On 19/6/05 8:55, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

Years ago, urg used to hold regular 'urgmeets'. An urgler (poster to
uk.rec.gardening) would invite others to come to see his/her garden on a
particular day, and people would bring plants to swap. On other days,
people would agree to meet up at a public garden or garden show.

These meets were open to all, and everybody was welcome. These meets are
the reason why some people in the group know each other - first we met
in urg, then we met in Real Life!

Sadly, as the number posting to newsgroups has increased and people have
become more suspicious of each other, the urgmeets have withered away,
not because anyone has wanted to keep people out, but because no-one has
responded when someone has suggested one (as David did only a few weeks
ago).

I enjoyed the urgmeets. I got to meet new people that I would never ever
have met without urg, I could see their gardens and understand the
problems they were talking about. So I'm sad that they have vanished. Is
there anyone out there who would like to start urgmeets again, or have
they vanished forever?


In principle - e.g. family crises, or whatever not intervening, we'd be
willing to host one next year. I think the last one we did was in August,
around Bank Holiday time, so perhaps that's a good long weekend for those
who are coming to deepest Devon from far afield. I can supply names and
addresses of good B&Bs near here and those in caravans can use the field or
car park. ;-)
The only problem with us is that we're not exactly central. OTOH, we're
about an hour from the Eden Project and Rosemoor and half an hour from The
Garden House. Dartmoor is about 3.5 miles away and the sea is as far as you
care to go - trips down the river Dart on the ferry to Dartmouth are sublime
experiences.
Only one proviso - no dogs, I'm afraid. Our two Jack Russells and one
wire-haired dachshund are very territorial!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)