Alpine Garden Society - Dublin Group

Dublin AGS Show

Dublin Group Alpine Garden Society Show

Saturday 6th April 2013, 1.30 - 4.00pm, Cabinteely Community School, Johnstown Rd, Cabinteely, Dublin 18.

Exhibition Plants - A unique opportunity to see exotic plants from mountains and meadows around the world.
Society Plant Stall - many unusual alpines and other plants for sale.
Trade Plant Stalls - a wide range of choice rock garden and herbaceous plants.
Practical Demonstration.
Painting and Photograph display.
Afternoon Teas.
Raffle.
Admission €3 (members and children free).

The trade plant stalls are expected to be as follows:

Aberconwy Nursery, Wales, and for those who would like to order plants in advance, here is the catalogue
Field of Blooms
Shady Plants Fern Nursery
Mount Venus Nursery
Hester Forde Plants
Peninsula Primulas
Timpany Nurseries
Two Lions Garden Plants, Downpatrick

Click here to download the Show Schedule. The Artistic Schedule is here.

Further information for exhibitors can be found on this page of the UK AGS website

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Directions

The Show is held in the Cabinteely Community School, off Johnstown Road. If coming from the N11 (the Stillorgan dual carriageway), turn on to Johnstown Road then take the second turning on the right (marked 'Courtlands') after Shrewsbury Lawn.

If coming the other way, from Dun Laoghaire, come down Johnstown Road and take the first turning on the left after Granville Road.

Visitors from far afield should take the M50, get off at Junction 16 (Cherrywood), turn left on to the N11, then take the first right on to Johnstown Road.

Last Year's Show - 2011

Here are the results from last year's show

Prize Winners


ACC Cup                      - most first prize points in Open Section                                  - Liam Byrne
Barney Johnson Trophy        - most first prize points in Intermediate Section                          - Gavin Moore
Termonfeckin Trophy          - most first prize points in Novice Section                                - Jimmy Lott
AGS Medal                    - Class 39, 6 pans rock plants distinct not more than two of any one genus - Billy Moore
The Ulster Group Trophy      - Class 62, 3 pans rock plants distinct raised from seed                   - Ian Leslie
Brian Wood Trophy            - Class 122, 1 pan rock plant raised from seed Novice Section              - Jimmy Lott
David Shackleton Trophy      - best pan Primulaceae - Androsace vandellii                               - Gavin Moore
Jacki Troughton-Smith Trophy - best pan Ericaceae - Cassiope myosuroides                                - Susan Tindall
Margaret Orsi Bowl           - best plant from North America - Anemonella thalictroides 'Oscar Schoaf'  - Susan Tindall
Waverley Trophy              - best plant in Intermediate Section - Androsace vandelli                  - Gavin Moore
Millennium Cup               - best plant in Novice Section - Tulipa humilis                            - Barbara O'Callaghan
Best in Show                 - best plant in the Show - Cassiope myosuroides                            - Susan Tindall
Bronze Award                 - exhibit of outstanding merit - Primulaceae                               - Peninsula Primulas

Certificates of Merit for plants or exhibits of outstanding merit:

Susan Tindall for Cassiope myosuroides
George & Pat Gordon for Phyllodoce nipponica
Billy Moore for Gypsophila aretoides
Ian Leslie for Saxifraga aff.karadzicensis

A selection of photos from the Show. Photos by Tessa Dagge.