as the Irrigation Expo in Las Vegas , and the Landscape Expos in Long Beach and Sacramento , California . Watch the GWA sites , this space , or contact gardeningwithsoule @ hotmail . com for more information .
• • • In late August , Toronto , Canada blogger Tony Spencer ( aka “ The New Perennialist )” will be meeting up with friends , Piet Oudolf and plantsman Roy Diblik in Chicago to sit in on Piet ’ s annual evaluation of the renowned Lurie Gardens at Millennium Park . Later in September ( date TBD ), Tony is slated to appear on the Native Plant Podcast live from Virginia , talking with John C . Magee and friends about naturalistic planting design from a new perennial perspective .
GWA Region V director Bill Adams talks tomatoes — from heirlooms to green when ripe varieties , blue tomatoes , modern hybrids — and other gardening topics on Central Texas Gardener ( KLRU-TV / PBS ). Watch online anytime at video . klru . tv / local / or pbs . org / show / central-texas-gardener /
Author Sharon Lovejoy has joined the advisory board of the National Gardening Association . She will also be writing posts on gardening with children for NGA members and Kidsgardening . org .
• • • Purdue University Extension Educator Kris Medic will help to lead a delegation of Indiana farmers and extension educators visiting diversified farms and horticultural businesses in Maine and Vermont for a week in September . Funded by a USDA SARE grant , the trip will help selected Indiana farmers and extension educators understand and adopt sustainable practices as they apply to small operations . On the itinerary are Four Season Farm in Harborside , Maine ; Johnny ’ s Selected Seeds in Winslow , Maine and Cate Farm in Plainfield , Vermont . thefarmersgarden . com Peggy ’ s article on home canning and preserving was published in the July / August issue of Virginia Gardener magazine . Peggy also redesigned her business card to include the GWA logo on the backside to encourage others to become GWA members .
• • • Jacqueline Soule , a member of the GWA Outreach Task Force , is working to find ways for the green industry and garden writers to help each other thrive in today ’ s changing economy . While the main focus of the task force has been green industry shows , such as Farwest and Cultivate , Jacqueline is also working with the allied trades to get garden writers invited to such events
• • • The September issue of Oklahoma Gardener magazine profiles Russell Studebaker of Tulsa , for his impact on the gardening community . Russell served 31 years as senior horticulturist for the City of Tulsa Park Department and for more than 33 years , he wrote a gardening column for the Tulsa World . He is a book author , charter writer for Oklahoma Gardener magazine , garden lecturer and a freelance garden writer with a lifetime of sharing his love of plants and nature , knowledge and horticultural skills with others .
• • • In Seattle , Washington , John A . Wott was named the Volunteer of the Year 2016 by Mature Friends , a retirement organization . This award recognized his 11 years of service , leading hundreds of private garden tours and his participation in a variety of board offices and on committees .
• • • Eva Monheim has been promoted to assistant professor of instruction at Temple University Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture . A new graduate course in Northeast Woodland Ecosystems is scheduled for the fall semester . Eva has also joined the Tree Advisory team for the University of Pennsylvania .
• • • Pat Munts , Region VI regional director is working on a program to help military veterans explore becoming farmers through the Vets on the Farm Project of the Spokane Conservation District . As a weekly columnist for the Spokesman Review , she has focused much of her writing this year on creating pollinator and beneficial insect habitat in home gardens .
• • • Peggy Riccio , owner of pegplant . com has a guest post about peas on Maureen Farmer ’ s
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