On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April-May 2016 | Page 14

REGIONAL NEWS & NOTES

In February, Cool Springs Press published
her Illinois, Indiana & Ohio Month-byMonth Gardening: What to Do Each Month
to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year. She’s
been selling and signing books at speaking engagements all spring. On June 17,
she will speak on “Small-space Vegetable
Gardening” at the Purdue Master Gardeners State Conference in West Lafayette,
Indiana. She also is scheduled to speak at
the GWA Annual Conference & Expo in
Atlanta, September 16-19.
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp joins Beth as a
speaker at the Indiana Master Gardeners State Conference, June 17. Jo Ellen
presents “Low-maintenance Landscaping
Practices.”

REGION IV
BRIE ARTHUR

Brent Heath leads the workshop, “Living
Flower Arrangements,” at Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, April
15 and 16. On April 23, he presents “100
Years of Daffodils and More” for Fellows
Riverside Park in Youngstown, Ohio. The
Daffodil & Hosta Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Allegheny Chapter Rock
Garden Society have the opportunity to
hear Brent talk about “Daffodils and Special Bulbs” on May 14 and 15. “The Tropical
Paradise Garden” is Brent’s topic for the
Mathews (Virginia) Garden Club, May 18.
Kip McConnell of Plant Development Services, Inc. is speaking at the Sacred Heart
Garden Festival in Augusta, Georgia, April
22. For more information go to sacredheartgardenfestival.com/
Patricia Lanza presents “Lasagna Gardeners” at the Cumberland County Master
Gardener Flower Show at the Fair Grounds
in Crossville, Tennessee, April 22- 24.
Her popular three-book series: Lasagna
Gardening, Lasagna Gardening for Small
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Spaces & Lasagna Gardening with Herbs,
aided by live demonstrations, is the basis
for the presentations. Go to ccmga.org for
times and directions.

101” at the Native Plants in the Landscape
Conference, Millersville University,
Millersville, Pennsylvania, June 15-17,
millersvillenativeplants.org

Jenks Farmer presents “Deep Rooted
Wisdom: Stories and Lessons from Generations of Gardeners,” at the Denver Botanical Garden, April 27, and “Big Bulbs Workshop: Quirky History, Cooking and Current
Trends in Growing Crinum and Other Big
Bulbs,” April 29. He hosts a Mother’s Day
Garden Open on the Lily Farm, Beech
Island, South Carolina, May 8. Su