On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA December 2016 - January 2017 | Page 10
REGIONAL NEWS & NOTES
REGION I
REGION II
Region I keeps chugging along despite any
winter weather! After the holidays we don’t stop.
Now is the time to enjoy some great presentations. We can savor them when we are not so
busy. This is my first report and I was slow to
gather information for everyone. I will make sure
to reach out and get more events to share with
you this year. Please let me know of any event,
show or talk you want us to promote. You can
reach me at [email protected].
Denise Schreiber will talk about “Let’s Get
Gardening” January 9 at the Buffalo Inn in
South Park, Pennsylvania—a free event. Call
412-835-1201 to register. Denise is also teaching
a Home Ga rdener Certificate Course, beginning
January 25. This event is also at the Buffalo Inn
and is described as a science-based curriculum.
For more information call 412-350-2455.
JAN JOHNSEN
The Garden Conservancy will host Chip
Sullivan and his workshop, “The Alchemy of
Creativity,” January 12 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the
Hunnewell Building Visitor Center, Arnold
Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. This workshop will include a series
of exercises to help participants explore the creative process. It will present various techniques,
including dream mapping, creative biorhythms,
visual note taking, journals, sketchbooks and
the sequential narrative. At 7:00 p.m., Chip will
present “Cartooning the Landscape,” at the
Arboretum. Information on both presentations
can be found at www.gardenconservancy.org.
Kathy Purdy will speak on “Colchicums:
Autumn’s Best-Kept Secret” for Hamilton
Arboretum’s Third Saturday Series. The talk takes
place at 10 a.m., January 17, in the Taylor Science
Center Kennedy Auditorium at Hamilton College,
Clinton, New York. Kathy is the 2015 GWA Silver
Award of Achievement winner for Blog Writing.
Kerry Ann Mendez will present a webinar
“Inspired Garden Design Lessons from Magnificent Gardens in England, Canada and the United
States,” at 2 p.m., January 26. Participants do not
have to watch the live broadcast. They can enjoy
the lecture afterwards via a link and password to
the PowerPoint and lecture handout.
Dawn Hummel will be speaking on “Tips
and Tricks to Attract Millennials to Your Retail
Garden Center” at PlantWNY, February 2 and 3,
Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, Depew, New York.
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On January 18, Ruth Clausen will be entertaining the Fairfax Master Gardeners at Merrifield
Garden Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Her topic is
“Annuals and Perennials for Northern Virginia
Gardens.” Ruth will be signing books after the
talks.
Lois J. de Vries will present “Cultivating The
Inner Gardener” to the Bernardsville Garden
Club, January 17 (snow date February 14) at the
Bernardsville, New Jersey library.
Two of our writers are celebrating the release
of their new books. New member Jill Jonnes’
book Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees
and People in the American Cityscape was
released in September, 2016. Timber Press will
release Wendy Kiang-Spray’s The Chinese
Kitchen Garden in February, 2017. Both authors
have presentations in the new year to promote
the books. Jill will speak at the New York
Botanical Garden on February 3, and Wendy
will have a book party at the Politics and Prose
bookstore in Washington, D.C., February 5.
Check Wendy’s web page for this and other
events.
On February 21, Sharee Solow will present
“Japanese Garden Design: Stroll Gardens of the
Edo Period” at the Osher Learning Institute at
the University of Delaware. This is a design-build
lecture that comes with handouts and tips to
make your own gardens.
REGION III
B E T H B OT T S , S U S A N M A R T I N
AND DIANE BLAZEK
Sabrena Schweyer and others will teach a
permaculture design course in Akron, Ohio,
January 7 through March 5. The 12-session
course, which leads to a permaculture design
certification, is offered by her landscape
design firm, Salsbury-Schweyer. Learn more
and register here.
Photographer Dianne Kittle will teach a sixsession class, “Social Media Digital Tools,” January
11 to February 15 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
in Glencoe, Illinois. Learn more and register here.
Bobbie Schwartz, FAPLD, of Bobbie’s Green
Thumb in Shaker Heights, Ohio, will speak
on “Making Shade Colorful” and “Designing
a Deer-resistant Landscape” on January 17 at
MGIX, the Midwest Green Industry Experience
conference and trade show at the Greater
Columbus Convention Center.
Carol Michel and Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp will
speak at the Indianapolis Home Show, January
20 through 29.