Harrogate Autumn Show

[Hob]

today i attended the opening day of the Harrogate Autumn Show, a great horticultural show in Yorkshire.
firstly i would like to thank johno and the other members of the York branch for the really warm welcome when i arrived at the BCSS show and sales stand there were three nursery's with stands and sales,
Southfield (cactusland)
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Craig house cacti
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and the plant lovers
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i had a great time and bought a few plants and other bits and pieces.

i am proud to present a gallery of images from the show for forum members

Harrogate show

sample pic
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once again thanks for the warm welcome, the show is open all weekend if you are in the area i would thoroughly recommend it

[Sue]

I wish I had time Hob. So much to do, so little time

[IanW]

I like this pic with a 1st prize on it:

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I can't help but think there's 3 homebase Grusonii's there

[Diane]

Thanks, Hob, for some lovely pics!

[Ray_M]

Smashing Hob,thanks for taking the time and trouble to get those photos for us.Well done.

[Wendy W]

Great pictures Hob. I looked at some of those plants and looked at my far younger plants and can hardly wait for some of mine to grow up lol. And... I did some serious drooling over some of those plants too. Our shows over here start in June so I will haunt the groups I belong to so I don't miss the announcements for those show and sales here in Ontario.
Have a good weekend

[Dot]

Thanks for the pictures Hob, I couldn't get to the Show, so it is great to see them.
I like the rosettes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, I haven't seen these used at Cactus Show before, just right to catch attention.

Well done York Branch,

Dot.

[Liz M]

Thanks for the pictures Hob, I got to the show on Saturday, having seen your pictures I did not take any more.
There were some notably plants in the York show, a very nice tree Aloe, for instance.
I bought a few plants from the sales table, as well, a couple of Echeverias, of course, a Crassula and an Aeonium.
The nurseries in the main hall had some great plants on display and some very good ones for sale. However, since the discussions about labelling I'm very wary of names on labels. I thought some of the nusery plants were either wrongly labelled or wrongly spelled and I find myself questioning every plant I look at. It means a lot of research to be sure of the name.