On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA June - July 2017 | Page 7

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Mason Day from GrowIt! reports that the mobile social media app for
gardeners now has over 300,000 members.
C.L. Fornari’s latest book, The Cocktail Hour Garden, won an
Honorable Mention award from the American Society of Journalists
and Authors. C.L. is particularly delighted that this book won in
the category of “Self Help/How To.”
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Susan Appleget Hurst has accepted the position
of Senior Editor at Meredith Corporation in Des
Moines, Iowa, effective late July. She’ll be leading
the quarterly Country Gardens magazine as well
as other Meredith Special Publications in the
Garden group of Meredith Core Media. Susan
became a member of GWA in 2001.
Jan Kirsh’s colorful Artichokes and sumptuous Fig are found
among the image-rich pages of CAST: Art and Objects Made Using
Humanity’s Most Transformational Process, a newly announced
book by artists Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Featuring
exquisite photos of contemporary and historic works, the book
reveals how the process of casting—pouring material into a
mold—has transformed our world.
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In an episode to air this summer, Joe Lampl’s TV show, Growing A
Greener World, will feature Dan Benarcik’s work at his Delaware home.
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Region IV gathers at Nemours
Denise Schreiber received an award from the Township and
Boroughs Police Association honoring her 27 years of care for their
Fallen Officers Memorial in South Park, Pennsylvania.
In the winter of 2016, C.L. Fornari
and Ellen Zachos recorded a video in
front of a live audience. They titled it
Houseplant Rescue: Save it, or Say Good-
bye? In the process they realized that
they enjoyed talking about plants in a
personal, conversational manner. They
also discovered that they both like to
have fun with their topics, have differ-
ent areas of plant and garden expertise,
and they don’t always agree.
It was the start of a creative working relationship. Ellen and C.L.
announce the germination of Plantrama, a podcast about plants.
Regular episodes are designed to bring the wonders of plants and
gardens to the general public, as C.L. and Ellen remind listeners,
“Science, Art and Dinner: It’s all in your own backyard.” Play or down-
load episodes at Plantrama.
GWA Region II members and guests visited the Delaware Valley’s
Little Versailles estate garden before opening hours during their
meeting, April 28. This glittering estate is being brought back to
grandeur in an ongoing, 10-year, $39-million endeavor. Alfred
Irenee du Point commissioned the Nemours layout based on Petit
Trianon, Marie Antoinette’s nature retreat on the grounds of Ver-
sailles. GWA members strolled around fountains, 14-carat gold stat-
uary, parterres, and sunken gardens. Japanese cryptomeria, oaks,
chestnuts and cypress form long shady allees. Nemours is such a
dazzling display at every season, it was easy why Alfred’s garden is
cited as the finest French landscape garden in North America
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