ALPINES'21 & CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV-2 / COVID-19)

The International Rock Garden Conference 2021 - a gathering for lovers of plants, gardens and mountains - was  ready  to be  held held 08-11 May 2021 at Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Scotland, unfortunately, due  to  the  CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV-2 / COVID-19) and following careful consideration and discussions between the 2021 Conference Committee, the SRGC Council and the AGS, we have taken the unanimous decision to cancel the "Alpines 2021” conference, due to the ongoing coronavirus (SARS-COV-2 / COVID-19) pandemic. We do this with a heavy heart, and hope you understand this was not an easy decision, but it is our belief that the effects of this virus will be felt for a considerable time. International travel, which is an essential part of any international conference is also likely to be curtailed through next year at least. Therefore, cancellation at this time is in the best interests of everyone's health and wellbeing.

The Scottish Rhododendron Society, the Rhododendron Species Conservation Group and the  Czech Rock Gardeners Society were pleased to be sponsorship partners to the Conference but understand the reasons to cancel.

REFUNDS
We are arranging for all booked delegates to receive a full refund of their registration fees. We have directly emailed all booked delegates with more information.

CONTACT US
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We know that you will be as disappointed as we are, but we hope we can all meet again when circumstances permit.

Keep well all,

SRGC 2021 Committee 

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Please be aware that annual SRGC subscriptions for "postal" members are due for renewal on 1st October.

You can renew - or join - and read about the benefits of  SRGC membership, for "postal" membership - where you receive the Journal and Secretary's Pages etc by post - and other memberships, via this page.

Please note that there is a special category for postal Junior - for those below the age of 18 in the relevant subscription year: £3 per annum in the UK, £7 per annum overseas. (Please give date of birth)

For Students the SRGC offers  a free electronic subscription. Send your application toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Please give your place of study, the date of end of course of study.)

You can read about the new "online electronic" subscription - where you only access Journals etc online - no journals are posted to you : here.

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Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR):  SC000942

NOTICES 

N.B. Main items of SRGC News can be found here on the main site,  and also be found HERE in the forum.

March 2020

With the  Corona Virus pandemic causing  events  to  be  cancelled  or  postponed  across  the  world, we  must  expect  that  news  of  which events  will remain on the  calendar  to take  place  to change  rapidly.
 We  will advise  here in the  Forum  of  changes  to SRGC events, as  decided  either  by  government  or  SRGC decision.

All SRGC Spring Shows  from March to May  have  been cancelled  as has the  May  Mull David  Boyd  Event and  most  local group meetings. 

APRIL 2020

The Scottish Rock Garden Club  is  pleased  to announce  a new  project -This is the Scottish Rock Podcast, the official podcast of The Scottish Rock Garden Club.   Grateful thanks are  due  to Connor Smith for his  work on this initiative. We  are  delighted  to add these  podcasts  to the  range  of  free access resources we offer  to all from SRGC.net  - such as  the  Bulb Logs, International Rock Gardener monthly e-magazine  and  so much more - and we  hope  plant  lovers will enjoy the  podcasts!

 


Reach the  podcasts  here - or  from your  usual podcast  provider  -
https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57

First  podcast  from Connor  is  "It's all a little bit Greek"

Well done  to Connor  for  his  work on this on behalf  of  SRGC!

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Click here to see SRGC Shows and events in the  Forum 

SRGC Show Schedules for 2020  : click here to download

Dryas Booklet with SRGC News (January 2020): click here

SRGC Yearbook 2020 : click here

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SRGC has a very useful section on this website  of  LINKS to  sites  of interest : there are  nearly 260 sites listed, these  include Nurseries, Plant Related Web Sites, Miscellaneous Related  Info sites (Holidays, Garden Supplies  etc.),  Plant Societies and Seed Suppliers. Members are invited to  submit  details  of  website they feel are missing from the lists.  The  Links Pages  can be found  HERE http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?action=links

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SRGC Subscription Reminder :

 Annual subscriptions for postal members become due on 1st October, please renew promptly to be able to take part in the Seed Exchange and retain other membership features. 

It is simple to renew ( or join!) online - see all details here : http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/join-renew

For  "online, electronic" members - that is, those only gaining access to  journals  etc online - your  memberships run according to your date of subscription and your online profile page will show when you need to renew: http://www.srgc.net/membership/

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2019 - Updated SRGC Privacy Policy re GDPR - click here to read

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The SRGC website contains many resources of to interest and inform  plant lovers. For instance.....

The Bulb Log

In 2003 Ian Young started the Bulb Log, as a one year project, with no idea of how popular it would become. It is now in its fifteenth year - faithfully published every week.
Bulb Log main page can be found via this link. 
The content  remains much as it always has been - a personal diary covering all aspects of the bulbs Ian grows both under glass and in the open garden as well as any other garden plants and  projects that he may be working on.

The  Bulb Log  for 12th July 2017 shows how everyone should have an island, or two ! Plus updates on the new beds @IanYoung is working on - see it via this link.    

The Bulb Log is  supplemented by a series of videos, listed in the SRGC Forum, here, of course, but also all available on YouTube  - over 100 so far - THIS LINK is  the main page for those videos.

The International Rock Gardener ( IRG )

Since January 2010 The Scottish Rock Garden Club has presented a monthly online magazine for Rock Gardeners which will be posted as a PDF on the SRGC site at the end of each month.
Every issue of the IRG can be downloaded from this page.
Each issue will have a mix of photo based items, our target being a minimum of pots and a maximum of plants in the wild and in gardens, from photographers in different countries.
This will be an international celebration, if you will, of mountain plants in habitat and our gardens.
Our aim is to showcase the beauty of the plants, where they are found in nature or as they are used in garden settings and give brief comments on cultivation.
This venture is coordinated and compiled by Margaret Young with  Zdenek Zvolanek and Ian Young.
The world of rock gardeners is just that: an international community of people with a deep interest in the flora of the mountains and wild places; we hope to provide a regular electronic glimpse of these plants.

YOUR contributions are not only most welcome; we are actively seeking your input which will be key to the vigour of this enterprise.
To submit material for inclusion in the International Rock Gardener This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line "E-Magazine". A full Index to International Rock Gardener, prepared by Glassford Sprunt, is updated each month and is available to download from HERE  

You are most welcome to read and, we hope, enjoy all the features provided by the SRGC. 

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 Links from SRGC to other websites

On this page of the website  you can find links to many websites of interest to SRGC members: other plant organisations, nurseries, seed suppliers etc.

For a List of Specialist Plant Nurseries as a pdf, compiled by  David Nicholson, you may download that HERE.

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The SRGC Secretary is  Hannah Wilson,

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SRGC on Social Media

SRGC is now on Instagram too.
Instagram is an easy way to share images and short content. It will also have a link to the website.To get Instagram just simply download the app to your phone or view on a web page.               Our username is srg_club, so you can follow us at https://www.instagram.com/srg_club

SRGC has been on Twitter for some time : https://twitter.com/ScottishRockGC    @ScottishRockgc
 and  also on Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/ScottishRockGC/   @ScottishRockGC
- and of course, as ever the  SRGC forum http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php  is open to all - it  is archived and searchable  and your contributions are always welcome.

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Volunteers needed for SRGC !!

Volunteer post to fill:

The post of Chair of Local Group Conveners is vacant - please get involved - your Club needs YOUR help to continue its  great work.

If you feel you could help out the Club  by putting yourself forward for this position or any of the other vacant positions,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thank you!

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SRGC Electronic Membership

The SRGC Web Team has been working to improve the system for registration and renewal of the electronic subscription to the SRGC – which is for those who wish to access the Journals etc online only, with no postal communication from the club.

For those with current e-subscriptions you may log in on the new online subscriptions pages using your registered email address and current password to access the Members’ section and Journals. For those whose subscriptions have very recently expired - you too may log in on the new online subscriptions pages  using your registered email address and current password to renew your membership - after checking that all your address details are correctly entered.

Those people wishing to join the SRGC with an electronic-only subscription please complete a new registration on the new online subscriptions pages.

The new online subscriptions pages are here:http://www.srgc.net/membership/

Please also note  that registrations to take part in the SRGC Forum, which is a separate system, must be made from the Forum pages:    http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php

Access for all types of membership applications and renewals are available from here  or from the drop-down menu under "About Us" at the top of the main web page, where electronic members will also find the link to their special Section "SRGC Online Subscription Pages"

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SRGC GRANTS

Various Grants for Students and for Plant Exploration are available from the SRGC ........   see HERE   

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Scottish Rock Garden Club, c/o Richard Green,Cedar Cottage,

Balfron Station, Glasgow  G63 0SQ

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Carole Baxter, best known as a presenter of the Beechgrove Garden Television programme and a long time SRGC member,  was honoured in March  by the award of the Scottish Horticultural Medal by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society.
The Scottish Horticultural Medal (SHM)  is an award first introduced in 1950 to mark the 150th anniversary of the RCHS. The award is strictly limited to a maximum of 50 recipients and is awarded to anyone, anywhere, who has made an outstanding service, professional or amateur, to Scottish Horticulture.

   Jim McColl, Honorary President of the Caley,  presents Carole Baxter with the Scottish Horticultural Medal.
The Caley AGM and award ceremony was held on  March 5th.
Congratulations to all the award winners presented with their awards that evening: Carole Baxter, Dr Mark Watson, Lindsay Morrison, Sandra Maclennan, Constance Gilleghan, Jim Laurie, Nan Henderson, Peter Guthrie Finulla McCloskey and Fiona Fitzelle. [Glassford Sprunt received his award at the Dunblane Bulb Day, see below.]