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Title: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Rob Potterton on April 26, 2010, 08:52:58 PM

An announcement to let you know about the Rare Alpine Weekend (May) event that will take place next week at Ploegers in De Bilt, near Utrecht, Holland on Saturday & Sunday 8 / 9 May. Also attending with sales plants will be Ron & Susan McBeath of Lamberton Nursery, Scotland and Rob Potterton of Pottertons Nursery, England. Please contact the nurseries if you want to collect plant orders - we leave next Thursday. In total you will find on offer in excess of 5,000 plant varieties; free coffee offered to all visitors and for information, directions etc; visit Ploegers web site at www.ploegerdebilt.nl

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Rob Potterton on May 17, 2010, 08:09:21 PM

Attached below are some images taken at Ploegers nursery during the event 8/9 May. The weather was cold, overcast and occasionally wet; the photo of Ron & Susan was taken just after Susan got drenched whilst trying to shed rain water from the market stall roof.

Ron & Susan McBeath
Ploeger raised bed
Additional sales plants
Perennial sales plants

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Rob Potterton on May 17, 2010, 09:28:02 PM

And a few more photographs ......

Alpine sales area
Container skyscraper
Ploeger nursery at De Bilt near Utrecht

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Lesley Cox on May 18, 2010, 12:05:53 AM

Poor Susan. I can hear her gasp as the cold water poured down her neck.

What a marvellous place this looks and what an amazing choice of plants. I wish we had the same available here. I imagine a few personal banks were broken. ;D

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Ragged Robin on May 18, 2010, 09:13:47 AM

Thanks for posting the photos Rob, it really looks like a great nursery for everything but for Alpines, superb - could spend many happy hours there but as lesley says the bank account might suffer  :o  It is incredible to me that in Valais (Switzerland) nothing like this or specialist nurseries of any sort seem to exist (or at least I haven't found any).

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Rob Potterton on May 18, 2010, 11:16:55 AM

In Switzerland you have one of the finest Alpine nurseries in Europe -
Jakob Eschmann, eidg. dipl. Gaertnermeister,
Waltwil,
6032 Emmen
SWITZERLAND

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Maggi Young on May 18, 2010, 11:23:20 AM

Eschmann Jakob
Steingartenpflanzen
Stauden und Kleingehölze
Waltwil 51
6032 Emmen
   
Tel:    041 260 64 73
Fax:    041 260 49 79
     gaertnerei.eschmann@bluemail.ch
     www.eschmannpflanzen.ch

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Rob Potterton on May 18, 2010, 11:30:22 AM

Thanks Maggi.

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Ragged Robin on May 18, 2010, 03:28:52 PM

Thanks Rob and Maggi for the suggestion and links - something to organize in the future as a special venture  :) 

Title: Re: Rare Alpine Weekend (MAY) in Holland
Post by: Lvandelft on May 18, 2010, 06:45:15 PM

Quote from: Rob Potterton on May 17, 2010, 08:09:21 PM

Attached below are some images taken at Ploegers nursery during the event 8/9 May. The weather was cold, overcast and occasionally wet; the photo of Ron & Susan was taken just after Susan got drenched whilst trying to shed rain water from the market stall roof.

Ron & Susan McBeath
Ploeger raised bed
Additional sales plants
Perennial sales plants

And you spotted the only customer on this cold Sunday morning too Rob  ;)
(I sent him a copy of it)