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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Maggi Young on November 18, 2011, 04:25:01 PM
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The 2012 SRGC Discussion Weekend will again be held in Dumfries at the Cairndale Hotel.
Those who enjoyed the event organised by the three SRGC Groups working together as the Reivers will want to make an early booking, I suspect!
Those who did not attend will likely have heard what they missed and be making a date intheir diary to avoid missing out again..... :D
See this thread for some flavour of last year's event: http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6340.0
I can tell you that there are some absolutely smashing talks lined up by some top notch speakers.... some of whom you will never have had the chance to hear before in the UK, let alone Scotland!
More info later....... ;)
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New journal has just arrived so I've photographed the Discussion Weekend pages.....I think you will find the programme exciting......
Speakers are, in alphabetical order...
Clint Callens,
Colin Crosbie,
Tim Lever,
John Massey,
Oron Peri,
Mark Watson,
Henrik Zetterlund
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Two images of the DWE details from the Journal plus a form for you to print off to get your booking made nice and early....
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Booking form to print off
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New journal has just arrived so I've photographed the Discussion Weekend pages.....I think you will find the programme exciting......
Speakers are, in alphabetical order...
Clint Callens,
Colin Crosbie,
Tim Lever,
John Massey,
Oron Peri,
Henrik Zetterlund
What happened to Mark watson? ???
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New journal has just arrived so I've photographed the Discussion Weekend pages.....I think you will find the programme exciting......
Speakers are, in alphabetical order...
Clint Callens,
Colin Crosbie,
Tim Lever,
John Massey,
Oron Peri,
Henrik Zetterlund
What happened to Mark watson? ???
Aha! So you are paying attention!
I missed him out :-[He's added now 8)
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Sounds like a good line up ;D
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I think so, Shelagh... Ian and I will be booking. Hope to see you and the Best Dressed Man there too?
For a taste of the show at last year's event, see Brian and Shelagh Smethurst's show report in the Rock Garden #128, pages 74-77. Also, John Owen's article on being a first time visitor to an SRGC Discussion Weekend pages 72-73.
This brings me to mention the Bursary available to an SRGC member who has never before attended a Discussion Weekend.... we, the Forumists, can nominate someone for this place... which will be drawn at random from names put forward by the various Groups.
See here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8428.0
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What a good idea. How about Lesley? ;D
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Seconded ;D
I'd dearly like to come myself but unfortunately it's a busy time at work.
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I think by September my wife will be sufficiently schooled in growing alpines to need the Discussion Weekend (after a side trip to Norwich earlier in the month!). Some really exciting speakers and the chance to visit Logan Botanic Garden again! I shall have to be on best behaviour so I can broach the subject...
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What a good idea. How about Lesley? ;D
Oh yes please. Not sure what the airfare is nowadays but I'll send the bill. ;D
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Our booking form went in the post this morning :) :)
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See you and Susan there
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Brilliant - great you are making the trip north again!
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A message from the Reivers.........
We have had some enquiries about what the Reivers are up to in September. Remember the Discussion Week-end this year is September 28th – 30th - we have put together an excellent programme of outstanding speakers.
On Saturday morning there will be a couple of practical sessions with the choice of a photography workshop and another on looking at colour for those with an artistic bent – and a paint box! There will be only a few places available at each workshop but for most delegates there will be an outside challenge – Christie and Co. to the rescue of an hotel ( flower!) bed. Help us prepare the ground and set out plants.
All this will be on a take or leave it basis or optional in other words.
We hope Ian Young will lead the photography workshop and Rosemary Cox, the painting workshop, with Ian Christie outside ‘under the gazebo’.
Speakers this year include some old friends like Henrik Zetterland; some young pals like Tim Lever and several new ones not heard in the UK before, from far away places AND with strange sounding names. Oron Peri is from Israel and from the Low Countries comes Clint Callens. AND THEN there’s everybody’s favourite John Massey, now hopefully over his surgery. A local lad, Colin Crosby, is travelling from Wisley to tell us a frightening tale and we couldn’t have a DWE without a member of the Botanics staff, this year we have Mark Watson with words and pictures from Nepal.
We are always on the lookout for plants for the raffle and members’ stall and this year is no exception. Bring us your doublers, extras even your misfits and anything and everything you can for the raffle. On the Show side we have a new class and trophy for a photograph of a Scottish native plant.
Last year we brought you local delicacies chocolates, mint cake and mead plus the surreally named Fechan Tart. What will appear this year? We can only suggest that you make your way to the Cairndale to find out.
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I will be coming back for sure. I had a really great time. I do hope more forum members will try and come, would be great to meet more of you folks in person.
Think about it. Great speakers, great hotel, great food, what more could you ask for, Oh I forgot the plant sales 1st class ;D
Angie :)
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Got my coat on already. Looking forward to Rosemary's painting workshop! What a treat.
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What a good idea. How about Lesley? ;D
Oh yes please. Not sure what the airfare is nowadays but I'll send the bill. ;D
Unfortunately Lesley it just covers the weekend costs no travel expenses - I would love to see you here start saving :)
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A timely reminder, also, for those wishing to attend to get their bookings in to Gill Lee.
Here is a booking form for the weekend :
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Please note, there are no more single rooms available, contact Gill Lee for alternatives.
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Friends, if you wish to attend the SRGC Discussion Weekend then it would be wise to get your booking form off promptly to Gill Lee. After 15th June there will be a late booking fee applied per person! :P
Book now and save your dosh for the raffle! 8) 8)
Oh crikey, better get the booking for self and the Bulb Despot sent off..... embarrassing for me to be reminding others when I'm in dire need of the reminder myself! :-X :-[
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You'll need to take your finger out of the hole in the boiler to fill the form in ;D
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Have boiler surrounded by assorted containers to catch water - and green gunk, which seems very ominous - engineer says he'll be here today....... :-\
Will search cheque book right now and get going right now, Christine........... :)
Note- September 14th -boiler fixed a couple of weeks, but still no thermostat - is this the longest repair time in history?
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I am all booked and ready to go, come on folks book now it would be so nice to meet more forum members. Its only my second time but I am hooked. Don't sit there and think about it, do it. ITS FUN ;)
Angie :)
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Angie is right folks, the discussion weekend isn't dull at all, and I too got hooked the very first time I went. The hotel in Dumfries is terrific too, privately owned and staff are great, so come on, join in.....
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If only....... :(
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Well my boiler still isn't fixed but the BD and I have got our booking done and dusted.
A reminder to those of you who do intend to go to the event but have not yet booked that not only have you missed the early bird discount, but if you don't act swiftly you may miss out altogether..... space is limited!
Act now if you want to attend!
Booking form to download from reply 17, above... http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8113.msg243397#msg243397 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8113.msg243397#msg243397)
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Which nurserymen will be in attendance, please? I want to order some plants for collection at the DW
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Which nurserymen will be in attendance, please? I want to order some plants for collection at the DW
I don't know, I will make enquiries but looking at the programme, it might well be possible to place orders with
Clint Callens of Green Mile; Tim Lever of Aberconwy and John Massey of Ashwoods at least.....
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Thanks, Maggi, will follow them up.
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Clint and John are not bringing plants , as far as Ann Sinclair knows ( she's checking) though they may still bring an order , you'd need to ask. Tim will have a stand as will Beryl McNaughton and John Amand.
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I'm way too busy with survey work to attend :'(
Where is it rumoured to be next year?
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I don't know where or when, next year, Mark. Hopefully someone will tell us soon!
Later edit: I'm told news should be on the way soon about the 2013 event. :)
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News from Tim Lever:
I will of course bring orders as well as having the stand.
If anyone would like a copy of our autumn list please
phone us on 01492 580 875 and ask for one.
We will be producing it a couple of weeks before the DW.
Best Regards
Tim
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Work on the 2013 Discussion Weekend has been progressing and I can now reveal that it will be at the Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey on 4 - 6 October.
More details will be available later, meanwhile enjoy http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/grant-arms.en.html?aid=311076;label=hotel-36119-gb&gclid=CKjG4siw7rECFcUNfAodKUoAlA (http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/grant-arms.en.html?aid=311076;label=hotel-36119-gb&gclid=CKjG4siw7rECFcUNfAodKUoAlA)
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That is good news, David. Much closer for me than Dumfries though quite a long way for those who live in the South.
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The hotel has its own website : http://www.grantarmshotel.com/ (http://www.grantarmshotel.com/)
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Whoops, sorry, noted the wrong site. Maggies is what I intended to copy.
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Had a feeling it would be back to the Highlands again next time around. Suits us OK :)
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Yesterday we made al the arrangements .... The first discussion weekend , the first time I visit Scotland , the first time to meet many of you ...
Looking forward !
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Well Kris, FIRST of all, you must know you will have fun! We are looking forward to seeing to here 8)
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Ann Sinclair has sent these notes about the various workshops to be held at the Discussion Weekend:
At the Discussion week-end at the end of the month the Reivers have organised three workshops.
Rosemary Cox has put together a workshop on 'Colour in Alpines'. She will look at how a plant makes colour (petals/leaves/fruit); how to mix colour and how to match the colour of the chosen plant material. For this workshop you will need * watercolour paintbrush
* water holder – a small jar or similar
* paper towel
* Paints – small selection (Cadmium red (an orangey red); French Ultramarine (red blue); New gamboges (a red yellow); Windsor yellow (a bluey yellow); Permanent rose (a blue pink); Windsor blue (green shade). Burnt sienna, raw sienna and alizeran crimson are useful.
You could also bring ( though these are not essential): lens or magnifying glass; pencil; plant or flower. Rosemary will bring the watercolour paper and her selection of plants/flowers.
Ian Young’s photographic workshop is on 'Taking Plant Portraits'. Ian hopes to help members get the best from their digital cameras using them to take plant portraits at the Show. He promises to help the struggling ‘where appropriate’. Bring your camera!
There will be limited places at these workshops. Book a place at Registration on Friday or Saturday morning.
Our third workshop is an outside event – so pray for decent weather.
Ian Christie will lead 'Re-making the Bed'. First take a bed well past it’s sell by date, add a chunk or twelve of Locharbriggs sandstone, mix in some interesting plants, sprinkle liberally with Christie expertise, a dash of heckle – and we will be cooking by gas! The Cairndale has let us loose to revamp one section of its garden and we hope to leave a fitting reminder and thank you to them by constructing at least the start of a alpine bed.
Now if the Reivers had done their job correctly they would have organised one workshop to follow on after the other – but there ain’t enough hours in the day to fit it all in – so you are going to have to choose.
And just to warn all those who attended last year – and more particularly those who didn’t – the Tart with the rude name WILL make an appearance again.
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I will look forward to meeting her... ::)
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I am looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday morning, and learning some photo tips at Ian's workshop.......
Hope the trains are kind to you Maggi !
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I am looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday morning, and learning some photo tips at Ian's workshop.......
Hope the trains are kind to you Maggi !
See you them Richard.
Just gathering assorted emergency rations for the journey- train travel raises such an appetite at the best of times!
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See you them Richard.
Just gathering assorted emergency rations for the journey- train travel raises such an appetite at the best of times!
When we returned from our hols, I booked first class train travel from London. It was fantastic - not only was food and drinks included in the price, (which was only £10 more expensive than standard / cattle class), the drinks were served at our table, juice and water was served in proper glasses, hot drinks in proper mugs and cups and the food on plates. In between the meals, (they prepared veggie options for us), we were forced fed chocolates and biscuits. I was disappointed to be getting off 1 stop before lunch. A very nice way to end the holiday and well worth the extra £10. :)
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See you them Richard.
Just gathering assorted emergency rations for the journey- train travel raises such an appetite at the best of times!
Yep same here, got my goodies for my car journey, chocolates, toffee and Juice, will stop for my coffee fix half way, hope Roma and Maureen don't like sweeties, I hate sharing my sweets ::) ;D
See you all tomorrow, of to bed now.
Angela :)
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wonder if I can swap a weekend in Fermanagh looking for bats for a weekend in Dumfries
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Hope you all have a wonderful time, I'm sure you will. ;D
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Hope you all have a wonderful time, I'm sure you will. ;D
As Jessie J sang recently "it's all about the money, the money, the money" I'm making £££
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some pictures of the group building - or watching the building -of a rock garden in the hotel grounds
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I was a great weekend and really good to catch up with several forumists in a non-virtual way again. The speakers were excellent so many thanks to the Reivers group for their hard work. I am looking forward to next year in Granton-on-Spey already !
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some snaps of the show - handheld camera in rather weak light it so may be others will be able to add better pictures and more info
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another batch
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Hello everybody, thanks Stan for posting the first pictures from the Cairndale Hotel Garden. Ann and I set off from Kirrie early on Friday morning with the car loaded full of plants for this garden we had only seen pictures of the area so it was important to get down to Dumfries and see where we were to build this garden. When we arrived and saw the area we immediately started to remove the weeds and old tree stumps have dead shrubs, we had 4 small groups of rock in place and a good pile of other rocks, flat slabs to work with. We were joined early by Margaret and Henry Taylor what a work they did , I decided to group all the rocks together and form 2 islands on top of the existing membrane so while I did that Margaret, Henry and Ann my wife planted 3 big Azaleas 3 big Rhododendrons at the back of this raised area we hope these will grow and help hide the big road sign and conifer hedge, I also pruned several branches from a large purple leaved Acer which were overhanging the area. Once the first island was built everyone helped to fill it up with a compost mixed with sharp sand then I split up the flat slabs these were placed on the island to form a sort of Crevice effect the crevices were filled up with the compost mixed with good sharp gravel Margaret, Henry and Ann carried on with the filling up the base of the second Island leaving the flat stone ready to be placed by the team on Sat Morning. I then re-built most of the existing sandstone wall, Ann Sinclair asked if a seat could be formed at the front where a Bride and Groom could sit to get wedding pictures taken this was done using some of the flat sandstone slabs, I am pleased to say that a cushion will be supplied for people to sit on. We had a great team on the sat with so many people helping some shouting directions from the sidelines others enjoying watching as the garden began to come together. I must thank everyone but without Margaret and Henry Ann Sinclair, Tony and Celia Mitchell, Dave Millward Peter Semple, Greta, Liz, Brian and just everyone we had so much good fun, thanks to the weather which stayed dry and we have left a great reminder at the hotel for SRGC which will grow for years to come. I am going to post pictures from the Friday to the finished garden on the Sat, I am sure you will recognise many friends thank you all again, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Next set
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Last few.
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Hope you all have a wonderful time, I'm sure you will. ;D
Darren and I had a fantastic time, it was great to catch up and meet with friends, both old and new. The entire weekend was a joy from start to end, my only comment would be that it was too short - but time does fly when you are having fun ;D
Susan x
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We're home, quite exhausted- It was a great weekend. Really lovely to see some old friends who haven't been upt othe weekend for a while, and others for the first time- terrific company and a range of super talks. Morec when we've recovered!
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Thats me just back and I am exhausted as well and I never did any of the hard work that others did. The speakers were brilliant.
Great meeting everyone again and meeting new folks. Hope you are all home safe and sound and hope to see you all again soon :-*
Angie :)
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We came home today around 11.00 hrs.... Weather was really bad yesterday until we reach the area around Leeds. But we did'nt mind at al because we had a great weekend !!!! To see al those members was a great joy .I even had not enough time to speak with al of them.Time realy run to fast .... Al people are so friendly and helpful to us .
I was a bit unhappy because we have to leave earlier and so we have missed the lectures from Colin and Henrik and also the second one from Oron .But this feeling washed away due the fantastic show John had given .I can't remember the time that I had so much pleasure , his jokes and way of talking was fantastic.As Maggi already told ,al the talks are super ! And the opportunity to speak with many friends , old and new ones make me even more happy .
We are a bit tiried to , because it was a long trip ....I made some pictures to but for the moment I need more energy to upload them.
Come back on that subject.
If only the distance between our countrys was a bit shorter ...In that case I would be there each year .
Thanks to al the great people of the SRGC to make this weekend so succesfull. Thank you " Reivers ", SRGC ,speakers ,friends .
Liz must be proud but ofcourse she did also a great job .
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Kris, good to hear you are safely returned home. It was very special for us to welcome you and Ingrid to Scotland. It was an honour to have the VRV President attending the DWE.
It was a pleasure to see Vic and Janet Aspland back in Scotland after quite a lonfg while, and to welcome Cliff and Joan Curtis, with Sharron White and Carole Smith, and Helen Seal and Simon Wallis from the Cambridge Botanic Garden, to their first, but we hope not last, Discussion Weekend.
A great disappointment was the absence of Clint Callens from Waregem in Belgium, who was to be one of the Speakers. Clint is unfortunately feeling poorly at the moment. We hope he will be able to come another time to our DWE. Get well soon , Clint!
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Other "first-timers" at the DWE were husbands of Anne W. and Diane C. - I hope they both enjoyed themselves- they seemed too- perhaps because I had hardly any chance to chat to them!
There were other new faces there too- wish I had got round to meeting them all.
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I had a couple of hours to spare before I caught my bus on Monday so did a bit of botanising on the wall outside the hotel.
Three species of fern
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium ruta-muraria
A solitary Asplenium scolopendrium
Campanula and a couple of Willowherbs
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Thank you for the lesson on ferns, Roma! A. trichomanes has invited itself into our garden and I have long intended to try to id it. I wouldn't mind if A. ruta-muraria did the same. We brought a piece of A. scolopendrium back from the Bainbridge's last year and that has established itself.
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Thanks Roma, I was in too much of a hurry to stop and look at them. I think there was some Aubretia there as well!
A. scolopendrium prefers very much damper conditions than the other two. The best ones grow with their feet in water and no sunlight and have leaves to 30cm. No wonder the Dumfries example is looking a bit sorry and burnt up.
The other two species curl up in dry conditions, but refresh themselves once the rain comes on again. I find them very easy to establish in stone walls here.
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Cliff, Joan, Sharron and myself all arrived home safely after the Discussion weekend in Dumfries. Congratulations and thanks to those involved in the organisation, their hard work certainly paid off and was much appreciated. We met lots of lovely people and hope to return another year.
I am including a small piece of writing composed by Cliff when he was awake during one of the nights which maybe reflects his pleasure:
"The moon is rising over the wee hills and looking out over Dumfries this evening for all to see. I wonder how often this occurs, each week, month, year, perhaps only when we are here, just a little gift to us."
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That's a lovely anecdote Carole.... nice reminder of the weekend. Had such a nice time...
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A great time was had by all. Just a few pictures.
2 of the finished crevice garden.
2 of the trophies at the DW out on show including the new Reivers Trophy.
A shot of Brian and I handing over the Crawford Cup to Stan da Prato. We were joint winners of this trophy at the Glasgow Show in May.
The gala dinner, well our table. Also Vic Aspland beating off the Papparazzi as I tried to get a picture of him in a suit, a rare occurence I was told. Janet looks well too, despite a pot arm.
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The DWE show raised some controversy this year, since the judges did not award a Forrest medal. Our show rules state only that a Forrest Medal "may" be awarded and also that Judges should withhold any prize, trophy etc if they feel the standard is below what is expected.
While there were some very attractive plants on show, the judges felt, after full discussion and consideration of all alternatives, that on this occasion, the Forrest Medal would not be awarded.
The two plants which were under discussion for that award were a plant of Cyclamen africanum and of Cyclamen cilicium.
On close examination the C. africanum was found to have some flowers that were going over, flowers that were mis-shapen, and foliage that had suffered some sort of damage, either from frost or aphid damage, that was deforming some leaves.
The C. cilicium had a few flowers that were not absolutely fresh. For these reasons, the judges decided that neither plant was perfect enough to warrant the premier award of the Forrest.
The C. cilicium was, however, judged to be the best cyclamen in the show, and so was awarded the Jim Lever Trophy.
As was mentioned earlier in the year, when a Farrer Medal was not awarded at a Show in England, such decisions my sometimes appear mysterious, but , as in this case, there is likely a simple explanation that is clearly demonstrable by the judge's explanation.
In Dumfries the Show Secretary, Jennifer Watson, was privy to all the judges' discussions and was able to confirm that all proper steps had been taken in the making of the decision.
I am pleased to be able, as one of the Dumfries judges, (along with colleagues Alan Furness and David Mowle) to make this explanation of our decision to a wider public.
So, on to the photos... My apologies for the fuzzy nature of too many of these pictures - hope you at least get a flavour of the show.
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first set of show photos.
Including the Cyclamen cilicium and, pictured as the rear plant of a three pan class, the Cyclamen africanum which were part of the Forrest Medal debate.
As usual : click on the photos to enlarge them
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more, in random order :
I had a problem to capture the charm of the dainty blue Adenophora in the last pix. :-X
2 celmisias
2 in fruit
3 bigger cyclamen
3 smallcyclamen
3 pan with Thalictrum ichangense
Neat little Aciphylla crosby-smithii
adenophora1.jpg
adenophora2.jpg
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next set
asplenium grown from spores in 2001 - neat plant- shaky photo!
autumn-shades1
begonia
conifers
crocus banaticus 1
cushions 2
cushions.
cyclamen cilicium and intaminatum
cyclamen graecums
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some more
cyclamen hederifolium with silvery foliage
cyclamen foliage
cyclamen rohlfsianum
ericas
ferns 2.
ferns 3
foliage2
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more foliage.... including a Heuchera trio
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more, including mini gardens
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and... this time including Shelagh and Brian Smethurst...
stripes and spots
shortia 1
three small
Smethies1
silver-Cotyledon
silvers
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more .... some flowers here!
galanthus reginae-olgae
Gentian from IC
gentiana schechnyi 1
gentians trio 1
gentians trio 2.
lewisia cotyledon.g
petrocosmea and oxalis massoniana
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and....
more cyclamen
semps and ferns
petrocosmea trio
from seed 1
seed-a
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Oh Maggi you know how to make a girl weep :'( did you have to get both my chins in that picture :'(
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Oh Maggi you know how to make a girl weep :'(
Dearest Chum, I'm sorry. I can only say that since it is so tricky for me to see past my own three chins, I did not notice anything amiss with your cheery visage.
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Maggi, did I see George Sevastopulo in one of those pics.?
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Yes Michael, George and Rose are frequent attenders at the DWE. This year George was our after-dinner speaker on Saturday night - when I was the subject of much of his teasing. ;)
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Hi Folks, a message from the Reivers:
The Reivers wish to thank everyone – Speakers, delegates, helpers, support staff, behind the scenes crew, standers-in, hotel staff, judges and plants people – just anyone, who helped us make the two week-ends in Dumfries very special for us – and we hope for all who attended. We have had an amazing time working together and that is why we commissioned the Reivers Trophy – hopefully next year it will come back from across the sea in N. Ireland, go to Grantown and be closely fought over. Start taking pictures of Scottish native plants now!
The baton has been passed to Carol Shaw and Carole Bainbridge for the 2013 Grantown on Spey Discussion Week-end and we wish them a successful event. WE are looking forward to it already.
I think that Ann and her Reiver Team can rest assured that a very good time was had by all! 8)
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It seems to have been a fantastic weekend for all. I know I was never able to attend even though someone suggested it and I would have had a ball, but who please, took the place that I may have been able to fill if I had been able to fill it - if you see what I mean?
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The draw for the free place for the DWE was won by Brian Slaughter of the Ayrshire Group, Lesley.
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And a very nice chap he turned out to be too. One of the young 'uns.... we do need more of these people....
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.....................One of the young 'uns.... we do need more of these people....
You rang!! ;D
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That's great Maggi. I'm sure he enjoyed it all as much as I would have. :D
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A few more pics from the show
Gentiana 'Balmoral'
Gentiana 'Braemar'
Both bred by Ian McNaughton
Gentiana 'Gowrie'
Bred by Henry and Margaret Taylor
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Begonia grandis ssp evansiana
Crocus kotschyanus
Oxalis massoniana
Margyricarpus pinnatus
Something I haven't seen before shown in the fruiting class by (I think) the Smethursts
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Regarding the begonia it is hardy. We have it outside in East Lothian and friends have it outside in Midlothian; Glasgow Botanics probably still have it in one of their borders. It dies down in winter so mark the place where it is growing. It readily produces bulbils in the leaf axils which can be used to increase your stock. In one of the few recent books on the genus Mark Tebbitt notes it growing in the USA down to at least -7 C. It comes from China where it is said to grow as far north as Beijing and is traditionally associated with forsaken love! There are white and pink flower forms in cultivation. It does best in semi shade eg in woodland conditions. The sub specific name evansiana, though still often seen -it is on the RHS website - is no longer valid according to to Tebbitt (Begonias, Timber Press, 2005, pp. 138-141 ).
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We have the Margyricarpus here as M. setosus. I'm pretty sure from the image that it is the same plant. The little pearl-like fruit are very pretty and the whole plant, being evergreen and glossy is attractive all year round. My present plant is less than 20cms across but I've seen plants close to 2 metres!
I do like Gentiana 'Gowrie.' I love all those pale blue gentians.
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Hello everyone . A bit late but I was to busy ...Here are our impressions from the weekend. We had a great time.
First we had a stopover. And maybe we could show you some pics from this place to .
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Ofcourse the Irish sea was not the reason for this stopover ....
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This was the true reason ...
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Some pics of the nursery , ofcourse it was already autumn ....
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And just a few more ....
Leucogenes tarahoa is the silvery one and the green one is Sebaea ...
Stil in flower : Gentiana saxosa
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After another night sleep we drove to Dumfries .....
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My respect to al the hard workers that rebuild the garden of the hotel .Great workshop.
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Fab photos Kris.
Nice to see what Aberconwy nursery looks like ..... it has been on our list of 'we really must go to ....' for quite a while now, maybe next year :)
Glad you had a good time
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Fab photos Kris.
Nice to see what Aberconwy nursery looks like ..... it has been on our list of 'we really must go to ....' for quite a while now, maybe next year :)
Glad you had a good time
Thanks Susan . Oh yes , I am sure you like the nursery. The whole family is devoted to alpine gardening ....It was on my list for a long time to and now I found the right excuse ....
Must come back sometimes for the discussion weekend !
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Plantsales area : Macplants
Overview and some details. Gentians ,Nerine , and a showy Meconopsis stil in flower .
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pic1 : Aberconwy's plantsale . (right side of the picture one of the speakers : Henrik Zetterlund)
pic2 : Jaques Amand's plantsale - you can see also another speaker on this picture : Tim Lever who gave an excellent lecture (Bhutan)
pic 3 : A picture about pictures ...
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Great pictures, seems so long ago now.
Angie :)
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Great pictures, seems so long ago now.
Angie :)
Thanks Angie . Maybe you recognise some of the people on next picture ;)
You are right , it already seems ages ago .... :(
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Finally some plants on the show ....
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The big final . That's all folks . Thanks and Cu ....
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Great photos Kris, glad you could come, looks like you enjoyed the weekend!
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Thanks Angie . Maybe you recognise some of the people on next picture ;)
You are right , it already seems ages ago .... :(
Oh yes thats me. I think Oron Peri was admiring a cyclamen of Roma's. Roll on the next discussion weekend. Hopefully loads of us will be meeting up before then at the Czech Rock Garden conference in May. Something nice to look forward to.
Angie :)
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It was good to meet you Kris, glad you enjoyed your visit. We were certainly entertained during that meal!!
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It was good to meet you Kris, glad you enjoyed your visit. We were certainly entertained during that meal!!
Great photos Kris, glad you could come, looks like you enjoyed the weekend!
Glad to see you al Dave and Chris ! Oh yes Dave we had a great time and at certain moments it rather looked like a funny meal. (John seems to be a great entertainer )
Good company and a good laugh make me always happy. Just confirm that I was verry happy during this weekend ! 8)