{"id":3878,"date":"2020-02-18T22:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T21:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2020-02-18T22:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T21:28:53","slug":"david-haselgrove-plants-and-places-in-patagonia-and-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=3878","title":{"rendered":"David Haselgrove: Plants and Places in Patagonia and Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"591\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/David-Haselgrove-12_2_20-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/David-Haselgrove-12_2_20-.jpg 422w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/David-Haselgrove-12_2_20--214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"> David Haselgrove, retired solicitor and former Council Member of the RHS, presently chairman of their Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee, treated us to a breathtaking show of alpine plants and flowers in South America, set against the imposing landscapes of Chile, Argentina and Peru.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Starting in the very southern-most part of the continent, with its snow-covered mountains, blue icebergs and glaciers, we travelled (virtually) across many miles of grasslands, stopping at chrystal-clear lakes, climbing mountains and volcanoes and crossing dangerously windy plains at high altitude in search of alpine plants growing in the wild.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_4369.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3868\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_4369.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=3868\" class=\"wp-image-3868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_4369.jpg 640w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_4369-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Volcano<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/araucaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3866\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/araucaria.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=3866\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/araucaria.jpg 640w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/araucaria-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Araucaria<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> We were rewarded with the most diverse and colourful range of plants, in unexpected shapes and sizes. It came as a surprise that many of the plant names were familiar, and commonly sold in local plant nurseries, yet the shapes and sizes seemed completely different.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/purple-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3874\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/purple-flowers.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=3874\" class=\"wp-image-3874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/purple-flowers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/purple-flowers-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_5644.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3872\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_5644.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=3872\" class=\"wp-image-3872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_5644.jpg 640w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_5644-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/alstroemeria.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/alstroemeria.jpg 640w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/alstroemeria-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"> The selection of photographs shown here should give some idea of the variety of plants grown in this hostile climate; during questions John indicated that many require a great deal of attention, with drainage foremost, when grown in this country.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> If anybody missed this interesting and entertaining lecture, or would like reminding, a number of photographs taken on this trip are shown online here: https:\/\/www.alpinegardensociety.net\/tours\/southern-patagonia-2019\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Haselgrove, retired solicitor and former Council Member of the RHS, presently chairman of their Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee, treated us to a breathtaking show of alpine plants and flowers in South America, set against the imposing landscapes of Chile, Argentina and Peru. Starting in the very southern-most part of the continent, with its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=3878\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">David Haselgrove: Plants and Places in Patagonia and Peru<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3888,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions\/3888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}