Are you a Scottish Rock Garden Club Member?

[David Shaw]

It was Jim Sutherland (Ardfearn) that did for us, Fred, about the same time. Beware of friendly nurserymen who include a back copy of the journal and a membership form in your basket of plants!!!!!! Never regretted it, though.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Welcome to the forum Anita !
It's been raining cats and dogs for days here now, not exactly your climate...  but that's part of the fun of being around on the Forum !  A bit of everything, every day of the year ! 
Have fun !

[admin]

It was Jim Sutherland (Ardfearn) that did for us, Fred, about the same time. Beware of friendly nurserymen who include a back copy of the journal and a membership form in your basket of plants!!!!!! Never regretted it, though.

When John Lawson had Jack Drakes in the 80s it was paradise and did more to recruit SRGC members than most. Initially I joined for the seed exchange. It is, in my opinion, THE most vital single part of the SRGC.

I kinda miss Mike Stone's column in the journal too.

[Paddy Tobin]

Welcome to the forum, Anita. Good to have another contributor from the southern hemisphere. Looking forward to seeing your garden and plants.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Hi, Anita! Many thanks for heeding my plea and joining up.... we are so pleased to have you " join us and step up to the plate" and say so!! 

Hope your garden doesn't get too frazzled over your summer....hard to imagine those temperatures here in Aberdeen right now! 

[David Nicholson]

Welcome Anita, glad you've joined us.

[Ian Y]

I would like to add my welcome to you Anita it is always good to have another bulboholic come out and join us.

On the forum we are the 'World' Group of the SRGC meeting all day every day.

I hope many more who are reading this will consider supporting us financially by joining the SRGC and also become active in the forum.

[Paul T]

Hi Paul,
I'm based in Adelaide in South Australia, so it's another Aussie. I'm down on the plains in the 'burbs rather than up in the Hills, so I don't get the benefits of that (very slight) altitude. I have read with great interest your posts and Fermi's as I gather you are in similar climates. Anita

Anita,

Cool.  Well, if I post about something you're interested in trying, let me know and I'll see if I have spare to send you at the relevent time. 

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hi,
I AM a SRGC member!!! I've joined 3 or 4 years ago in search of information on Tropaeolum but found many other interesting things in "The Rock Garden" and I particularly appreciate the number & quality of photos of in depth articles. I've been using a computer only since 1 year and that made me discover another world: that of enthusiastic and generous growers who regularly post contributions( much more than I do... ), kindly answer queries or offer knowledge, seeds or plants... Just like gardening friends...
In FRANCE there are no gardening shows as in the UK. We all are bad gardeners...All apologies!!!

[arillady]

Hi Anita,
Welcome to this wondrous worldwide gardening family from a member near you. I live at Keyneton - near Angaston.

[Maggi Young]

I want to draw attention here, where we are discussing SRGC Membership, to the ongoing commitment of SRGC Membership Secretary, Graham Bunkall.
Graham is for many, an unseen figure, beavering away behind the scenes for the Club, but believe you me, the Club would be nothing without him. No point in Members joining if there is no-one to record the fact, welcome them and see they are sent their Journals etc..... even over this Christmas Holiday period, Graham is still checking on new members and getting them fully documented so they can take part in the Seed Exchange and so on.
Graham, happily encouraged by the fond support of his wife Jean, is, like all Officers of the SRGC, a volunteer... all this work and time spent is done by him out of his generous nature and belief in this Club: all the more selfless of him because he lives so far away from all the Scottish events of the Club (in deepest Leicester!) and so he doesn't get a chance to attend them and at least get the face to face congratulations and gratitude of the Membership.  
Just as well he is a volunteer, all the tea in China couldn't repay such loyalty!

Graham's attention to detail and his willingness to take on this busy workload for the Club is above and beyond the call of duty and it is such spirit that makes this Club the success it is and it certainly makes my life a lot easier, so my personal appreciation for Graham and all he does is boundless.
I hope you would like to  join with me in expressing your thanks for all his efforts.

He has welcomed around a half a dozen members over this Christmas period alone!
 
Three cheers for Graham, SRGC Hero!! !

[David Nicholson]

I'll second that Maggie.

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, David. There are too many folks, even Council Members, who do not realise just what a burden of work is carried by Graham  and what a debt of gratitude  is owed to him.

[mark smyth]

well done Graham

[Paul T]

And a distant cheer from me in the Southern Hemisphere as well.