FEBRUARY-MARCH 2017
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Executive Director ’ s ......... 2 Greeting Regional Events ............. 3 New & Noteworthy .......... 4 President ’ s Greeting ......... 5 Food Column ............... 6 Hot off the Press ............ 7 Business .................... 8 Regional News ............ 10 Upcoming Events ......... 12 Nominations Committee .. 13 Member Profiles ..... 14 & 15 Photography Column ..... 16 Gro1000 .................. 17 Sustainability Column ..... 18 GWA Membership ......... 20 Membership Survey ....... 21 Green Industry News ...... 22 Boad Meeting Report ..... 23 New Members ............ 24 Obituary .................. 24
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Smug Creek Garden of Mike and Kathy Shadrack
BY SALLY CUNNINGHAM
Many garden writers have reserved August 4 to 7 for GWA 2017 ( and maybe even longer for post-tour guests ). We know that many of our members are motivated to come because of the much-publicized private gardens of Garden Walk Buffalo , which is scheduled for Day One .
But have you heard of the garden attractions we ’ ve called “ Jewels of
Above : Mike and Kathy Shadrack chose the Southtowns ?” The towns include this hillside property in Hamburg , New Hamburg , Orchard Park and Boston . York , with a house built over a creek , There on Day Three of the conference you ’ ll find a set of gardens and and first named it Falling Waters Two . Right : At least 300 named and labeled daylilies provide bloom for at least growers that have become destinations for AAA , Canadian and out-of- near Buffalo , New York .
seven weeks in the Shadracks ’ garden
state motor coach tours , traveling bloggers , photographers and plant society groups .
AUTHORS ’ GARDEN
The starring garden in these southtowns is Smug Creek Gardens , created by authors Mike and Kathy Shadrack ( The Encyclopedia of Hostas , The Book of Little Hostas and more ). Meeting the couple is its own story : Mike , the London “ Bobby ” ( a leader of the British Hemerocallis & Hosta Society ) met Kathy , the American Iris and Daylily Society officer , on an international hosta tour . Plants were exchanged ; sparks flew ; soon they married . But
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PHOTOS COURTESY JIM CHARLIER / JCHARLIER . COM
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