On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA August-September 2016

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016

On the
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PRIVATE GARDENS TO
PLEASE THE SENSES

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

BY K ATE COPSE Y

Tips for a Great Visit in Atlanta . . . . . . . . . 2
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Executive Director’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GWA 2016 Honorees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Photography Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Quick Conversations with Two . . . . . . . . . . 6
Keynote Speakers
Get the Most Out of Your Conference . . . . 8
Post Conference Tour Heads to Athens . . . 9
Food Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Get Your Videos Seen and Made . . . . . . 11
Sustainability Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Regional News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Region Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Business Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hot Off the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Writing Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Meet Stephanie Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Silver Medal Media Awards . . . . . . . . . . 24
Protect Your Online Privacy . . . . . . . . . . 25
Meet James Baggett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
GWA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

I

n the last few issues
of On the QT, we

have been enticing

you to come to the

GWA Atlanta Confer
ence & Expo with
scenes from the diverse
public gardens. Attendees will also
enjoy seeing private gardens; we
have an amazing variety scheduled.
Some are designed professionally,
but only one has full time staff to
maintain the gardens. Gardeners
who enjoy buying fun, new plants
and then finding somewhere to put
them maintain other places.

BLANK GARDEN

P H OTO C O U R T E S Y A R T H U R B L A N K

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One of the private gardens GWA will visit belongs to Arthur Blank,
a founder of The Home Depot.

On the high end is the
stunning estate of Arthur Blank,
co-founder of The Home Depot,
which has its corporate headquarters in Atlanta. This property
has terraced lawns that spread
out from the home. These are
surrounded by shrubs, which give
way to trees that provide privacy
from the road. On one side of the
property is a greenhouse where
the children enjoy doing their
homework among the plants and
away from the busy household.
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