On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA June - July 2017

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Executive Director’s . . . . . . . . . . 2
Greeting
Buffalo Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
President’s Greeting . . . . . . . . . 5
Food Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . 7
Member Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Regional News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . 11
Helping Us Grow . . . . . . . . . . 11
Member Profiles . . . . . . 12 & 14
GWA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sustainability Column . . . . . 18
In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Generosity and Creativity Meet
in the Charlier Garden
B Y S A L LY C U N N I N G H A M
During
#GWA2017
in Buffalo,
participants
will expe-
rience lots
of private
gardens,
most of
them smaller
than typical “story gardens” from past
conferences. That’s because during
its 23 years, Garden Walk Buffalo has
fostered a culture of intensive, per-
sonal home gardening in even the
tiniest of yards. And more than 400
of Buffalo’s gardeners are committed
Above: Jim Charlier’s framed garden of
to sharing their gardens with 60,000- succulents adorns the wall of his house.
plus annual visitors. Many of the best Right: Jim Charlier’s ultimate work, the
Taj MaShed, is just a garden shed, but
are on the GWA tours.
it’s unlikely to be topped.
These are not cookie-cutter
gardens. Nearly all have unique art,
water features, creative twists and surprises. But none is more original
than the garden of Jim and Leslie Charlier of Lancaster Avenue. The garden
has become one of the most photographed and popular of Garden Walk
Buffalo’s stars; it is featured this season in an eight-page spread in Old
House Gardens (June, 2017 issue).
Jim Charlier is the gardener and designer, as well as president of
JCharlier Communication Design. Almost all of the photos promoting our
Buffalo conference and expo have been courtesy of Jim.
Jim was president of the Garden Walk for seven years, produced a
120-page book about Buffalo gardens, co-founded the National Garden
Festival (now Gardens Buffalo Niagara), and publishes the active blog
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