International rock gardeners meet in the Czech Republic

[Maggi Young]

Gergely Lunk, of the Botanical Garden of Vácrátót, Hungary  and Leif Fryle, Sweden


Michael Mauser from The Botanischer Garten der Universität Tübingen, Germany


Kai Andersen, Olga Bondareva the  Moscow Photographer and plant hunter,  Elena Dobrzhanskaya


Diane Clement,  AGS Seed Exchange Director and Ann Cartman of NZAGS - who told us, interestingly, that NZAGS has no formal connection with the UK AGS, other than the similar name.


Peter Korn and J. Ian Young

[David Nicholson]

Many thanks Maggi, lovely to put faces to names.

[Maggi Young]

Quite a few more to come as time allows - it was really super to meet so many folks that I only knew by name - putting a face and a voice to a name is just the nicest feeling!

[Maggi Young]

Diane Clement and Peter Perrin


Hannelotte Kindlund and Maggi Y.


Paul Spriggs and ZZ.


Kai the Viking


Marika Divisova

[Maggi Young]

The Bothers Zvolanek - part of the Number 1  Czech Team


Jiri and Ludmila Papousek -  Great Czech team workers, and parents of the Alpine Parrot flock who helped out very well.



More of the Alpine Parrot flock...... Jiri and  Ludmila with  Lucy, Katy and Andrew


Vojtech and Lenka Holubec   - two vital members of the small organising team

[Maggi Young]

Arie, Catherine, Elena, Philip, Rick, Ulla, Jan, Frank , Inger Marie.


 Lenka, Vojtech, Ian Christie, Kai , Peter Korn,  Teddy (?), Norman Thomas


Peter K,  Diane C., Cyril Lafong, Lars Hansen, Kirsten Andersen


Herman, Nola -wishing she could buy , Jozef Lemmens,  the back of Brian Whitton!


Frank Cooper, Diane C., Elena , Erling

[Maggi Young]

ZZ giving a trough demonstration - Peter P, Christine , Peter K, ZZ,    Helge B. , Cecile Shepard, Kay McD. , Stewart Fleming,
Cyril, Ian Christie,  Inger Marie


Vojtech's trough workshop - too many to name - see how many you can name from the pix posted already!!


Ludek, Michal Hoppel,  Ian Wright,  the back of Cyril's head, Lesley Cox, ZZ


 Just the faces....Ian Wright, Ludek, Paul Spriggs

[Maggi Young]

Two very good old friends, Rudi Weiss and Josef Jurasek


Angela Townsley- looking very shocked in the Tabor town square


ZZ , Ian Y,  Miroslav Stanek


 off the bus to the roadside to photograph a distant castle..... Ian and Celia Wright, Martin Sheader, (not sure ) Ian Y, Angela, Herman, June D., Cynthia



no people here, but my terrible photo, through the coach window, of the distant castle!

[Maggi Young]

Anton Edwards, Stanislav Cepicka a garden owner, ZZ


Diane C, ZZ,  Liz Mills, Jiri Papousek, Tim Ingram, Lorraine


Jan Fouquaert ( Leiomerus  in the Forum) , John Paxton, Martin Hajman, Cecile Shepard


Inger-Marie, Lesley, Tim,  Ian Wright

[Maggi Young]

Maggi Y. and Michael Clements


The Marika Singers


Martin Brejnik


Martin and Anna-Liisa Sheader, Angela


Group in Milan Halada garden

[Maggi Young]

Michael Mauser, Annika Vinnersten, Tomas Vicha,  Petr Divis, Jiri P.


Maggi, Rudi, Angela


Ota Vlasak and visitors


Rick Lambert and Hannelotte K.

[Maggi Young]

Susann Nilsson  and Cyril Lafong


Vladimir Epiktetov  and Olga Bondareva


Group in  the garden of Miroslav Stanek


Zdenek and Ludek Zvolanek


and to finish, CHEERS from Gun-Britt and Ulla!


I make no pretence that my photos are of any quality, but I hope they will prove entertaining!

[ranunculus]

WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE, MAGGI!!!   Very much appreciated.

[Tim Ingram]

Maggi those are just the most fantastic photographs - there were so many people I couldn't put a name to. This trip will live in my memory like no other! Very many thanks again.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for the kind words 

I do hope that others will contribute their "people pix" ( as well as their garden photos etc  in the other thread) so that we can see the other bus groups enjoying their travels.