On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA September - October 2017

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017 5 14 19 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 • • • Can’t log into the website? Visit MyGWA under Member Resources. A login screen will appear. Click “Forgot your password?” Enter your email address. A message will be sent with a secure link to set or reset your password. Click the link and choose a new password. Once complete, you may login using your email as username and your new password. For issues, please call 212-297-2198. 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 — Continued on page 3 1 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