On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA October-November 2016 | Page 10
REGIONAL NEWS & NOTES
REGION I
C.L. FORNARI
Lorraine Ballato invites anyone in our
organization who has an interest in vegetable
gardening to take a look at the website for
the UConn Fairfield County Demonstration
Garden, where you can sign up for a free
monthly “To Do” message.
REGION II
LO U I S E D. C L A R K
Chanticleer Garden’s executive director Bill
Thomas presents the “Art of Gardening”
December 13 to the Horticultural Society of
Maryland at Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore.
For more information, 410-821-5561 or email
[email protected]
Julie Moir Messervy has issued a call for submissions seeking landscape projects to feature
in her upcoming book, New Landscaping Ideas
That Work (Taunton Press, 2018). To view the full
call for submissions and outline, please email
[email protected].
Karin Stanley is currently featured in a number
of outdoor sculpture exhibitions, including
her new analemmatic sundial in Pingree at
the Flying Horse Sculpture Exhibit in South
Hamilton, Massachusetts, and the new labyrinth
at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in
Wellesley, Massachusetts. Karin’s sculpture and
nature-inspired poetry is being included in the
Lunar Attractions exhibition, which will run for
a year at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem,
Massachusetts. Check Karin’s website for her
upcoming lectures on “The Irish Garden” and
“Art, Spirit and Sculpture in the Garden” lectures,
along with her gatherings for her upcoming
garden tours in Ireland and Scotland.
Karen Bussolini will present “The Year Round
Pollinator Garden” at Northeast Organic
Farming Association’s 11th annual Gathering
on Friday, Dec. 9 in Southington, Connecticut.
For symposium details, and registration go to
organiclandcare.net.
BRIE ARTHUR
Annie Martin, author of The Magical World of
Moss Gardening, will present a moss gardening
lecture and a hands-on workshop, Nov. 14-15,
at the Garden Club of Michigan in Detroit and
Grosse Pointe. She will appear at the Piedmont
Chapter of the North American Rock Garden
Society at J.C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh,
North Carolina, Nov. 19, for a moss gardening
lecture and a hands-on moss dish garden
workshop, and she will be featured on the
Native Plant Podcast.
REGION III
B E T H B OT T S
It was an all-GWA lineup for the Fall Symposium,
The Midwest Garden, Nov. 5 at Rotary Botanical
Gardens in Janesville, Wisconsin. Kerry Ann
Mendez spoke on “The Right Size Flower
Garden” and “The Art of Shade Gardening,”
Edward Lyon presented “Growing the
Midwest Garden,” and Mark Dwyer talked about
“Ornamental Grasses for the Midwest Garden.”
See rotarybotanicalgardens.org.
Melinda Myers presented “Create a Colorful
Garden Filled with Birds, Butterflies and
Blossoms,” followed by a book signing, on Nov.
12 at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West
Bend. See wisconsinart.org.
Sue Markgraf is lining up presenters for the
Seminar Series, the Gardening Live stage and
new Tablescapes flower-arranging demonstrations during “Chicago’s Blooming,” the Chicago
Flower & Garden Show from March 18 to 26,
2017, at Navy Pier. Interested in presenting?
Contact Sue Markgraf.
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REGION IV
REGION V
BILL JOHNSON
New GWA member Chris Link from Omaha,
Nebraska, E-commerce manager at NatureHills.
com, wants to begin selling gardening books
on their website. Any authors or publishers that
might be interested can email him directly at
work: Chris Link
Shelley S. Cramm will be a guest speaker for
the Irving Garden & Arts Club, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Dec. 8, in Irving, Texas. Shelley will also be at the
Winter Craft Fair on Dec. 10, at the Uplift North
Hills Preparatory School in Irving, for the all-day
event.