Dear Pieter, you have to visit Chelsea Fisic Garden too in London! Ciao Alberto Italy ---------- Initial Header ----------- From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org To : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Cc : Date : Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:15:56 +0200 Subject : [pbs] Visiting the UK & Thailand > Dear Group, > > I will be visiting family in Germany next month, during which I will also be > spending some time in the UK, from the 2nd to the 12th of July. Some of the > places & people I have settled to visit include Kew Gardens, Wisley, Bennets > Water Gardens, the Hampton Court Flower Show, Mike King of Shropshire > Sarracenias, Junius des Brisay, David Fenwick of the African Garden and > Jonathan Hutchinson at Rosemoore Gardens. Doubtless there are hundreds of > other things & people to visit! What I would like is to hear from you, who > and what is worthwhile to visit - the top gardens/persons to see/meet before > you die! > > To narrow down the search (or rather expand it), my interests are in bulbs > (of which I am particularly fond of the amarylidaceous genera: Scadoxus, > Haemanthus, Cyrtanthus, Crinum, Hippeastrum (species), Brunsvegia, > Amaryllis, Clivia and many of the South American genera), Waterlilies and > Marginal Plants including aquatic Iris (we have an aquatic plant nursery), > succulents (here I am looking for nurseries specializing in Echeveria and > their hybrids), Carnivorous Plants (especially Sarracenia and Nepenthes) and > last, but not least of my passions, tropicals! Here I include Bromeliads, > Philodendrons, Heliconias, Musa, etc. etc. etc. > > As you can see I have a balanced appetite for a variety of different plants! > If you grow/collect anything you think I might be interested in, or know of > someone who does, please give me an email and I will see how I can work it > into my itinerary. > > The same goes for Germany as above. > > Now, to get to the second part of my subject - Thailand! During July there > will be an International Waterlily Symposium taking place in Thailand, which > I will be attending. This includes tours to many Botanical Gardens & > Nurseries in both Bangkok and Chiang Mai. If you know of any nurseries in > Thailand specializing in any of the afore mentioned plants, please give me > an email. > > I look forward to hearing from all of you! > > Kind regards, > > Pieter > South Africa > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > Alberto Grossi Italy ------------------------------------------------------ Leggi GRATIS le tue mail con il telefonino i-mode™ di Wind http://i-mode.wind.it/