around Torgau and we organisate in saturday and sunday a "Springflower-Exposition" with flowering exemplars of professionell nurseries and hobby-gardeners! With the Exposition we start already in 9. and 10. march 2019 and plan, to organize this Exposition yearly again!
We have a fine location for this yearly exposition: the historic "Proviant Magazin" of Torgau, where we have enough place for the exposition, places for flowerplant-sellers, for cars, pubs for eating and drinking and all in the city of the wonderful renaissance-town Torgau
We invite nurseries and hobby-gardeners to take part in this Exposition with flowering Exemplars and also sellers of springflower-plants!
Please contact our Organisation Group under the email-adress: harald.alex@gmail.com.
In the attached foto You can read the Invitation in german language.
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This is a very exciting new event in Torgau that Harald is working hard to promote. I'm sure it will be a great success and popular beyond just German galanthophiles :)
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This is a very exciting new event in Torgau that Harald is working hard to promote. I'm sure it will be a great success and popular beyond just German galanthophiles :)
thank You, Maggi, more fotos of the existing springflower-places of our region around Torgau I have posted in the SRGC forum: travel and places to visit under: Schneeglöckchenregion Elbe-Elster.
Greetings from here (since april no rain and temperatures till 39 °C, actually 34°C)
Harald Alex
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Dates I’ve been given so far:
Earsham: Sat 19th January
Myddleton: Saturday 26th January
AGS: Saturday 2nd February
East Rushton: Sunday 3rd February
Shaftesbury: Saturday 9th February
Knechtstrede (new venue for the Nettetal/Oirlicher event, near Düsseldorf): Saturday-Sunday 16th/17th February
Cottage Garden: Saturday 16th February
Great Comp: Sunday 17th February
Mannheim: Saturday-Sunday 23rd/24th February
Spring Thing, Monksilver: Saturday 9th March
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Hallo JanB, here is the link to our new internet page with the invitation to our first springflower-exposition in 9. and 10.3. 2019
https://fv-laga-torgau.de/
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This is a very exciting new event in Torgau that Harald is working hard to promote. I'm sure it will be a great success and popular beyond just German galanthophiles :)
Hallo Maggi, thank You for building the contact to Anna Repnow Darmstadt, yesterday we had telefoncontact and I think, this develops well! Also I have seen our invitation in the facebook - group "snowdrops and galanthophile", plomotioned by You, thank You very much!
With Cyril Lafong and Ian Christie to connection is fine, in our cruise to Iceland we have seen in the Botanical Garden of Akureyri wonderful blue Meconopsis (see Foto), there I thought in our visit to Ian Christie 2017! Greetings Harald.
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Great to hear you are making progress with this exciting project, Harald. I am sure it will be a success and add a lot to the German bulb scene.
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Snowdrop Gala -and other Spring Treasures
A pair of Scotsmen, both former presidents of SRGC will be heading to speak at this event - Ian the Christie kind and Ian "Bulb Despot" Young!
Ballykealey Manor Hotel, near Altamont - 2nd February 2019
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Irish Snowdrop Gala -and other Spring Treasures
A pair of Scotsmen, both former presidents of SRGC will be heading to speak at this event - Ian the Christie kind and Ian "Bulb Despot" Young!
Ballykealey Manor Hotel, near Altamont - 2nd February 2019
Good grief, after, the North Isles the Pirates are now invading Ireland!!!!
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Good grief, after, the North Isles the Pirates are now invading Ireland!!!!
;D ......and I'll bet you thought it was the Vikings who got everywhere?!!
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The Luisenpark Snowdrop Days at Mannheim are becoming a fixture in the diary of Galanthophiles.
Anne Repnow announces that the next snowdrops days in the Luisenpark will take place on 23rd and 24th February 2019!
On Saturday, Joe Sharman will talk about " Galanthus reginae-olgae Autumn blooming snowdrops."
On Sunday, Jürgen Peters will talk about " the world of hepatica" - He will also bring a small "Hepatica Landscape" that will show the magic of these little jewels.
Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Ruby's Green Dream' in Anne Repnow's garden
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More info will be available here in due course : https://www.luisenpark.de/ (https://www.luisenpark.de/)
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The first Snowdrop- and springflower- Exposition in East Germany starts in the Weekend 9. and 10. march 2019 in Torgau/Elbe.
The socciety for supporting the 9. Saxonia Garden-Show LAGA 2022 in Torgau/Elbe (April till october 2022) starts with his work and one of the Projects is the Organisation of a pre-opening Weekend in march 2022 only for springflowers - SNOWDROPS, crocus, leucojum, winteraconites, chionodoxa and others! This will be first time for German Garden Shows!
In this weekend we invite to visit the natural flowering places of springflowers in and around Torgau and we organisate in saturday and sunday a "Springflower-Exposition" with flowering exemplars of professionell nurseries and hobby-gardeners! With the Exposition we start already in 9. and 10. march 2019 and plan, to organize this Exposition yearly again!
We have a fine location for this yearly exposition: the historic "Proviant Magazin" of Torgau, where we have enough place for the exposition, places for flowerplant-sellers, for cars, pubs for eating and drinking and all in the city of the wonderful renaissance-town Torgau
We invite nurseries and hobby-gardeners to take part in this Exposition with flowering Exemplars and also sellers of springflower-plants!
Please contact our Organisation Group under the email-adress: harald.alex@gmail.com.
Anne Repnow will be giving a talk at this event.
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Thank you, Maggi, for posting information on the "Schneeglöckchentage im Luisenpark" / "Snowdrop Days in Luisenpark" (February 23 and 24, 2019)!
Here is the list of sellers:
- Alpine Staudengärtnerei Peters
- Avon Bulbs, GB
- Bäuerleins Grüne Stube
- Blickfang: Alte Zeiten, Peter Menzel
- Claudia Rippl - Glaskunst
- Dr. Heinrich Niewöhner
- Freilandfarne Wouter van Driel - Ferns, Netherlands
- Floralpin, Frank Schmidt
- Gärtnerei am Nassachtal
- Gärtnerei Bergalp, Netherlands
- Gärtnerei Blütenreich
- GdS – Gesellschaft der Staudenfreunde
- Hertha Werner, Patchwork und More
- Maria Mail-Brandt, Garden Literature
- Mein Kameliengarten - Camellias, Anke Koschitz
- Monksilver Nursery, GB
- Michael Camphausen
- Müller Lebensraum Garten
- Ortenauer Staudencenter
- Petra Wagner
- Plantworld Holland, Netherlands
- Stauden Eidmann
- Stauden Stolz
- Pflanze und Co. - Cyclamen, Renate Brinkers
- Uwe Stiebritz Nursery
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The Hardy Plant Society have now sent details of their "Galanthus Group AGM and Study Day". This will be held on Sunday 10th February in Langport, Somerset so will be convenient for anyone who has attended the Shaftesbury event on the previous day. Speakers will be Alan Street and Michael Dreisvogt. In the afternoon there is a visit to Avon Bulbs and in order to get there you will visit the car park of East Lambrook Manor so there should be time to look round the garden that belonged to Margery Fish.
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Irish Snowdrop Gala -and other Spring Treasures
A pair of Scotsmen, both former presidents of SRGC will be heading to Co. Carlow to speak at this event - Ian the Christie kind and Ian "Bulb Despot" Young!
Ballykealey Manor Hotel, near Altamont - 2nd February 2019
Note from Garden.ie & The Irish Garden magazine
NEWS: extension to snowdrop celebrations in Altamont Gardens in 2019 to cover the full month of February. .........The OPW in association with the Carlow Garden Trail and Carlow Tourism is delighted to announce an extension to snowdrop celebrations in Altamont Gardens in 2019 to cover the full month of February.
This move is in response to the great success of the initiative over recent years and gives visitors the opportunity to view the extensive collection of snowdrops over the entire month and beyond the traditional one week period, which was in place heretofore.
Guided tours of the extensive collection in the main gardens will be facilitated by Paul Cutler, Head Gardener each Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout February at 2 p.m. This is a great opportunity to view this unique collection, first started by Corona North, and now amongst the largest in Ireland, with over 100 named varieties. The daily guided tour is very reasonably priced at €3 per person and Paul Cutler is deeply knowledgeable on all matters snowdrop related. The gardens are open with free admission from 9 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. for general viewing. The Old Yard Café at the Walled Garden is also open for hot drinks and homemade cakes throughout the month.
Robert Miller of Altamont Plant Sales will lead a tour around the Walled Garden at Altamont and Altamont Plant Sales each Saturday at 2 p.m. Free admission.
The annual snowdrop gala organised by Robert Miller of Altamont Plant Sales and Hester Forde of Coosheen Gardens takes place on Saturday, February 2nd This event showcases the best in snowdrops and other early flowering spring plants with talks by prominent experts in horticulture and gives the gardening world the opportunity to come out of winter hibernation. Speakers this year include Ian Christie from Christies Nursery in Scotland and Ian Young, well known plants man and lecturer, also from Scotland. Interesting, informative talks from both are guaranteed. Following lunch, the afternoon programme includes a guided tour of Altamont Gardens by Head Gardener Paul Cutler, while snowdrops and other spring plants from Avon Bulbs, Christies Specialist Nursery, Ashwood , Harvingtons and Coosheen Plants are available from Altamont Plant Sales. Pre-booking for the Snowdrop Gala is essential at sales@altamontplants.com or hesterforde@gmail.com
To commemorate 20 years since the passing of Corona North, former owner of Altamont Gardens and highly regarded plants person, an evening of talks will be held on February 1st 2018 in Ballykealy Manor Hotel. The evening will feature talks by Paul Cutler Head Gardener at Altamont Gardens and Assumpta Broomfield renowned and much admired Irish gardener and galantophile.
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I hope to be at 3 events next year. AGS, HPS and ?Cottage Garden snowdrop days and, I think, Jo's open day
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Hi Mark,
Nice to hear from you again... after such a l o n g silence..
Did you ever find a new virtual home for 'snowdropinfo'. I found it a useful resource for checking out what cultivars look like.
Tim DH
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yes but for some reason most of the links are broken :'( I should redo it all but it is now years out of date
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Introducing a new Snowdrop & Plant Fair at Kingston Bagpuize House, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5AX. 24th February 11 am to 3 pm This
the first of a hopefully regular Snowdrop & Plant Fair at this famous venue.
Snowdrops across the gardens, and home to many a good cultivar including Bagpuize Virginia, Bagpuize Alexander, & Bagpuize Walrus
This will be held undercover and refreshments will be available.
A full list of nurseries including Edulis will appear soon.
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You can now book tickets for the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Study, Sale and Social Day on Saturday 9th February. There are 72 tickets remaining at the time of posting which might suggest they are selling quite rapidly.
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Shaftesbury Snowdrop Study Day 9th February 2019
Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 13 Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
The annual day of Snowdrop Lectures, Sales, Lunch & meetings with fellow snowdrop lovers & Galanthophiles.
9.15 - 9.45 Registration, Tea and Coffee.
10:00 - Jane Kilpatrick and Jennifer Harmer: "The Galanthophiles - Snowdrop Devotees -1854-2014"
11:00 - Tom Mitchell: "Extreme Snowdropping - Adventures in search of wild snowdrops - part 2"
12:00 - 13:00: VIP entry to our Snowdrop Sale; 'The Best in the West' with public access from 13:00 -14:00
12:00 - Soup & Cake Lunch: our gorgeous Dorset quisine.
14:00 - 14:45: Q&A session with some Galanthophile Experts.
14:00 - Guided tour of our Heritage Snowdrops with Shaftesbury Snowdrops' specialist.
*15:00 - 16:00: A horticultural talk "The Winter Garden" by Andy McIndoe, renowned plantsman and former MD of Hillier's Gardens.
14:30 (arrival) Snowdrop Garden: East Lambrook Manor Gardens TA13 5HH OR Westcroft Gardens SP4 0AB
The Art Gallery exhibition of Snowdrops and the Snowdrop pop-up shop will be open throughout the day.
• Study Day, Snowdrop Sale, Expert Q&A & Afternoon Speaker
This ticket is for the entire day's activities. Coffee,Lectures, VIP Snowdrops Sale, Lunch, Expert Q&A, Abbey Visit and either Andy McIndoe's afternoon talk or a Garden Visit,either East Lambrook Manor Gardens or Westcroft Garden. £40.00
Study Day, Snowdrop Sale & Expert Q&A
Two morning Lectures, Snowdrops sale, Lunch, Expert Q&A - ends 2.45pm £35.00
Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snowdrop-study-sale-and-social-day-tickets-52431622394?aff=erelexpmlt (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snowdrop-study-sale-and-social-day-tickets-52431622394?aff=erelexpmlt)
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Elizabeth Otway - aka Pumpkin Beth - has again got a list of snowdrop events on her website - click HERE to see (https://www.pumpkinbeth.com/2018/12/snowdrop-gardens-open-days-2019/?fbclid=IwAR0G3vUrSd1AguJXKth9an76wjQfUhtUVUz5t1r_UqvvAdOqq6chr4SD9Zc#Snowdrop_Events_held_in_February_2019)
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This talk, on 12th January, is possibly the earliest snowdrop event of 2019. Michael Myers is a well-known snowdrop expert; one of his claims to fame is the discovery of the exquisite poculiform snowdrop Galanthus 'E A Bowles'.
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Plant Events for 2019 at the Kalmthout Arboretum in Belgium starting with Snowdrops in February - 9th and 10th www.arboretumkalmthout.be (http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be)
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In January - not mentioned on the poster, Kalmthout hosts a Hamamelis Festival from January 7th
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I visited the snowdrop event at the Kalmthout Arboretum a few years ago, staying in Antwerp and travelling there by train. I had a good time there, despite not speaking the language, but if you want to look around the grounds and see the Hamamelis you may need wellington boots or similar; it was pretty wet underfoot when I was there.
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Kingston Bagpuize Snowdrop & Plant Fair Sunday 24th February 2019
Event for Snowdrops and Galanthophiles · Hosted by Paul Barney of Edulis Nursery
11.00am
Kingston Bagpuize House and Gardens Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 5AX
Enjoy extensive displays of snowdrops in the gardens
Nurseries attending include:
Snowdrops : Edulis, Elworthy, Michael & Anne Broadhurst, Olga Barber.
Shade : Shady Plants
Perennials: Cotswold Garden Flowers
Hellebores : Chris Cooke
No other details so far - best to contact Paul at edulisnursery@gmail.com
Directions - click here (http://share.here.com/r/mylocation/e-eyJuYW1lIjoiS2luZ3N0b24gQmFncHVpemUgSG91c2UgJiBHYXJkZW5zIiwiYWRkcmVzcyI6Ik9YMTMgNUFYIEFiaW5nZG9uLCBPeGZvcmRzaGlyZSIsImxhdGl0dWRlIjo1MS42Nzg2MzUxMzg5MTgsImxvbmdpdHVkZSI6LTEuNDEyMzQ3ODc0NTQ2NiwicHJvdmlkZXJOYW1lIjoiZmFjZWJvb2siLCJwcm92aWRlcklkIjoxNTExNzA5NDk4OTU3Njk4fQ==?link=unknown&fb_locale=en_GB&ref=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1vIKutmrSIbt0_Cg3bEA2Mbaqr3iqyrTVBpg4y2pBOI89O98rybKMAhdI)
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A list of places to see snowdrops from "Great British Gardens"
https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/seasonal/snowdrops.html?fbclid=IwAR3O8C1UavuOFC_Qc2uinUxKAckIQuCntzHb5ICSSNTGjxmq-aL1INdKzKY (https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/seasonal/snowdrops.html?fbclid=IwAR3O8C1UavuOFC_Qc2uinUxKAckIQuCntzHb5ICSSNTGjxmq-aL1INdKzKY)
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On SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2019 at 2.00 for 2.30 our own Gail Harland will be talking to the East Anglian Garden Group.
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I´m glad You´re back again here, Brian - Your contributions were deeply missed.
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The Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire, is celebrating the story of the Giant Snowdrop Company which was based at Hyde, very close to Stroud. There is a small exhibition and a collection of snowdrops associated with the company within the Walled Garden of the Mansion House is being established.
The exhibition runs until the end of March. (No admission charges and there is free car parking nearby. Closed Mondays.)
From the Museum news page (https://museuminthepark.org.uk/news-article/139) :
"As winter begins to lift its heavy blanket from the earth, Snowdrops are often the first sign of Spring – the first indicator of new life beginning in the soil.
From 1st January to 31st March 2019 the Museum in the Park is celebrating the story of the Giant Snowdrop Company – a business based in Hyde, near Stroud, from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s.
There will be a small display in the museum’s reception area telling the story of this local company whose importance is nationally recognised as having laid the foundations for the current popularity and availability of snowdrops. By collecting, propagating and offering bulbs for sale by mail order Brigadier and Mrs Mathias with Herbert Ransom made available to a wide group of ordinary gardeners what had previously been accessible only to a small group of dedicated Galanthophiles. We will be able to share some of their catalogues with information from the then national experts about the leading varieties sold; letters from key people and collectors of the time, as well as medals won at Royal Horticultural Society shows.
In addition, in the Walled Garden behind the museum we have a collection of snowdrop varieties connected with the Giant Snowdrop Company, from the scented Galanthus S. Arnott – the original giant snowdrop – to snowdrops collectively known as the ‘Hyde Four’ named after family members as well as many other notable varieties.
You can also join us on 28th February at 2pm for a talk by Jane Kilpatrick and Jennifer Harmer–the authors of the 2018 book ‘The Galanthophiles – 160 years of Snowdrop Devotees’ – booking essential (cost £5), call 01453 763394.
The Giant Snowdrop Company and the Galanthophiles of Gloucestershire runs from 1st January to Sunday 31st March 2019.
Notes: This exhibition would not have been possible without the generous support of the following people: Quentin Mathias, Jane Kilpatrick, Jennifer Harmer, Sally Ann Berryman (nee Ransom), Alan Ransom, Ann Taylor and Caroline Dicker. "
The museum website https://museuminthepark.org.uk/opening-times/
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Regulars will be aware of the Yorkshire Snowdrop Trail, advertised here each year - now a note from Primrosebank Garden and Nursery about a 2019 event .....
"There’s nothing like realising that it’s only 6 weeks to our first Open Garden, to get out weeding and cutting back perennials on a chilly January day."
Snowdrop Days, 16th and 17th February 2019
Open 10 till 4 both days.
Dryad Nursery offering a Dryad Gold series snowdrop for auction on the Sunday- in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust.
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Primrose Bank Nursery
Red Roofs
Dauby Lane
Kexby
York
North Yorkshire
YO41 5LH
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Snowdrop and Early Spring Plant Fair
Hosted by Plant Fairs Roadshow -
Admission £4- includes admission to gardens and fair. Refreshments available.
Sunday, 10 February 2019 from 11:00-15:00
Hole Park Gardens
Hole Park, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 4JA
Featuring:
Charleshurst Farm Nursery W.Sussex Mostly shrubs and small trees includes many rarely offered, specialities include a good range of Daphnes and Acer palmatum, nearly all propagated and grown on site info@charleshurstplants.co.uk
Chris Cooke Plants, Gloucs A wide range of rarer and unusual, hardy and half-hardy bulbous, herbaceous plants including Hellebores and shrubs chriscookeplants@btinternet.com
Edulis Nursery Mouthwatering range of Snowdrops, plus an eclectic mix of choice perennials, many for shade, shrubs and trees some of their collections, large range of rare edibles edulisnursery@gmail.com
Johnson's Sweet Peas Mainly Sweet Peas, plus alpines, snowdrops and a select range of perennials philip@johnsonssweetpeas.co.uk
Spring Platt Snowdrops Carolyn Millen and her daughter offering an extensive range of Snowdrops carolyn.millen1@gmail.com
Mrs Mitchells Kitchen Garden All the way from Salisbury, offering interesting perennials including a range of Peonies julianm05@aol.com
Hardy Plant Society - Kent Grp Several of their members have an interesting range of snowdrops so they offer these through the Groups plant table, and a good opportunity to discuss the advantages of HPS membership
Plant Dr Quentin Stark also has a selection of Snowdrops, plus a number of early showing perennials
www.plant-fairs.co.uk (http://www.plant-fairs.co.uk)
Contact details
19 Windmill Hill
Wrotham Heath
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN15 7SU
Tel: 07736420016
E-mail: colin@pineviewplants.co.uk
http://www.holepark.com/ (http://www.holepark.com/)
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The folks at Cambo are hard at work .... "A busy day here at Cambo working on our gigantic galanthus, 'to-do' list for the Snowdrop Festival 2019! To celebrate, a few of our good Galanthus friends are up early, to cheer us on day by day! The garden is open, free entry for our first few weeks of the year to entice you to put on a jumper, get the boots on and have a new year's stomp. Hope to see you here, if not - pop by to one of our Discover Scottish Gardens or partner RHS - Royal Horticultural Society gardens."
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Cambo Estate (101.16 km)
Kingsbarns, Fife KY16 8QD
01333 451040
www.camboheritagetrust.org.uk/gardens.htm (http://www.camboheritagetrust.org.uk/gardens.htm)
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Hodsock Priory Snowdrop Week, Saturday 9th to Sunday 17th February 2019, Entry £3
http://www.hodsockpriory.com/about-us/the-gardens/snowdrops/ (http://www.hodsockpriory.com/about-us/the-gardens/snowdrops/)
HODSOCK PRIORY, BLYTH, WORKSOP,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, S81 0TY
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Maggi - thanks for the info on Giant Snowdrop Company - i live very close and hadnt heard a thing about it!
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Possibly the last chance to see Andrew and Lally Cox's wonderful garden. They were a wonderful couple who stung me with the Snowdrop bug.
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SNOWDROP DAY ‘SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY 2019’
Premier event at Harvey's Garden Plants, great choice and expert advice!
https://www.harveysgardenplants.co.uk/2018/11/snowdrop-day-saturday-19th-january-2019/ (https://www.harveysgardenplants.co.uk/2018/11/snowdrop-day-saturday-19th-january-2019/)
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Goodnestone Park dates:
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Snowdrop lecture at Great Comp Garden Sunday 17 February £8pp (ticket to lecture only)
Val Bourne will be giving a talk entitled ‘Tales of the Unexpected – Strange Encounters with Galanthophiles Past and Present’ in our indoor Stable Theatre at Great Comp Garden during our Snowdrop Sensation plant fair. The lecture will take place from 11:30AM – 12:15PM. There are 73 tickets available for this lecture.
more details : https://greatcompgarden.co.uk/product/snowdrop-lecture-by-val-bourne/
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SNOWDROP DAY ‘SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY 2019’
Premier event at Harvey's Garden Plants, great choice and expert advice!
Oh dear, Roger Harvey and Ben Potterton (with Joe Sharman) are once again going head-to-head with rival events on the same day, at much the same time and in much the same part of the country. It's a re-run of last year's clash, unfortunately.
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Two weeks to go and I haven't received my AGS tickets. Have you?
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Quote from: Blonde Ingrid on January 10, 2019, 02:27:50 PM
SNOWDROP DAY ‘SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY 2019’
Premier event at Harvey's Garden Plants, great choice and expert advice!
Oh dear, Roger Harvey and Ben Potterton (with Joe Sharman) are once again going head-to-head with rival events on the same day, at much the same time and in much the same part of the country. It's a re-run of last year's clash, unfortunately.
Some changes to the Snowdrop Day at Earsham Wetland Centre next Saturday (19th). Lecture now by Belgian enthusiast Johan Mens at 11am. Snowdrops Sales start at 10am, sellers include: Monksilver, Brian Ellis, Gert-Jan van der Kolk ...Entry to the Sale (and now Lecture !) is free.
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Entry to the Sale (and now Lecture !) is free.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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RHS Hyde Hall Early Spring Show 2019 9th-10th February 10am
This is the replacement event for the RHS London Show. Set in the grounds of a major RHS Garden, this looks like a major improvement.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/hyde-hall/viewevent?EFID=1339&ESRC=CMS (https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/hyde-hall/viewevent?EFID=1339&ESRC=CMS)
Nurserys & Exhibitors list, as of today:
H.W. Hyde & Son
Harveys Garden Plants – Snowdrop specialist
Hoyland Plant Centre
W & S Lockyer
Heucheraholics
Plantbase
Summerdale Garden Nursery
Eleplants Nursery
Floyds Climbers & Clematis
Foster's Exotic and Unusual Plants
Ottershaw Cacti
Strete Gate Camellias
Weird Plants by Gill
Rotherview Nursery
Jacques Amand
Freddie's Flowers
My Visible Object
Susan Entwistle Art
Hedgehog plants and Gardens
Straight Mile Nursery Gardens
National Garden Scheme
Backdoorshoes
Eco-Antique Teacup Candles
Labels 'N' Things
Centre Sales Marketing Ltd
Rosemary Moore Ltd
Sally Wilcox
Second Nature Soaps
Woodland Trust
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This is the replacement event for the RHS London Show. Set in the grounds of a major RHS Garden, this looks like a major improvement.
To me it just looks like a totally different show. And unfortunately it also clashes with probably the busiest weekend of the English "Snowdrop Season" with the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Day taking place on the 9th followed by at least two other snowdrop events on 10th February.
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The Nettetaler Schneeglöckchentage will continue in Knechtsteden 16th and 17th February 2019.
The Nettetaler Schneeglöckchentage is oldest event of this kind in Germany. The event, which was founded by Marlu and Günter Waldorf in the district of Nettetaler Oirlich, has led many enthusiasts of these first messengers of spring to the Lower Rhine every year since 2006. From far and near, the "Galanthophiles" made a pilgrimage to see the offer of snowdrop growers from all over Europe and to visit the extensive collection of varieties in the garden of the Waldorfs.
After the death of Günter Waldorf, the event was relocated by his wife and several colleagues for a few years to nearby Hinsbeck, where a continuation was no longer possible for organizational reasons. So now the event will take place at
Knechtsteden, where all the previous sellers and so on will appear. There will be an emphasis on galanthus, but also leucojum, hepatica and other Winter/ early Spring flowers.
Read more about this year's event -
http://www.schneegloeckchentage-knechtsteden.de/infos (http://www.schneegloeckchentage-knechtsteden.de/infos)
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Those taking part: http://www.schneegloeckchentage-knechtsteden.de/infos/teilnehmer.html (http://www.schneegloeckchentage-knechtsteden.de/infos/teilnehmer.html)
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Oirlicher Flower Garden:
"On Sunday, 10th February 2019 from 10-16 pm, a day of open door, with snowdrops sale of many varieties, especially cheap!"
Marie Luise Waldorf
Oirlich 9
41334 Nettetal
Tel.: 02153-5967
E-Mail
waldorf@oirlicher-blumengarten.de
http://www.oirlicher-blumengarten.de/seiten/sonderverkauf.html (http://www.oirlicher-blumengarten.de/seiten/sonderverkauf.html)
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Hello, with first impressions from Harveys, Snowdrop Day ‘Saturday 19th January 2019’
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( edit by maggi: rotating the pix for you!)
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I'm very sorry for the reversed pictures ...!
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I'm very sorry for the reversed pictures ...!
No worries, Stefan, I have turned them for you!
Did you find some interesting things to buy?
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Wonderful plants I bought, only managed to plant them in pots and go to sleep.. Greetings from Sofia!
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I very much enjoyed meeting people on Saturday at Earsham, there were some wonderful new varieties on sale from Joe Sharman, Gert Jan van der Kolk and Ramon (of Green Tear fame) as well as the first time of offering for sale of some of the snowdrops from Johan Mens (I was delighted to get the original 'Belles Etoiles' rather than 'Belles Etoiles group' as well as 'Langue Wapper' and a couple of the extraordinary scharlockii spiders). For those that travelled from Wales, Nottingham and other far flung places Johan gave an excellent talk on the Belgian scharlockii populations and variation in Leucojum and, of course, as has been mentioned before it was not only free but very well attended as we were in a larger room than last year and it was full to bursting. Of course for those that travelled a great distance they had the added bonus of travelling just 32 miles to the sale at Harvey's if they had not spent up!
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Lincolnshire National Garden Scheme
21 Chapel St, Hacconby, PE10 0UL opens for NGSOpenGardens for the last time on Sat/Sun 16th/17th Feb (11-4) as a tribute to the late Cliff Curtis. Don't miss this last chance to see fab snowdrop garden. Cliff & Joan have raised £K's for NGS.Teas & hot soup.
A poignant opening for the garden of the late Cliff Curtis - best wishes to Joan, Sharon and the family on this last event. Here's hoping the sun shines that weekend!
http://ow.ly/C3ov30niJg2 (http://ow.ly/C3ov30niJg2)
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In Torgau - Germany - Saxony in 9. and 10. march 2019 the first "Springflower-show" starts with the focus to snowdrops.
Anne Repnow from Mannheim speakes about: "Snowdrop ABC for beginners" in Saturday, 9.3.19 - 13.00 o´clock.
Hagen Engelmann comes with some of his snowdrop-vatieties and answers questions of the visitors.
On both days a bus goes 10.15 and 13.15 around Torgau to show the natural springbulb - places!
In Sunday the pubs and shops of Torgau organisate a familyfriendly "Frühlingsfest" with many acitivities
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The Luisenpark Snowdrop Days at Mannheim are becoming a fixture in the diary of Galanthophiles.
Anne Repnow announces that the next snowdrops days in the Luisenpark will take place on 23rd and 24th February 2019!
On Saturday, Joe Sharman will talk about " Galanthus reginae-olgae Autumn blooming snowdrops."
On Sunday, Jürgen Peters will talk about " the world of hepatica" - He will also bring a small "Hepatica Landscape" that will show the magic of these little jewels.
More info will be available here in due course : https://www.luisenpark.de/ (https://www.luisenpark.de/)
For anyone wondering if a trip to Mannheim is a good idea - have a look at this video from last year's event at Luisenpark - it looks pretty wonderful to me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VlaiuSPLmg&fbclid=IwAR05WKnTmFXQ1Y6fqIDldWW2GiU_dT74fIgvLO3HklyW7tKQ-PTT80xV6aE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VlaiuSPLmg&fbclid=IwAR05WKnTmFXQ1Y6fqIDldWW2GiU_dT74fIgvLO3HklyW7tKQ-PTT80xV6aE)
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Introducing a new Snowdrop & Plant Fair at Kingston Bagpuize House, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, OX13 5AX. 24th February 11 am to 3 pm This
the first of a hopefully regular Snowdrop & Plant Fair at this famous venue.
Snowdrops across the gardens, and home to many a good cultivar including Bagpuize Virginia, Bagpuize Alexander, & Bagpuize Walrus
This will be held undercover and refreshments will be available.
A full list of nurseries including Edulis will appear soon.
From Paul Barney ....
Here is the full list of nurseries attending Kingston Bagpuize Snowdrop & Plant Fair 24th February
Elworthy Cottage Garden Plants, Edulis, Shady Plants, The Broadhursts, Olga Barber, Chris Cooke & Cotswold Garden Flowers.
And it is undercover!
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Anyone going to the AGS event on Saturday?
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Anyone going to the AGS event on Saturday?
Quite a number I expect - and some will be wondering if they can leave their homes through the snow- though the venue seems clear enough!
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Quite a number I expect - and some will be wondering if they can leave their homes through the snow- though the venue seems clear enough!
They are posting some pics on Instagram (@alpinegardensociety)
Such as this one of G. gracilis 'Andreas Fault' not sure who too the pic though
cheers
fermi
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Some photos from the AGS on Twitter of the speakers at the snowdrop day today ....
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First talk of the day from Richard Hobbs Plants and people; an A to Z
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Jim Almond - Snowdrops: the Theme is Green
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final talk of the day from Anne Wright - Making more Snowdrops
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Made it there and back through the snow. It was a really good day.
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Made it there and back through the snow. It was a really good day.
;) That's the trouble with this time of year - the weather is often determined to be a nuisance! Glad it went well for you - did you meet Anne?
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Yes, met Anne and had a chat. Really enjoyed her presentation.
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From the display tables at the AGS event:
A new snowdrop from Joe Sharman, 'Blonde Ingrid'!
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Jo Hynes' garden will be open for the Natiional Gardens Scheme on February Friday 8th, 15th and Saturday 23rd 2-5 p.mon
Garden with National Collection of Cyclamen species and hellebores as well as many snowdrops.
This is 'Spottie Lottie' (named after her spaniel) the new member of Jo's snowdrop family will be making her first appearance at Higher Cherubeer
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https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/17164/ (https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/17164/)
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Bruckhills Croft Garden - Helen Rushton's garden in Aberdeenshire ......
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Open soon for Scotland's Gardens Scheme's Snowdrops and Winter Walks. #snowdrops
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Also in North East Scotland - for Scotland's Garden Scheme - Lorraine Dingwall, would love to welcome you to see her collection of Galanthus at her Forres home as part of the SGS Snowdrops and Winter Walks.
Open from 1st February until 31st March By Arrangement, admission is £3.
Garden owner’s chosen charity is Macmillan Cancer Support
More details can be found at
https://scotlandsgardens.org/10-pilmuir-road-west/?o=9312&f=%7B%22t%22%3A%5B%22all%22%5D%2C%22of%22%3A%5B152%5D%7D&fbclid=IwAR204i29_vsPxO4eVspzgtTV5JzrQ3mwJJCdH5A4PNSKDVFev3nxc0KF4_4
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Weather a bit so-so up here - hope it was nice for Shaftesbury today!
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It stayed dry for the garden tours in the afternoon - well the one I went on anyway. But unfortunately reports of bad weather seem to have deterred people from visiting Jo Hynes' Open Garden on the previous day; a pity as the weather was fine excepting the odd torrential shower. Fortunately the die-hards who did visit spent plenty on plants.
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Even for those who are not facebook members, it is possible to see the album of Luisenpark Snowdrop Event photos from last weekend here : https://www.facebook.com/pg/schneegloeckchentage/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2183084305111663 (https://www.facebook.com/pg/schneegloeckchentage/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2183084305111663)
I was pleased to see a forum friend with her beautiful cyclamen ....
Renate Brinkers of http://www.pflanze-und-co.de/ (http://www.pflanze-und-co.de/)
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The folks at Cambo are hard at work .... "A busy day here at Cambo working on our gigantic galanthus, 'to-do' list for the Snowdrop Festival 2019! To celebrate, a few of our good Galanthus friends are up early, to cheer us on day by day! The garden is open, free entry for our first few weeks of the year to entice you to put on a jumper, get the boots on and have a new year's stomp. Hope to see you here, if not - pop by to one of our Discover Scottish Gardens or partner RHS - Royal Horticultural Society gardens."
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Cambo Estate (101.16 km)
Kingsbarns, Fife KY16 8QD
01333 451040
Cambo's Autumn snowdrop list is out....
Dear customer, please find price list below for resting snowdrop bulbs - available now via our online snowdrop shop https://www.cambogardens.org.uk/snowdrop-shop/ (https://www.cambogardens.org.uk/snowdrop-shop/)
Varieties of alliums are available online too.
Cambo Autumn Bulb Dispatch 2019
All bulbs are cultivated in our 70 acre woodlands or neighbouring estates. Crowded clumps of snowdrops are lifted each year and the bulbs are sorted by hand here at Cambo. Mature flowering bulbs are sold and the smaller bulbs (thinnings) are replanted on our site to keep our stocks sustainable. We are now able to supply snowdrops which are dormant, or just beginning to grow. We send these out ‘damp packed’ for immediate planting in the Autumn.
Bulbs are dispatched from late-August to late September.
Sorted Single Snowdrops – Galanthus nivalis, the most loved snowdrop flowers, dainty, resilient and beautiful. Sorted single snowdrops are a flowering bulbs of a good size to give an elegant display year on year which will increase quickly. Order in multiples of 25
25 bulbs – £10.50
50 bulbs - £21.00
100 bulbs - £42.00
Unsorted Snowdrops (Single snowdrops only available)
If you require larger quantities, consider unsorted snowdrop bulbs. These bulbs are dispatched ‘as dug’ with the earth shaken off and include a mixture of flowering and smaller bulbs, sold in multiples of 500 and upwards. Ideal for establishing larger areas or woodland planting.
Single Unsorted Snowdrops – 500 bulbs £105.00
Snowflakes – Leucojum vernum, a rare, striking, unusual white bell like ‘tiffany’ lantern shaped flower which compliments any snowdrop collection. Glossy broad green leaves, with flowers held 30cm above the foliage, perfect companion with snowdrops.
5 bulbs - £10.50
Wild Garlic – Allium ursinum, a delightful edible early flowering bulb, easy to naturalise in your garden, or wonderful in pots by the kitchen door for the kitchen. Sold in clumps, of 12 bulbs, a must for every garden. Larger quantities available. Ask for a quote.
1 clump – £5.50
Specialist Snowdrops – Hosting the National Collection of Galanthus we have over 400 varieties of specialist bulbs. Each year a certain quantity are released for sale, enquiries are always welcomed and processed on a first come first served basis. If you are interested in purchasing specialist bulbs, please get in touch.
Visit www.cambogardens.org.uk (http://www.cambogardens.org.uk) to purchase
Post and Packaging on orders are £5.95, orders over £50 are free of charge. For larger quantities please email snowdrops@cambogardens.org.uk for a quote.