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REGION VII
REGIONAL EVENTS
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• March 11-12, Ipswich Plant Expo, Ipswich, Queensland. Guest speakers and more than 100 suppliers.
• March 29 to April 2, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria. Designer and student display gardens, sculpture exhibition and garden products,
• April 8-9, Collectors’ Plant Fair, Clarendon NSW. NSW’ s biggest plant fair.
• RELEAF: National Garden Centres Day supports the mental health benefits of gardening.
upcoming EVENTS
GWA @ Northwest Flower & Garden Show
Connect Meeting, Region VI, Seattle Thursday, February 23
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Frida Friday @ Tucson Botanical Garden
Regional Meeting, Region VI, Tucson, Arizona Friday, March 10
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GWA @ Canada Blooms
Regional Meeting, Region VII, Toronto Saturday, March 11
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GWA @ Philadelphia Flower Show
Press / Media Tour Thursday, March 9 Connect Meeting, Region II, Philadelphia Saturday, March 11
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GWA @ Chicago Flower & Garden Show
Regional Meeting, Region III, Chicago Saturday, March 18
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GWA @ DuPont Triple Play Tour
Regional Meeting, Region II, Wilmington, Hockessin and Winterthur, Delaware Friday, April 28
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Back in Minnesota, Heather will speak about“ Gardening for Bees and Butterflies” at the Long Prairie Library in Long Prairie, March 11, and then at the Sauk Center Library in Sauk Center;“ What You Can Do for Pollinators: Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Garden Habitat” for the St. Cloud Garden Club at the St. Cloud Whitney Center, March 20;“ Gardening for the Birds and Bees,” March 21, at the Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield and April 1 at Ready, Set, Grow! Garden Expo 2017 in Brainerd, she’ ll speak about“ Gardening for Bees and Butterflies” and“ Pollinators of Native Plants.”
REGION VI
JACQUELINE SOULE
Patrick Ryan continues educating children with the Alaska Botanical Garden’ s 21st Century Schools indoor gardening program. ABG is also fine-tuning its lessons with the Anchorage Schools District’ s STEM Science Program. He’ s teaching a Gardening 101 class in February and March, and you can find his writing on the ABG website and Facebook page.
Mary-Kate Mackey will present two talks at Seattle’ s Northwest Flower & Garden Show, February 22-23.
Debra Prinzing will continue the“ Slow Flowers Creative Workshop,” March 6-7. The curriculum is designed to help creatives use language for storytelling and brand building. At its heart is“ floral memoir” and“ floral narrative,” evoking the personal story at the heart of each student’ s journey.
Robert Kourik is presenting twice at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, The Seed Bank, Petaluma, California:“ Good Fungus, Happy Roots, Healthy Plants,” March 8, and“ Vegetable Roots,” which highlights root maps, April 12.
Nicholas Staddon will offer presentations at Village Landscape Centers in Orange and Huntington Beach, California, March 8 and April 5.
Regional Director Jacqueline Soule reminds people to come to sunny, warm Tucson, Arizona,
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“ Frida Friday,” the art and gardens of Frida Kahlo, and the Region VI meeting at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, March 10. This is followed by the Tucson Festival of Books, March 11 and 12, on the University of Arizona campus.
Susan Mulvihill will present“ Attracting Birds To Your Garden” at the daylong Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium in Spokane, Washington, March 11. She will also teach“ Raised Bed Gardening,” March 2,5 for the Spokane County Master Gardener Program.
REGION VII
WENDY DOWNING
Spring appears to be a very busy time for our members in Region VII. Our annual Region VII meeting will take place at Canada Blooms on Saturday, March 11.
National Director Ken Brown is speaking at a Region of Durham staff“ Lunch & Learn,” February 17; at Canada Blooms, March 16 and in Dorval, Quebec, March 27. He is the keynote speaker at Gardening Saturday in Winnipeg, March 18 and plans are being made to have a Connect meeting on that date. Ken will teach a flower and vegetable-judging workshop in Sunderland, March 25, followed by speaking engagements in Exeter, April 1 and Greely, April 5.
One of our newer GWA members Stephanie Rose( Garden Therapy) will be speaking at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle, February 22-23 and at the Epcot Flower and Garden Show in Orlando, March 3-5.
Dan Cooper will speak about low-maintenance gardening and his book Gardening from a Hammock at the Orillia( Ontario) Horticultural Society, March 16 and to the Etobicoke Horticultural Society, April 5, in Toronto.
Regional VII Regional Director Tony Spencer, a. k. a.“ The New Perennialist,” is keeping busy this winter with podcasts and a string of speaking gigs. He’ s featured guest( and first Canadian to appear) on the popular U. S. Native Plant Podcast with hosts John C. Magee and Preston Montague. Time TBD and downloadable.
On the local front, Tony will speak at the annual Toronto event, Get the Jump on Spring at The Toronto Botanical Garden, with his talk“ Perennial Dreamtime: The DIY Naturalistic Garden,” February 18. Next up, Tony speaks at Canada Blooms on“ Art + Ecology in Planting Design” on March 13. He’ ll follow that up with a daylong design workshop,“ New Perennial Planting at Home,” at the botanical garden as part of its Winter Education Programme on March 18.
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