Czech Worldwide Rock Backyard Convention 2007

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1st Czech Worldwide
Rock Backyard
Convention
Beroun nr. Prague
Czech Republic
www.soldanella.cz/convention

Might 3 – 6, 2007

Invitation

Rock gardeners,
– Plan to be there!
– Make a pilgrimage to the Mecca of rock gardeners, to Prague at blooming time.
– Meet the true believers of pure rock gardening.
– Benefit from the mix of lectures and the wealth of their expertise from the wild and cultivation.
– Take heed to nineteen lecturers at this intimate convention.
– See the Principal Alpine Present with plant sale in Prague
– Go to the very best Czech rock gardens.
– Get to the guts of Europe, to a medieval metropolis.

Vojtěch Holubec Zdeněk Zvolánek
president of RGCP convention chairman

The convention might be held

On the lodge “Na ostrově” (On the island), in Beroun. It’s a charming medieval royal city on the D5 (E50) motorway, 18 km west of Prague and 25 minutes by taxi from the Worldwide Airport Praha – Ruzyně.

Czech Republic is a land of well-known individuals resembling “Good soldier Švejk” (Jaroslav Hašek), Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Franz Kavka, Gregor Mendel, Karel Čapek… and quite a lot of well-known individuals lived or created right here: Tycho de Brahe, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and others.
Prague is a metropolis with historic proof from the eighth century A.D. Věstonická Venus belongs to the well-known excavations from South Moravia. Charles College (based in 1348) is likely one of the oldest within the center of Europe.
However all that is nothing in comparison with rock gardening traditions. Arnošt Sylva Tarouca based Průhonice panorama park with a pure rock backyard in 1885.

Programme

Vlastimil Braun (Czech R.): The small Daphnes.
Joyce Carruthers (Canada): Rock backyard residents from the Wild West.
Josef Halda (Czech R.): Wild journeys to the place the wild crops develop.
Finn Haugli (Norway): The cultivation of Himalayan crops in Arctic. Native alpines of N Norway
Vojtěch Holubec (Czech R.): Exploring alpines in China and Tibet. The Caucasus and its flowers.
Michael Kammelander (Germany): World of Crocuses and magic Juno Irises.
Fritz Kummert (Austria): European Primulas of the Auriculastrum part. Successes with crops in a south japanese Austrian backyard.
Jiří Papoušek (Czech R.): Breeding Kabschias, the work of the Czech breeders.
John Web page (England): Historical past of rising alpines open air in England.
Robert Rolfe (England): Alpines of the Andes. The perfect of English exhibits.
Jānis Rukšāns (Latvia) Bulbs of Central Asia.
Gerben Tjeerdsma (Sweden): Rock gardening within the Botanical Backyard Göteborg. Expeditions of the Botanical Backyard Göteborg.
Zdeněk Zvolánek (Czech R.): Bohemian rock gardening. Crevice gardens and their crops.

Publish Convention rock backyard visits

5 days of bus excursions encompassing:
East Bohemia circle (J. Grulich, Z. Řeháček, O. Maixner, J. Novák).
North Prague circle (O. Vlasák, D. Pangrác, J. Papoušek, V. Holubec)
Czech Karst circle (Ok. Lang, Z. Zvolánek, S. Čepička, M. Čepička, M. Halada)
Central Bohemia circle (V. Staněk, Ok. Veselý, Antonín Dvořák Museum, Konopiště Citadel)

Organizer

Please, register on line or return the software to the next tackle:

The Rock Backyard Membership, Prague
c/o Lida and Jiři Papoušek
convention registration
Zaorálkova 591
252 63 Roztoky
Czech Republic

Charges

The Convention payment consists of accomodation and board,
go to to The Principal Alpine Present in Prague,
and Proceedings with lectures and color photos.

Convention charges are distinguished in accordance with phrases of fee:
Registration payment 260 EUR (earlier than 30 October 2006),
Late registration payment 310 EUR
Publish convention journey 300 EUR
Cancellation might be penalized for the quantity of fee servicing, however the penalty might be 100 EUR after 30 January 2007

Fee particulars

Please, use a financial institution switch to:
Česká spořitelna, Křenova 7, 162 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Account quantity: 143657309/0800
BIC / SWIFT Code: GIBA CZ PX
IBAN Code: CZ 60 0800 0000 0001 4365 7309
Please, state clearly the recipient:
“The Rock Backyard Membership, Prague”
Maříkova 5, 162 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
or ship a cheque to RGCP

Lodging

The lodging might be within the lodge “Na ostrově”
Na ostrově 816, 266 01 Beroun 3
www.naostrove.cz
1, 2 and three mattress rooms accessible

Registration:

On line:
www.soldanella.cz/convention
By e-mail:
convention@soldanella.cz
By put up:
Jiří and Lída Papoušek
Zaorálkova 591, 252 63 Roztoky
Czech Republic

cellphone: +420 220 911 636
cellular: +420 606 762 671

Partner programme

We will provide three half day guided visits for those that don’t need to keep within the lecture room.
1. Prague sightseeing
2. Karlštejn fort
3. Koněprusy caves within the Czech Karst
Please, fill your want within the registration kind

Convention committee

Zdeněk Zvolánek – chairman
Karel Týbl – vice chairman, webmaster
Ota Vlasák – technical chairman
Jiří Papoušek – registration
Ivana Nováková – treasurer
Luděk Zvolánek – journeys and translation
Vojtěch Holubec – correspondence
Zdeněk Obrdlík – printing
Joyce Carruthers – supporting crew
Vlastimil Braun – supporting crew
Jiří Novák – supporting crew