On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA December 2016 - January 2017

DECEMBER 2016-JANUARY 2017

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Buffalo’s Horticultural Heritage
Tour in Progress
B Y S A L LY C U N N I N G H A M

Writing for
GWA On
the QT lets
me—local
arrangements chair
for Buffalo
2017—share
the many
great reasons
to join us next August. I will do so
each issue with a teaser or two that
hint at the stories we can provide. As
we plan the conference tours, we’re
keeping the Story Tours concept
always in mind as a primary reason
that many writers attend. We will
Above: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin
give you stories, especially the tales
House was built between 1903 and
1905 in Buffalo, and is considered
from our intimate, urban private
one of his best Prairie School homes.
gardens of the famous Garden Walk
Right: The Nike of Samothrace statue
Buffalo that have motivated the term graces the conservatory of the Martin
Buffalo Style Gardens. More about
house.
that in future articles.
Conference attendees have learned to expect an introduction to more
than private gardens. A garden writer shouldn’t leave a host city without
getting familiar with its key cultural and horticultural attractions. How
could you pass through Pasadena and ignore the Huntington, or miss the
Phipps in Pittsburgh? In Atlanta we went to Gibbs Gardens (so appreciated in spite of the deluge) and were dazzled by the Chihuly installations
throughout the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. So what is the public cultural
and garden parallel in Buffalo?

P H OTO C O U R T E S Y PAT R I C K M A H O N E Y, A I A

Executive Director’s . . . . . . . . . . 2
Greeting
New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . 4
President’s Greeting . . . . . . . . . 4
PAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Food Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Business Blogging . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hot off the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regional News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Regional Events . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Garden Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Meet Scott Kunst . . . . . . . . . . 14
Green Industry News . . . . . . 15
Business Column . . . . . . . . . . 16
GWA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sustainability Column . . . . . 18
GWA 2016 Exhibitor . . . . . . . 20
Product Guide

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