Filling the “Caley” with the scents and sights of spring 

An added dimension comes to the 2007 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Spring Show next March, with the inclusion of a Floral Art competition. Running at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Caledonian Hall on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 March, the show will also spotlight the work of 15 local schools and nurseries who are growing bowls of miniature daffodils in pursuit of the Scottish Daily Express Trophy Society.

RHS Gold Medallist and daffodil grower RA Scamp, of Falmouth, makes a return visit to present the centrepiece display. Ron Scamp has also provided ‘Foxhunter’ daffodil bulbs, which Society members are nurturing, with the intention of putting forward their prime specimens and a chance to win the inaugural RA Scamp Challenge Class.

Society President, George Anderson MBE will join the line-up of exhibitors competing for an impressive array of prizes and trophies. “I do enjoy the challenge of our Spring Flower Show and can guarantee that the Caledonian Hall will be filled to the brim and overflowing with the scents and sights of Spring”, he commented. New exhibitors are always given a particular welcome and anyone interested in competing can obtain a copy of the Show Schedule by downloading it from the Society’s Web Site: www.royalcaledonianhorticulturalsociety.org.  

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Issued by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on behalf of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society

Editor’s Notes:

Event exhibitors are available for interview through David Sinclair (Show Secretary), RCHS 12 Jock’s Hill Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BJTel: 01506 844107; E-mail: davidcsinclair@btinternet.com

For photographic opportunities, please contact Shauna Hay on 0131 248 2900 

Event details: Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show: Saturday 24& Sunday 25 March 2007, (11am–5.30pm each day); admission to the Show is £1.50 with students and children free.