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Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« on: June 03, 2014, 02:45:48 PM »
Myddelton House Gardens - Ultimate Snowdrop Sale - plan ahead folks!

It is often said that dates for events are not known sufficiently far in advance- Andrew Turvey and the Myddleton House Gardens team have been doing a bit of forward planning and so here are the dates for the "Ultimate Snowdrop Sale for the next four years - dates for your diaries!

Saturday, 24th January 2015

Saturday 23rd January 2016

Saturday 28th January 2017

Saturday, 27th January 2018

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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2014, 08:22:05 PM »
Nice
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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2014, 06:25:39 AM »
Great to know my husband has a purpose in life as a queue marker for the foreseeable future ;D 

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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2014, 10:12:13 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D  Yes, Ingrid, with  steady employment being so uncertain these days it's good to know someone has a secure post! ::) ;) 
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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2016, 04:19:27 PM »
Kindly confirmed dates  for 2017 to 2019 for the Ultimate Snowdrop Sale at Myddleton House from James Hall, Head Gardener :

Saturday.....
28th January 2017
27th January 2018
26th January 2019      8)
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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2016, 08:56:01 AM »
Myddleton had tended to do well by being the first event of the snowdrop season and being held in a reasonably accessible location.  I think the first Myddleton House Snowdrop Sale was in 2012 and was on the 4th February that year.  It was a bitterly cold day, I remember.  In 2013 the date was 26th January and the sale has been held in January ever since.  I think the date of this year's event, 23rd January 2016, was the earliest ever.  Now Myddleton has decided on the last Saturday in January for the next three years.  This will be fine unless some other enterprising individual or organization decides to steal their thunder and get in with a snowdrop sale a week earlier.     
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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2016, 10:11:31 AM »
This will be fine unless some other enterprising individual or organization decides to steal their thunder and get in with a snowdrop sale a week earlier.     

Perhaps as it is the day that Roger Harvey normally has his sale he will have it a week earlier to avoid the clash?
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2016, 12:34:18 PM »
Yes, Brian, that did cross my mind - but I'm not sure if his venue would attract the European high-rollers that are drawn to the Myddleton House sale.  He's not too far from Harwich or Felixstowe, I suppose. 

Roger Harvey has held some sort of snowdrop event for many years but the format and the timing has not remained constant.  I'm trying to remember how long he has been holding his marquee sale with other vendors.  Is it the last four years?  I imagine Roger will adapt if he wants to continue.   
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2016, 06:59:05 PM »
Yes, Brian, that did cross my mind.....  I imagine Roger will adapt if he wants to continue.   

Indeed, especially as I can't see Glen Chantry, Woodchippings and Rainbow Farm, all of whom got to both, giving up Myddelton
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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2016, 07:40:03 PM »
Indeed, especially as I can't see Glen Chantry, Woodchippings and Rainbow Farm, all of whom got to both, giving up Myddelton

I bet they sell more snowdrops at Myddleton House than they do at Roger's sale.  But the fact that Roger Harvey's event is less fraught and less crowded is easier on the attendee.  Although at Myddleton House there's a gorgeous garden to wind-down in afterwards.

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Re: Planning ahead? Myddleton House dates for next four years
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2016, 01:56:36 PM »
Does anyone know of any field trips going to Europe either shows or sales from the UK - I am too much of a coward to go by myself - my ignorance of the languages is the main factor.
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