On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April - May 2017 | Page 11
March Membership Madness Results
GWA signs up 23 new and returning members in March and eight members each brought in
one new one. So, I assigned numbers to the eight and asked Carol Michel to pick a number
between 1 and 8. She picked 7, which was assigned to Chris VanCleave. So, Chris will receive
the three books donated by St. Lynn’s Press for GWA’s March Membership Madness Month.
Thanks to all of the members who encouraged others to join our group and to St. Lynn’s
Press for its donation.
Welcome New Members
Nanette Alton
C. Alton Design
Okemos, MI
(517) 281-7774
nanette.alton@gmail.com
Anne Brennan
Jenkintown, PA
anne@slowgardening.com
Kathleen Childers
Saint Paul, MN
(651) 247-5895
Kathychilders@comcast.net
Andrea K. Cummins
Seattle, WA
andreakcummins@gmail.com
Rachel Dabill
Minneapolis, MN
rdabill@usinternet.com
Bonnie Desmond
Clearwater, FL
Bonniej1990@yahoo.com
Tony DeSormier
Orlando, FL
atdesormier@bellsouth.net
Courtney Goodrich
Dorchester, MA
courtney.goodrich@globe.com
Frank Kershaw
Etobicoke, ON
(416) 233-7472
frank_kershaw@hotmail.com
Christine March
North York, ON
(416) 482-3483
marchski@icloud.com
Margaret Mishra
Morriston, ON
mmishra9876@gmail.com
Paul Parent
Paul Parent Garden Club
Kennebunk, ME
(207) 985-6972
pparent@roadrunner.com
Brian Puckett
Helena, AL
(205) 567-3132
brian.puckett@att.net
Jan Riggenbach
Midwest Gardening
Omaha, NE
(402) 502-4367
jan@riggenbach.info
New Allied Members
Aris Horticulture/Rozanne
& Friends
Barberton, OH
(330) 780-2302
christine.kelleher@arishort.com
Gardener’s Supply Co.
Burlington, VT
(888) 833-1412
claudiam@gardeners.com
IDeal Garden Markers
Roseville, MN
(651) 564-3325
cs@idealgardenmarkers.com
Timber Press
Portland, OR
(503) 227-2878
bridder@timberpress.com
upcoming EVENTS
REGION II
Regional Meeting I Wilmington, Hockessin
and Winterthur, Delaware
DuPont Triple Play Garden Tour
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, April 28
REGION IV
Regional Meeting I Durham and Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
Native Flora of the Carolinas Tour
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, May 5
REGION V
Regional Meeting I Dallas Center and
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Arbors & Botanicals Tour
Friday, June 2 to Saturday, June 3
REGION I
Regional Meeting I Boston
Harvard Yards Garden Tour
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, June 9
REGION II
Connect Meeting I Millersville, Pennsylvania
Connect: NPILC “Hometown Habitat” Screening
6:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, June 9
Regional Meeting I Landisville and Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
The Gardens of Lancaster Tour
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 17
REGION III
Columbus, Ohio
Connect (& More): GWA @ Cultivate’17
Saturday, July 15 throught Tuesday, July 18
Gregg Tepper
Selbyville DE
2017 GWA Annual Conference & Expo
greggtepper@delawaregardens.org
Aug. 3 through 7, Buffalo, New York
Linda Vater
Oklahoma City, OK
vater6389@gmail.com
S AV E THE DATE:
CareerNext Summit 2017: Rising Tides
Beth Watson Drinnen
in Horticulture
Knoxville, TN
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 16,
bwdrinnen@bellsouth.net
Charleston, South Carolina
Brianne Morgan Scholl
Budd Lake, NJ
(908) 327-1049
thebotanyscholar@yahoo.com
REGION I
Regional Meeting I Boston
“The Telling of Selling” at Blithewold Gardens
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, October 13
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