Raising a glass to our Armandii

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Further to our sad announcement earlier this week, Webmaster and the Admin team thought it would be a nice idea to have a thread where we could raise a glass, have a chuckle, share memories and chew the fat in honour of Armandii.

Quite often, Eddy and I would do exactly that by PM of a weekend whilst chasing a few drams over our throats and on occasion that would even be us being daft on some of the threads on the forum with many of you joining in.

Without doubt, Eddy would want GC to continue to thrive, and for the GC gang to continue to keep the chat, laughter and camaraderie going. So, feel free!

 

Aye, he had a canny knack of putting people at ease about what they were growing (and to be fair, there are many others here that I personally hold in similar regard) - thankfully, he had his daft side as well, so you'd often find yourself chuckling at something or in some sort of silly exchange (and usually when getting a little bit tiddly at the same time )

 

I'll certainly be having another wee dram to him. Coming on the heels of another passing in the family it's been quite an emotional week so I'll be celebrating their memories, and of our small gardening family.

 

Sorry to read that Andy

 

Thanks both, it's been a bit of a week!

 

The line in your signature also applies to you! My inbox is always open....

 

Eddy was a lovely person and he came to our open garden every year for about ten years despite the very long drive. He loved meeting all the GC members and enjoyed swapping plants with them here. When he arrived on Friday, the day before open day, his car was full of plants and some were for other members and the rest for sale for the charity.

He stopped for a cuppa, cake, chat and laugh before checking into his B&B that he always stayed at when coming down here. On the Sunday morning before going home he again stopped for a cuppa, cake and laugh and reminisce about the GC group the day before and then headed home with a fruit cake (his favourite) and sandwiches for the journey.

He will be sorely missed.

 

A group of us, anyone who wanted to, came to the Indian restaurant for a meal after open day and he never missed that!

This is a rather poor photo at the restaurant but the only one I can find with him just in the picture, with myself and our lovely GC Beckie who died suddenly last year.


This is a photo taken by Beckie of Eddy doing his usual thing of photographing plants (Jenny and "M" in the background).