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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: mark smyth on August 25, 2007, 12:06:57 PM
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N Ireland
TBC fingers crossed
Cork
Wenesday 19th September 7.45pm
Enable Ireland, Lavanagh House, Ballintemple, Cork
Rod & Rachel Saunders, Silverhill Nursery, South Africa - 'Cape Bulbs'.
Dublin
Thursday 20th September, 8.00pm
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
Rod Saunders - 'Cape Bulbs'
http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/ (http://www.silverhillseeds.co.za/)
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Mark,
Yes, indeed, those in the Cork group are certainly looking forward to a treat when Rod and Rachel Saunders visit next month.
A note on the Cork group: this is a very small group. It arranges winter talks and possibly one garden visit each year, no shows, no competitions. However, the winter programme is always excellent with a range of outstanding speakers each year. The committee is simply outstanding; Hestor Forde being particularly energetic and enthusiastic.
Hopefully, she will chase up the Bulbman for a coming season.
Paddy
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Is there a 3rd date for the South?
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Not that I had heard of, Mark.
Paddy
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Northern Ireland :'(
Now there's a 200 mile return journey to hear him.
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Almost as far a from me to Aberdeen!
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Excellent lecture in Cork last night, with superb photographs of (mainly) Cape bulbs in situ. Recommended. It was also a reminder of how in Europe at least we tend to overlook so many outstanding South African species, even genera.
Re Gethyllis & Syringodea (recently discussed elsewhere on the Forum), e-mail Silverhill Seeds to be put on their waiting list because supplies are intermittent or short-lived. Evidently a problem with collecting seed of the latter is that capsules remain below ground rather than emerging when ripe, as many Crocus do, so are hard to find.
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just about to dash for Dublin for the bulb lecture
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Worth it to a bulboholic 8)
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WOW!! If you had the chance and didnt go it was a crazy decision. Worst thing was there were no slide lists available
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Mark, I have a hard copy and can scan it for you if you like.
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that would be great but now I dont know what I
want would like!
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You'll have the slide list tomorrow, but my wish-list would be too long to send ;D
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This was certainly a most enjoyable lecture, fabulous plants, well worth the journey.
Paddy
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Good to see you back here Paddy (& birthday greetings!). You went to Dublin then?
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No Ashley,
I was in Cork. You sat at the right hand side of the hall, near the front and I on the left front. While I had hoped to speak to you I fell into conversation with a lady visiting from Dublin with whom I had corresponded on snowdrops and it was an opportunity to have a chat with her re the snowdrop project in the IGPS.
Our paths shall cross again no doubt. I won't attend the next talk as I have heard the speaker on several occasions; I'm doubtful about the following one but will certainly be there in the spring.
Paddy
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Sorry to have missed you Paddy. I hadn't been to an A/HPS meeting before and didn't get to talk to more than a few people. Next time!
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not surprised you two could miss eachother at a meeting... it is a source of great disappointment to me that, despite my best efforts, I will return from the forthcoming Discussion Weekend with the sad realisation that there were umpteen folks there that I wished to have conversed with, but never managed it. :-[ :'( Happens every year and that's with a whole weekend to work with. :(