On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April - May 2017 | Page 10

REGIONAL EVENTS
— Continued from page 3
The American Flower Show Series at the Chicago
Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois, runs through
October. Societies for different plants from
daylilies to mushrooms have exhibits and sales
each week. Plant societies are great story sources.
Find dates for each show at chicagobotanic.org/
plantshows.
R EGI ON IV
The 10th annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea
will be June 3 and 4 in Douglasville, Georgia.
This event gets bigger and better each year
and Garden and Gun magazine has named
Douglasville the “Hydrangea Capital of the
South.” More details at http://hydrangeafest.
org/. Follow on Facebook: https://www.face-
book.com/hydrangeafestival/
Helping Us Grow!
Thanks to these GWA members for helping to
grow the organization.
TWO MEMBERS
Helen Battersby
Ruth Clausen
Eva Monheim
BY DIANE BLAZEK
GWA’s Association Outreach Task Force has again arranged for GWA members to gain special
access to Cultivate’17 in Columbus, Ohio, the horticulture industry’s largest the trade show
(#Cultivate17), and its education sessions and other valuable networking events. Let’s see if we
can set some records for GWA presence this year.
AmericanHort, the association that organizes Cultivate, has generously granted GWA members
a special complimentary pass valued at $350. The educational sessions and tours begin Saturday,
July 15. The tradeshow runs Sunday through Tuesday, July 16-18.
Again this year, GWA will have a booth at Cultivate ’17 and Diane Blazek is looking for vol-
unteers to work the booth during the show.
Here are just a few of the many events open to GWA members:
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4 to 5 p.m., Saturday, July 15, GWA Power Hour
5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, July 15, and Monday July 17, Ohio State University Trials
5 to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 16, Block Party
5:15 to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 16, Franklin Park Conservatory Tour
5 p.m., Monday, July 17, Evening of Excellence Awards
9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 18, GWA Connect
Registration • OPEN NOW
Registration deadline: Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Use promo code: GWAwrites
Editor’s note: GWA members attend Cultivate to find out the latest and greatest plants and
other merchandise coming on the market. They will learn what the industry is doing for some of
the gardener’s problems or concerns, such as neonics and other pesticides. It is an opportunity
to meet breeders and marketers face-to-face. Having garden writers attend also tells the industry
that we are interested in what they are doing and that can only help develop and strengthen our
relationship with breeders, marketers and others. – Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
SIX MEMBERS
Brie Arthur
Kirk Ryan Brown
TWO ALLIED
MEMBERS
Teresa Watkins
Andrew Bunting, assistant director of the Chicago Botanic Garden and director of plant collections,
spoke to about 25 GWA members who attended the Region III meeting at the Chicago Flower & Garden
Show at Navy Pier.
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ONE MEMBER
Cassandra Barr
Steve Bender
Louise Clark
Kate Copsey
Dawn Hummel
Jan Johnsen
Bill Johnson
Jeff Lowenfels
Marty Ross
Yvonne Savio
Lynn Steiner
Chris VanCleve
Teresa Watkins
Members invited to Cultivate 17