On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA October-November 2016 | Page 11
HOTOFF
the press
Ann McClellan
Bonsai and Penjing: Ambassadors
of Peace and Beauty
Tuttle Publishing
128 pages, $24.95, Pub. Oct. 11, 2016
REGION VI
LY D I A P LU N K
Robert Kourik taught “Healthy Soils, Healthy
Roots,” based on his newest book, Understanding
Roots, at Santa Rosa (California) Junior College
on Nov. 5.
REGION VII
TO N Y S P E N C E R
Dan Cooper will speak on “Low-Maintenance
Gardening” and his book Gardening from a
Hammock to the Credit Forks Garden Club, Nov.
15 in Terra Cotta, Ontario, and also to the Bronte
Horticultural Society in Oakville, Ontario, Nov. 22.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington,
D.C., Ann McClellan’s exquisite book tells the awe-inspiring stories of bonsai and penjing trees
in the renowned collection of the National Arboretum—their critical role in international diplomacy
and as a vehicle for American presidential influence.
Richard Tracy
Troll Knoll: A Garden Like No Other
Xlibris Corp
260 pages, $40, Pub. Oct. 5, 2016
GWA Fellow Dick Tracy teamed up with garden creator
John Morris to tell the story of 20 acres in rural Penn Valley
in Northern California. The garden combines a lush setting
with thousands of roses, ornamentals and edibles with
such things as a Roman ruin, maze vineyard, ant garden,
dinosaurs, dragons, a 1950s-style trailer park and a historic
western mining town named Annsville in honor of Morris’
wife. Incredible? So is the fact that the site is largely developed and maintained by the retired owners. Available at
trollknoll
Board moves membership to calendar year,
increases recruitment incentive
BY A S H L E Y H O DA K S U L L I VA N
The GWA Board of Directors approved two important membership initiatives at its September
2016 meeting in Atlanta. The changes streamline financing and administrative paperwork and
improve incentives for membership recruitment.
GWA has moved to a calendar year dues structure, with membership running January through
December. The current dues rate has not changed, but your next membership invoice may include
adjustments to get you on track for the new renewal schedule. Look for specific details on your
membership renewal invoice.
As part of a key initiative to grow GWA membership, the Board of Directors approved an increase
in the membership recruitment credit from $15 to $20. When you recruit new members, make sure
to ask them to put your name as a referring member on their membership application. This change
will be reflected for any new member recruited after January 1, 2017.
As always, is you have any questions about your membership, please contact us at 212.297.2198
or [email protected]
Helping Us Grow!
Thanks to these GWA members for helping to
grow the organization.
ONE MEMBER
Lyndy Broder
Nancy Buley
Joseph De Sciose
Sandy Feather
C.L. Fornari
Charlotte Kidd
Stephanie Lucas
Eva Monheim
Jenny Nybro Peterson
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Shane Smith
Erin Weston
Barbara Wise
Colleen Zacharias
TWO MEMBERS
Kirk Brown
Peter Calabrese
Susan McCoy
THREE MEMBERS
Brienne Gluvna Arthur
Maria Zampini
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