On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA September - October 2017
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017
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Gardens Are the Glue
B Y S A L LY C U N N I N G H A M
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Buffalo’s Garden Walk may be a fine example of how dissimilar entities work together to bring about
successful events, including #GWA2017.
As garden tourism has emerged
in Buffalo, New York, with much
publicized vigor, it has sparked
intense interest in many sectors
that have something to gain from
incoming visitors and thousands
of gardeners. Landscape and
gardening businesses, hotels and
restaurants, public gardens and
parks, chambers of commerce,
museums and garden clubs have
raised their collective heads and
asked: What’s in this for us?
It would follow that these
entities would compete for the
largest share of media attention
and financial gain from the garden
tourism phenomenon. Instead,
the Buffalo experience, now
producing the country’s largest
garden tourism event called
Garden Walk Buffalo, has proven
otherwise. Garden tourism has fos-
tered a surprising and rewarding
level of collaboration among the
interested entities. Garden tourism
serves the greater good, and a
collaborative approach apparently
reaps the largest benefits.
The 2017 GWA Conference in
Buffalo is a prime example of the
power of this collaborative mindset.
Commercial, private, not-for-
profit organizations and institu-
tions heard that hundreds of gar-
den writers and influencers would
be coming, and they asked, “How
can we help?” Visit Buffalo Niagara,
clearly a believer in the power of
garden tourism, provided funding
and people to help organize and
market the event. A committee of
volunteers stepped up from Gar-
den Walk Buffalo, Gardens Buffalo
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Executive Director’s . . . . . . . . . . 2
Greeting
GWA Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
President’s Greeting . . . . . . . . . 5
Food Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Board Members Elected . . . . . 7
Member Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hot Off the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regional News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Helping Us Grow . . . . . . . . . . 11
Diversity Column . . . . . . . . . . 12
Regional Events . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Member Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Plant A Row Profile . . . . . . . . 16
GWA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sustainability 1 Column . . . . 18
Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sustainability 2 Column . . . . 20
Media Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . 24
Submitted Content . . . . . . . . 25
Horticulture Column . . . . . . . 26
Green Industry News . . . . . . 27