On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA February-March 2016 | Page 8

REGIONAL NEWS & NOTES

16; the San Francisco Flower Show,
March 18 and at the St. Charles, Missouri,
Home Show, April 8 to 10. On April 2 and
5, Charlie offers a hands-on “Pruning
Workshop” at Gardeners Supply Company
in Burlington, Vermont.

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On Feb. 19, Lorraine Ballato speaks
about “Foolproof Hydrangeas” at the
Connecticut Flower and Garden Show in
Hartford, Connecticut. At the 34th annual
NOFA Winter Conference in Burlington,
Vermont on March 12, Lorraine covers
“Growing Roses Organically.” And on
March 28, Lorraine discusses “The Magic
of Self-watering Containers” at the Bethel
(Connecticut) Library.
On Feb. 19 at the New York Botanical
Garden, Duncan Brine, principal landscape
designer at GardenLarge, teaches a
seminar, “Naturalistic Landscape Design.”
Brine presents an approach embodied
by his own 6-acre garden, which elicits
responses from a site rather than imposing
a traditional style. For details, visit
gardenlarge.com.
Just when gardeners are stuck inside,
Tovah Martin is taking to the road to
advocate for houseplant adoption and
demonstrate how plants can change your
home. She lectures on her newest book,
The Indestructible Houseplant (Timber
Press, 2015) at the Connecticut Flower and
Garden Show, Feb. 19. Then she’s headed
to the Philadelphia Flower Show to lecture
on March 6. From there, it’s the Boston
Flower Show on March 16.
C.L. Fornari is looking forward to speaking
at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
in Seattle, Feb. 20 and. 21. She speaks at
the Philadelphia Flower Show, March 6 and
7 and at the Boston Flower Show, March
19. For details, go to GardenLady.
Charlie Nardozzi speaks about “Plant
Propagation,” Feb. 20 and “Foodscaping,”
Feb. 21 at the Northwest Flower & Garden
Show in Seattle. He’ll also speak on “Foodscaping” at the Chicago Flower Show,
March 12; the Boston Flower Show, March
8

Sally Cunningham was named Person of
the Year for 2015 by Plant WNY (Nursery
and Landscape Association). On Feb. 26,
27 and 28, Sally speaks at the Home &
Gardening Expo in Hamburg, New York,
on home gardening topics aimed at new
gardeners and millennial consumers. From
March 9 through 11, she leads a tour for
AAA/Great Garden Travel from Buffalo,
Rochester and Syracuse, New York to the
Philadelphia Flower Show and Longwood
Gardens.
On March 2, Julie Moir Messervy gives
her lecture “Get Out!! Designing
Landscapes That Get Everyone Outside
Again”for the Annapolis Horticulture
Society in Annapolis, Maryland.
Greg Bilowz offers “Landscape Design
& Construction Fundamentals” workshop,
March 5 at Tower Hill Botanical Garden,
Boylston, Massachusetts. Learn the
basic steps that are helpful to the design
process.
Marie Iannotti teaches “Get More from
Your Vegetable Garden,” March 5, at
the Community Garden Conference,
Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown,
New Jersey. She talks about “Big Ideas
for Small Spaces” at the Chicago Flower
& Garden Show, March 16. Marie presents
“A Gardener’s Tour of the Hudson Valley,”
at the Capital District Garden & Flower
Show in Troy, New York, March 18.

Library (avonctlibrary.info). The second is
Monday, April 4 at the Wethersfield,
Connecticut, Home Garden Club
(bit.ly/1ZJirVN). Both meetings are open
to the public.
Diana K. Weiner, now horticulture
program manager for the Gerry Foundation,
is teaching the first of a three-part series:
“Gardening 101,” April 6, at Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County,
in Liberty, New York. The classes are free.
The Gerry Foundation welcomes local
garden writers to join its Garden Design
Panel and review gardens being funded
for grants. There are many stories to be
found with these projects.
Rich Pomerantz presents a garden
photography lecture to the Carmel-by-theSea Garden Club in Carmel, California,
April 14.
Kerry Mendez teaches a garden design
and care class April 15 at the Woodstock
Inn and Resort in Woodstock, Vermont. On
April 16, she speaks at the daylong 12th
annual Great Gardens and Landscaping
Symposium at the same location. Her topic:
“New Sensational Flowering Shrubs for
Three Seasons of Interest.” Other speakers
include: Joseph Tychonievich, Kim Eierman
and Benjamin Pauly. Event and registration
details are at pyours.com/symposium.

Kim Eierman is pleased to be presenting
“Gardening Inspirations from the Smoky
Mountains” at the Philadelphia Flower
Show, March 11, and “EcoBeneficial
Gardening 101” at the Chicago Flower
and Garden Show, March 14. Some of her
upcoming talks and classes include
“Planting for Pollinators” at the New York
Botanical Garden, Feb. 27, and “How to
Create a Pollinator Victory Garden”at the
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History,
April 3.

Longwood Conservatory transforms into
a tropical oasis, featuringits largest display
of orchids ever, during Orchid Extravaganza going on now through March 27. The
Clivia Show returns with hundreds of perfect
blooms March 12 and 13. For more information, visit longwoodgardens.org.

Karla Dalley gives two lectures on
“Creative Container Design.” The first is
March 19 at the Avon (Connecticut) Public

Registration is still open for the new online
series, “Create Your Own Webinars for
Garden Writers,” led by Cheryl Corson. The

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