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 11