Into November

Friday 11th November 2011

Early November? It must be brochure time. Yip!

Everyone is flat out in the office finalising dates/prices/photos and copy for our new brochure.

Should be out in about a month. It is looking really good, but I don't think we've ever had such mixed reaction to our front cover shot (you'll need to wait and see what we've come up with).

It is also World Travel Market time when the whole of the world seems to descend on London, so a contingency from Brightwater have been down negotiating with handling agents, tourist boards and IT companies. http://www.wtmlondon.com/

Last week I managed to escape to the Highlands and called into see our friends at Arbriachan Nursery on Loch Ness-side http://lochnessgarden.com/ and managed to get a keek into their polly-tunnels to see their wonderful auricula collection.

Well worth the visit if you are ever driving up Loch Ness or enjoy a visit as part of our Gardens of the Far North tour. http://www.brightwaterholidays.com/tour.aspx?TID=D7D7F9B8-23BE-40EC-8C58-BE58580CE8CF

Last Night I gave a lecture at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh http://www.rbge.org.uk/ which was a rather humbling experience given the botanical history attached to the place - their last speaker was Charles Jencks the amazing garden designer! http://www.charlesjencks.com/ - a tough act to follow, but I did my stuff and it went down very well with a very appreciative audience. One lady came up to me and said it was one of the best lectures she had ever been at - blimey, I'm still blushing!