PAGS 10th National Show at Fibrex Nurseries Celebration weekend, June 2018

On the Saturday various talks by specialist speakers were arranged.  I had booked three but was only able to go to two as the schedule had to be re-arranged and two of my talks clashed.  David Taylor talked about preparing our plants for winter and Steve Pollard talked about Zonartics.

The audience - waiting for the talk to start

David Taylor

Steve Pollard


On Sunday I went to a talk by Heather Goddard-Key on Cooking with Pelargoniums.



Some photo's of The Show












Sammy Brougham grown as a standard by David Taylor - Best Exhibit in Show


Beautiful arrangement of pelargonium flowers in an unusual container
















 It was an amazing and very enjoyable weekend.


Note: If anyone is interested in using Pelargonium leaves in cooking, The Pelargonium & Geranium Society have a few recipe booklets available.  Contact their book sales officer through the website.










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